BigPapaChakra
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Hey all! I'm posting here because I really just recently got into Dr. Peat's stuff, and I'm fascinated. I would like to begin by giving some information on myself and asking some questions. Please bare with me if this takes awhile.
Right Now: I have been meticulously researching nutrition/physiology/'bio-hacking' to solve my own problems as well as increase my subjective well-being and performance in life (more on my 'problems later). When I read/research, I take it far. If a blogger/author includes a bunch of citations, I go and read those citations. I take frequent classes through Coursera to challenge my brain and increase my knowledge and understand these authors/gurus/MD's/etc. better. So awhile back I started adopting more or less of a paleo diet to rid myself of psychological problems I caused myself that I will touch upon in a moment. I started out gluten-free and it helped a lot. I was vegetarian and trying to lose weight I didn't need to (should've actually tried gaining weight like I'am now). This lead me to paleo after buying some books and listening to some seminars.
Long story short this lead me to the art of 'bio-hacking' through Tim Ferriss and Dave Asprey (of the bulletproof exec). I eventually was introduced to the Bulletproof Diet (Dave/Lana Asprey), The Epi-Paleo Diet and associated protocols (Dr. Jack Kruse) and The Perfect Health Diet (Paul Jaminet, PhD and his wife). For reasons I will touch upon in a second and probably more important post, I have almost NO cash for 'healthy' foods, which has lead me to become a bit of a better bio-hacker. I've learned how to make exercise more difficult using leverage and positioning, and learned how to find cheaper sources of food. Right now I've been trying to eat a diet closer to what's advocated in this (if you're interested): http://www.jackkruse.com/brain-gut-6-epi-paleo-rx/ essentially he takes us back 65million years ago, rather than paleo which is like 2.5million, and how we developed a larger brain and gets into how DHA and other nutrients have quantum effects. The diets pyramid looks like this, from the base on up: (1)shellfish, oysters being the best (2) Crustaceans (3) Fatty fish (4) Organ meats of grass-fed/wild/pastured animals, typically ruminants (5) skeletal meat of grass-fed/wild animals (6) low o6 nuts/seeds if your labs/genetics/needs justify it. He recommends sea veggies over land veggies, and then other random things. Dr. Kruse also says that EMF avoidance and Fluoride play a bigger part than diet - many people at his boards do interesting thing with their water such as get RO water and run it through magnetic fields and structured piping, then put it out in the sun, then drink it. Oh, I forgot, Dr. Kruse does stress that context is always key and not to always necessarily do what he does, he encourages people to get genetic testing done and other things because that will affect diet/supplementation. My diet has been becoming more and more fish heavy, following a cyclical ketogenic nature, both because it's easy to build muscle while staying lean, and because the ketones actually help with the problems I will go on to describe (although I'm open to Dr. Peat's diet and how it can help me).
History: *18 years old* I was born anemic and rushed off to be put under a heat lamp before my parents could even see me for much time at all. As a young child I had to get iron shots weekly (I believe, maybe 2x a month...?). I would get sick frequently up until very recently (when I started changing my diet/activities), and it would take me much longer to fight off bugs other people would in short amounts of time. I frequently got sore throats. Even more frequently I would get stomach aches, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. My sleep was terrible as a child, and that is one of the things I regret the most. Even during high school, when I was on the football and wrestling team, I would sleep 5hrs a night and then go to school and right after school have 2-3hr practices and 12-16hr wrestling tournaments on the weekends. I also pulled lot's of 'all-nighters' in my history, playing video games with my younger brother/best friends all night. Many times I stayed up over 24hrs.
