sunmountain
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Whole blood serotonin test at LEF for $66 special. It's $300 everywhere else. I had it done today. Enzyme and cortisol labs Monday.
Quick update:
Did the 3-day gelatin protocol. Midway started getting ammonia symptoms: lots of stiffness all over. Also incomplete urination, insomnia. Increased HCL, got a bit of stomach pain, backed off to lower dosage HCL. After gelatin protocol, I added more protein (1-2 packets of gelatin per day plus Nancy's greek yogurt "honey" flavor with 23g protein per small cup plus protein lunch) and continued HCL. More stiffness. Finally backed off gelatin and Nancy's altogether, and stiffness improved. But not gone altogether, and varies mild to moderate. I can handle farmer cheese fine as I had a good helping one evening with HCL and did fine.
Haidut suggested maybe add protease. I'll wait till enzyme labs are over.
After adding HCL, I suddenly got cold feet for a few evenings. Very strange. I'd been congratulating myself for being so warm so far. Also got diarrhea a few days, but the kind along with constipation that felt good to void.
I'm beginning to understand the bloating and fatigue a bit more. My protein digestion is compromised, so my body has been catabolizing itself. Hence the fatigue. One flight stairs and my legs hurt. I've had low back stiffness now for several months; maybe that's related to the muscle catabolism.
I've now started back on Haidut's simple amino formula (I had taken it inconsistently before). I have it with breakfast to balance all the sugar. Then I have at least one protein meal a day (either lunch or dinner) and HCL with it (no gelatin or Nancy). I'm trying to keep the second meal low or no protein, and wondering if I should take HCL or just enzymes with it.
The bloating is in part sibo and in part lack of stomach acid and enzymes. Food was passing undigested through stomach and intestines, which caused sibo. I think the sibo will not go away on its own, though digesting food with acid and enzymes may help not have it recur once it is killed off.
I re-read the post between Haidut and Gbolduev, where G is going on about the pancreas. I seem to remember Haidut saying that it's not understood why protein metabolism declines with age, and that there doesn't seem a way to prevent it (correct me please if I'm wrong). That was a bit depressing. I'm trying to learn to how to jump start protein metabolism again. If anyone has additional insights, please post. Also for the stiffness; ceylon is not helping as much as it did before (unless maybe I increase it a lot, which I haven't yet).
Quick update:
Did the 3-day gelatin protocol. Midway started getting ammonia symptoms: lots of stiffness all over. Also incomplete urination, insomnia. Increased HCL, got a bit of stomach pain, backed off to lower dosage HCL. After gelatin protocol, I added more protein (1-2 packets of gelatin per day plus Nancy's greek yogurt "honey" flavor with 23g protein per small cup plus protein lunch) and continued HCL. More stiffness. Finally backed off gelatin and Nancy's altogether, and stiffness improved. But not gone altogether, and varies mild to moderate. I can handle farmer cheese fine as I had a good helping one evening with HCL and did fine.
Haidut suggested maybe add protease. I'll wait till enzyme labs are over.
After adding HCL, I suddenly got cold feet for a few evenings. Very strange. I'd been congratulating myself for being so warm so far. Also got diarrhea a few days, but the kind along with constipation that felt good to void.
I'm beginning to understand the bloating and fatigue a bit more. My protein digestion is compromised, so my body has been catabolizing itself. Hence the fatigue. One flight stairs and my legs hurt. I've had low back stiffness now for several months; maybe that's related to the muscle catabolism.
I've now started back on Haidut's simple amino formula (I had taken it inconsistently before). I have it with breakfast to balance all the sugar. Then I have at least one protein meal a day (either lunch or dinner) and HCL with it (no gelatin or Nancy). I'm trying to keep the second meal low or no protein, and wondering if I should take HCL or just enzymes with it.
The bloating is in part sibo and in part lack of stomach acid and enzymes. Food was passing undigested through stomach and intestines, which caused sibo. I think the sibo will not go away on its own, though digesting food with acid and enzymes may help not have it recur once it is killed off.
I re-read the post between Haidut and Gbolduev, where G is going on about the pancreas. I seem to remember Haidut saying that it's not understood why protein metabolism declines with age, and that there doesn't seem a way to prevent it (correct me please if I'm wrong). That was a bit depressing. I'm trying to learn to how to jump start protein metabolism again. If anyone has additional insights, please post. Also for the stiffness; ceylon is not helping as much as it did before (unless maybe I increase it a lot, which I haven't yet).