The title may sound like me trolling, but I'm not.
I understand that this forum is very much about improving metabolism, as a higher metabolism provides the energy for our body to think and to act, as well as for us to maintain our body processes that support life, in fighting cancer, in providing immunity, in healing, and repair and regeneration.
But I have for awhile now been entertaining the idea that pro-metabolic solutions do not always resolve issues that people experience. I actually have been experiencing worsening metrics based on a certain marker when I take pro-metabolic substances, or do things that are pro-metabolic.
I have asked in an earlier post if there's a way that carbon dioxide can reduced in my blood, of which I got no response, and half-expected it, as this isn't a normal ask and besides, who in his right mind wants to reduce his serum CO2, when CO2 aids the release of oxygen to the body tissues?
It dawned on me one day when I had beer before turning in and I slept well. I didn't drink milk anymore, as I normally would, as beer and milk don't mix well in the tummy. However, I thought how bad it would be if I drank beer instead of milk before turning in each night. Yeah, all that lactic acid!
But tonight, I will start drinking beer instead of milk and see what it does to me. Will I continue to sleep soundly? And more importantly, will drinking beer lead to an increase in lactic acid in my blood, and consequently, lead to lower CO2 in my blood? And with lower CO2, will my blood be able to release less oxygen to my tissues? And if so, I am on the right track.
As some of you may already know, my issue is hypertension. When I take pro-metabolic stuff (such as k2, niacinamide, coffee, etc) and do pro-metabolic activities like Buteyko breathing, the result confounds everyone. My blood pressure increases instead of going down. Over time, my observations lead me to conclude that my body is resisting attempts to increase my metabolism. And it is doing it by constricting my blood vessels in order to minimize full oxygenation of my tissues, or a tissue.
This tissue is my kidney tissues. Which has lead toxicity. The oxidative stress stemming from this could destroy my kidneys, and my body wants to neutralize these stresses in the way I think it knows how to. By producing enough uric acid, which is an antioxidant the body can produce in significant quantities. Perhaps it is our "vitamin c," which most animals can produce but which human can't. In order to produce uric acid for my needs, the body has to induce a state of hypoxia near the kidney tissues at risk of being destroyed by lead's oxidative stresses. When the rest of the body is fully revved up to oxygenate the tissues, the blood vessels in the kidney have to exert more effort to counter the maximal-oxygenation mode, and they respond by further constricting the blood vessels local to the kidney tissues. In doing so, blood pressure is increased further.
Since plenty of blood goes through the kidneys, the effect is a general systemic increase in blood pressure for me.
This is a theory that I'm basing on to approach how to reduce my blood pressure. And this is my context. My thinking is that I have to lower my serum CO2, so that this would lower the level of tissue oxygenation in my body. This would be anti-metabolic, but this may work towards lessening the need of the blood vessels in my kidneys to constrict. Relieved of the need to constrict as much, my blood pressure may go down as a result.
Since increasing lactic acid intake by drinking beer could lead to lessening CO2 content to the blood, I may find my blood pressure going lower by simply drinking beer. There also is kefir, as well as kimchi.
Just for the record, I am not planning to do this forever. This is a stopgap solution. I'm taking magnesium and vitamin C to chelate lead out of my kidneys. A short-term aid that is counter-intuitive may just be the right complement to the long-term solution of using magnesium and vitamin C to rid myself of hypertension.
I could very well be wrong on this. But I really hope I'm not.
Comments?
I understand that this forum is very much about improving metabolism, as a higher metabolism provides the energy for our body to think and to act, as well as for us to maintain our body processes that support life, in fighting cancer, in providing immunity, in healing, and repair and regeneration.
But I have for awhile now been entertaining the idea that pro-metabolic solutions do not always resolve issues that people experience. I actually have been experiencing worsening metrics based on a certain marker when I take pro-metabolic substances, or do things that are pro-metabolic.
I have asked in an earlier post if there's a way that carbon dioxide can reduced in my blood, of which I got no response, and half-expected it, as this isn't a normal ask and besides, who in his right mind wants to reduce his serum CO2, when CO2 aids the release of oxygen to the body tissues?
It dawned on me one day when I had beer before turning in and I slept well. I didn't drink milk anymore, as I normally would, as beer and milk don't mix well in the tummy. However, I thought how bad it would be if I drank beer instead of milk before turning in each night. Yeah, all that lactic acid!
But tonight, I will start drinking beer instead of milk and see what it does to me. Will I continue to sleep soundly? And more importantly, will drinking beer lead to an increase in lactic acid in my blood, and consequently, lead to lower CO2 in my blood? And with lower CO2, will my blood be able to release less oxygen to my tissues? And if so, I am on the right track.
As some of you may already know, my issue is hypertension. When I take pro-metabolic stuff (such as k2, niacinamide, coffee, etc) and do pro-metabolic activities like Buteyko breathing, the result confounds everyone. My blood pressure increases instead of going down. Over time, my observations lead me to conclude that my body is resisting attempts to increase my metabolism. And it is doing it by constricting my blood vessels in order to minimize full oxygenation of my tissues, or a tissue.
This tissue is my kidney tissues. Which has lead toxicity. The oxidative stress stemming from this could destroy my kidneys, and my body wants to neutralize these stresses in the way I think it knows how to. By producing enough uric acid, which is an antioxidant the body can produce in significant quantities. Perhaps it is our "vitamin c," which most animals can produce but which human can't. In order to produce uric acid for my needs, the body has to induce a state of hypoxia near the kidney tissues at risk of being destroyed by lead's oxidative stresses. When the rest of the body is fully revved up to oxygenate the tissues, the blood vessels in the kidney have to exert more effort to counter the maximal-oxygenation mode, and they respond by further constricting the blood vessels local to the kidney tissues. In doing so, blood pressure is increased further.
Since plenty of blood goes through the kidneys, the effect is a general systemic increase in blood pressure for me.
This is a theory that I'm basing on to approach how to reduce my blood pressure. And this is my context. My thinking is that I have to lower my serum CO2, so that this would lower the level of tissue oxygenation in my body. This would be anti-metabolic, but this may work towards lessening the need of the blood vessels in my kidneys to constrict. Relieved of the need to constrict as much, my blood pressure may go down as a result.
Since increasing lactic acid intake by drinking beer could lead to lessening CO2 content to the blood, I may find my blood pressure going lower by simply drinking beer. There also is kefir, as well as kimchi.
Just for the record, I am not planning to do this forever. This is a stopgap solution. I'm taking magnesium and vitamin C to chelate lead out of my kidneys. A short-term aid that is counter-intuitive may just be the right complement to the long-term solution of using magnesium and vitamin C to rid myself of hypertension.
I could very well be wrong on this. But I really hope I'm not.
Comments?