I will touch upon this in my second post on my younger brother and his health problems, but my life has been equivalent to a stressful fu***ng mad box (whatever that is, lol). Money problems all my life; constant moving; evictions; power/cable/water being turned off; low amounts of food; constant fighting; switching schools - luckily in the same area though; brothers health problems; no real relatives/outside family....yada yada yada. In highschool I started using various substances. I in fact started to hookah first, even though I was firmly against cigarettes/cigars, then proceeded to smoke weed. I went through a phase where all the research I now do on 'bio-hacking' and nutrition and even spirituality and philosophy, I would then do on drugs through sites such as erowid and bluelight. It at least served me well to know what I was doing and certain contraindictions and how to prolong highs and how to not screw myself up and what not. Junior year I started going to concerts and that's when I started using things like MDMA, ketamine, and others. I tripped before that on LSD and Psilocybin, and I firmly believe those were great experiences and wish I could repeat them once a year in an ideal environment with ideal people, but I first need to 'heal' myself. This is where it gets weird. I went to a concert and accidentally smoked what I believe to be PCP or embalming fluid. I took a hit of a spiked cigarette for some reason (never smoked cigarettes in my life) and was already on other substances. That whole weekend was drug fueled, using DXM, mdma, and many others, and then that deliriant at the concert whethere it was PCP or something else just destroyed my brain. The rest of the night I couldn't properly formulate sentences and I was almost tripping.
Ever since then I started suffering from panic attacks and anxiety - both of which I never had before. I started having headaches and migraines - never had a migraine before. My migraines took on what I believe to be the occipital lobe of my brian causing visual illusions. Multi-colored 'blob's I would see; objects I would look at would 'shimmer' or appear to shake or vibrate; these are distinct as they're not hallucinations, but 'illusions' according to online readings. I started reading Oliver Sacks and he at least reassured me that people have had worse - people have appeared to be diagnosed with 2D vision from migraines, and see even worse things. I think I also had/have HPPD - hallucinogenc post perceptual disorder. This event also lead me to have an increase in visual snow and eye floaters - both of which I had as a child but not as bad as now. I was more emotionally and stress-sensitive. I wouldn't even drive a car because sometimes I would get anxious, and therefore I never wanted to endager anyhow and restricted myself. Oh, I also had to stop using because if I ever smoked marijuana, I would get HYPER INTENSE pressure in my head - it would feel like my head was going to collapse from intra-cranial pressure. The only thing that would stop it was rubbing my temples (I feel as that was just psychosomatic relief). The highs wouldn't outweigh the odd sensations and increase 'illusions' and anxiety. I've been just focusing on increasing my health, well-being, happiness, longevity, and 'performance' right now. I can't even remember the last time I used anything, even a small sip of alcohol.
Where I'm At Now: Studying to get my associates degree at my local college - in psychology but I really enjoy learning about everything; Taking courses through Coursera - everyone who wants to learn should look into this. It offers free courses from colleges online through skype/video calls/video lectures/etc. and you can actually earn college credits, credentials, and certifications. I've been taking courses on genetics and performance nutrition. I'm also working to become a manager at McDonald's, really just for extra credits and money as me and my family need all we can scrape together due to my brothers illnesses. I'm going to start doing martial arts again. It is my dream to compete at an elite level in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I would try and do MMA but I have very logical reasons against doing so - a history of concussions; that event at the concert; plus the trauma to the head decreasing longevity. I'm fine with doing grappling oriented martial arts and eventually competing. I had a great history as a wrestler and if I didn't move so much I would have ended up wrestling for my varsity team as a sophomore. Right now I've been trying to follow a 'healthier' diet (what is healthy anyhow?), really digging Dr. Jack Kruse' work. Been doing Cold Thermogenesis, finding ways to get cheap fish (can get frozen wild caught fish for like $4 a pound, sometimes even $2), and learning about this so called chemically reduced state, the Pentose Phosphate Pathway. In a way, Dr. Kruse and Dr. Peat talk about the same things - semi-conduction and cellular nanotubes; progesterone; radiation; a new consciousness; and so on. They just have different ideas on temperatures, PUFAs, and carbs.
In essence, I was wondering how a Dr. Peat oriented diet could help me, if it can at all. It seems as though it can quite a bit. I'm big on how diet impacts my performance - athletic, cognitive (can I learn quicker? Can I concentrate better than anyone could imagine?), sexual (Dave Asprey has information on this, lol), subjective well being (do I have a lot of 'happy hormones?). I know from making simple changes such as going gluten-free, that diet directly impacts your well being. Well, for anyone interested in reading this and getting back to me, it will be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you all so much!
Right Now: I have been meticulously researching nutrition/physiology/'bio-hacking' to solve my own problems as well as increase my subjective well-being and performance in life (more on my 'problems later). When I read/research, I take it far. If a blogger/author includes a bunch of citations, I go and read those citations. I take frequent classes through Coursera to challenge my brain and increase my knowledge and understand these authors/gurus/MD's/etc. better. So awhile back I started adopting more or less of a paleo diet to rid myself of psychological problems I caused myself that I will touch upon in a moment. I started out gluten-free and it helped a lot. I was vegetarian and trying to lose weight I didn't need to (should've actually tried gaining weight like I'am now). This lead me to paleo after buying some books and listening to some seminars.
Long story short this lead me to the art of 'bio-hacking' through Tim Ferriss and Dave Asprey (of the bulletproof exec). I eventually was introduced to the Bulletproof Diet (Dave/Lana Asprey), The Epi-Paleo Diet and associated protocols (Dr. Jack Kruse) and The Perfect Health Diet (Paul Jaminet, PhD and his wife). For reasons I will touch upon in a second and probably more important post, I have almost NO cash for 'healthy' foods, which has lead me to become a bit of a better bio-hacker. I've learned how to make exercise more difficult using leverage and positioning, and learned how to find cheaper sources of food. Right now I've been trying to eat a diet closer to what's advocated in this (if you're interested): http://www.jackkruse.com/brain-gut-6-epi-paleo-rx/ essentially he takes us back 65million years ago, rather than paleo which is like 2.5million, and how we developed a larger brain and gets into how DHA and other nutrients have quantum effects. The diets pyramid looks like this, from the base on up: (1)shellfish, oysters being the best (2) Crustaceans (3) Fatty fish (4) Organ meats of grass-fed/wild/pastured animals, typically ruminants (5) skeletal meat of grass-fed/wild animals (6) low o6 nuts/seeds if your labs/genetics/needs justify it. He recommends sea veggies over land veggies, and then other random things. Dr. Kruse also says that EMF avoidance and Fluoride play a bigger part than diet - many people at his boards do interesting thing with their water such as get RO water and run it through magnetic fields and structured piping, then put it out in the sun, then drink it. Oh, I forgot, Dr. Kruse does stress that context is always key and not to always necessarily do what he does, he encourages people to get genetic testing done and other things because that will affect diet/supplementation. My diet has been becoming more and more fish heavy, following a cyclical ketogenic nature, both because it's easy to build muscle while staying lean, and because the ketones actually help with the problems I will go on to describe (although I'm open to Dr. Peat's diet and how it can help me).
History: *18 years old* I was born anemic and rushed off to be put under a heat lamp before my parents could even see me for much time at all. As a young child I had to get iron shots weekly (I believe, maybe 2x a month...?). I would get sick frequently up until very recently (when I started changing my diet/activities), and it would take me much longer to fight off bugs other people would in short amounts of time. I frequently got sore throats. Even more frequently I would get stomach aches, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. My sleep was terrible as a child, and that is one of the things I regret the most. Even during high school, when I was on the football and wrestling team, I would sleep 5hrs a night and then go to school and right after school have 2-3hr practices and 12-16hr wrestling tournaments on the weekends. I also pulled lot's of 'all-nighters' in my history, playing video games with my younger brother/best friends all night. Many times I stayed up over 24hrs.
I will touch upon this in my second post on my younger brother and his health problems, but my life has been equivalent to a stressful fu***ng mad box (whatever that is, lol). Money problems all my life; constant moving; evictions; power/cable/water being turned off; low amounts of food; constant fighting; switching schools - luckily in the same area though; brothers health problems; no real relatives/outside family....yada yada yada. In highschool I started using various substances. I in fact started to hookah first, even though I was firmly against cigarettes/cigars, then proceeded to smoke weed. I went through a phase where all the research I now do on 'bio-hacking' and nutrition and even spirituality and philosophy, I would then do on drugs through sites such as erowid and bluelight. It at least served me well to know what I was doing and certain contraindictions and how to prolong highs and how to not screw myself up and what not. Junior year I started going to concerts and that's when I started using things like MDMA, ketamine, and others. I tripped before that on LSD and Psilocybin, and I firmly believe those were great experiences and wish I could repeat them once a year in an ideal environment with ideal people, but I first need to 'heal' myself. This is where it gets weird. I went to a concert and accidentally smoked what I believe to be PCP or embalming fluid. I took a hit of a spiked cigarette for some reason (never smoked cigarettes in my life) and was already on other substances. That whole weekend was drug fueled, using DXM, mdma, and many others, and then that deliriant at the concert whethere it was PCP or something else just destroyed my brain. The rest of the night I couldn't properly formulate sentences and I was almost tripping.
Ever since then I started suffering from panic attacks and anxiety - both of which I never had before. I started having headaches and migraines - never had a migraine before. My migraines took on what I believe to be the occipital lobe of my brian causing visual illusions. Multi-colored 'blob's I would see; objects I would look at would 'shimmer' or appear to shake or vibrate; these are distinct as they're not hallucinations, but 'illusions' according to online readings. I started reading Oliver Sacks and he at least reassured me that people have had worse - people have appeared to be diagnosed with 2D vision from migraines, and see even worse things. I think I also had/have HPPD - hallucinogenc post perceptual disorder. This event also lead me to have an increase in visual snow and eye floaters - both of which I had as a child but not as bad as now. I was more emotionally and stress-sensitive. I wouldn't even drive a car because sometimes I would get anxious, and therefore I never wanted to endager anyhow and restricted myself. Oh, I also had to stop using because if I ever smoked marijuana, I would get HYPER INTENSE pressure in my head - it would feel like my head was going to collapse from intra-cranial pressure. The only thing that would stop it was rubbing my temples (I feel as that was just psychosomatic relief). The highs wouldn't outweigh the odd sensations and increase 'illusions' and anxiety. I've been just focusing on increasing my health, well-being, happiness, longevity, and 'performance' right now. I can't even remember the last time I used anything, even a small sip of alcohol.
Where I'm At Now: Studying to get my associates degree at my local college - in psychology but I really enjoy learning about everything; Taking courses through Coursera - everyone who wants to learn should look into this. It offers free courses from colleges online through skype/video calls/video lectures/etc. and you can actually earn college credits, credentials, and certifications. I've been taking courses on genetics and performance nutrition. I'm also working to become a manager at McDonald's, really just for extra credits and money as me and my family need all we can scrape together due to my brothers illnesses. I'm going to start doing martial arts again. It is my dream to compete at an elite level in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I would try and do MMA but I have very logical reasons against doing so - a history of concussions; that event at the concert; plus the trauma to the head decreasing longevity. I'm fine with doing grappling oriented martial arts and eventually competing. I had a great history as a wrestler and if I didn't move so much I would have ended up wrestling for my varsity team as a sophomore. Right now I've been trying to follow a 'healthier' diet (what is healthy anyhow?), really digging Dr. Jack Kruse' work. Been doing Cold Thermogenesis, finding ways to get cheap fish (can get frozen wild caught fish for like $4 a pound, sometimes even $2), and learning about this so called chemically reduced state, the Pentose Phosphate Pathway. In a way, Dr. Kruse and Dr. Peat talk about the same things - semi-conduction and cellular nanotubes; progesterone; radiation; a new consciousness; and so on. They just have different ideas on temperatures, PUFAs, and carbs.
In essence, I was wondering how a Dr. Peat oriented diet could help me, if it can at all. It seems as though it can quite a bit. I'm big on how diet impacts my performance - athletic, cognitive (can I learn quicker? Can I concentrate better than anyone could imagine?), sexual (Dave Asprey has information on this, lol), subjective well being (do I have a lot of 'happy hormones?). I know from making simple changes such as going gluten-free, that diet directly impacts your well being. Well, for anyone interested in reading this and getting back to me, it will be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you all so much!
