Nutritional Odds and Ends
It has been a while since I began writing about the nonsense which is my diet. So I thought that I would provide an update of my current supplements, diet and nutritional balance.
I'm still taking Co Q 10, 600 mg per day, and B2, which should increase its effectiveness. Vitamin D, 4000 to 6000 IU. I have a hard time making up my mind about how much vitamin D to take, there are some people who say don't take too much, but no one gives me a good explanation of what that is.
Also according to a famous biochemist on You Tube, Rhonda Patrick, vitamin D helps slow telomere shortening.
The recommendation for increased neurogenesis is 400 IU Co Q 10 and 400 mg vitamin B2 each day. I don't take the 600mg of Apha-lipoic Acid which also promotes neurogenesis. Maybe I should.
I'm one of those fools who thinks they need more brains.
I stopped taking DHEA, everyone's favorite precursor hormone, back in the bad old days when I had no EPA/DHA in my system and it made my headache worse, but recently I have begun to experiment with it again because it makes me feel better and helps with the exercise.
My brain works better too.
Although I focus better the DHEA must be producing the kind of testosterone that makes men bald, because I've had a bit of hair loss up top.
Speaking of EPA/DHA, according to my most recent blood test, I'm fine.
I'm fine because I've developed a taste for Cod Liver Oil, which not only has a rich supply of omegas, but also oil soluble vitamins. I didn't really start to grow muscle again until I started drinking the stuff and I can't help wondering if it has been helping my brain growth as well, considering that the omega 3s are important components of nerve cells.
I started to take my B-100 Multi-B vitamin supplement tablet every day, because I noticed that if I don't take it for a few days in a row, I notice I'm missing something. Part of my tongue becomes sore.
It also adds an extra 100mg of B2.
Let's not forget the importance of sulfates. Dr Stephanie Seneff suggests in a Ted talk that sulfates and sunlight are critical things, and that people don't get enough of them.
I treated myself for my severe headache with MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) and found it, over the course of three months, to provide me with relief, so I think she's got something.
I take a 1000 mg MSM and 1500mg Glucosamine with 1200mg Condroitin.
I add a 1000mg ascorbic acid to the other two tablets, so I can get all my sulfates with vitamin C.
I write about my famous soup in Soup du Jour and simplified my soup in Refurbished Soup du Jour I think that the soup is most of what I eat, except for my special oat groat combination which I generally consume for breakfast.
I wonder sometimes, what made me forgo steel cut oats for the rather peculiar oat groats?
Let's begin by saying oat groats are the whole oat (the edible part) and take much longer to cook. I do mine for about 40 minutes although I do add ground flax to them and I don't know how long that takes to cook.
But the basics of oat meal are the same, cook in water for 40 to 50 minutes and and then either sweeten it to taste with fruit or other sugary stuff, although I do notice it tastes good with just plain salt and a little peanut oil. The brown variety.
I should point out that peanut oil is not on the list for the diet I am on, and I eventually developed chest pain when I exercise.
I have since stopped all oils and nuts and I'm getting better.
As I look back over what I used to do, I've noticed how often my sure fire path to happiness has been just the wrong thing to eat. I'm sure it happens to us all, just look at the number of people coming out of the cardiologists office with sad looks on their faces.
It takes time for plaques to build up on your arteries, and we don't often know if what we eat is doing that to us, or for some lucky souls it's doing something else to them, and their hearts don't give out, but they get sick from some other bad habit.
I try to understand what I'm doing, but I never know for sure, so take all of this with a delightfully tasting grain of salt.
Personally, I would take two.
I'm still taking Co Q 10, 600 mg per day, and B2, which should increase its effectiveness. Vitamin D, 4000 to 6000 IU. I have a hard time making up my mind about how much vitamin D to take, there are some people who say don't take too much, but no one gives me a good explanation of what that is.
Also according to a famous biochemist on You Tube, Rhonda Patrick, vitamin D helps slow telomere shortening.
The recommendation for increased neurogenesis is 400 IU Co Q 10 and 400 mg vitamin B2 each day. I don't take the 600mg of Apha-lipoic Acid which also promotes neurogenesis. Maybe I should.
I'm one of those fools who thinks they need more brains.
I stopped taking DHEA, everyone's favorite precursor hormone, back in the bad old days when I had no EPA/DHA in my system and it made my headache worse, but recently I have begun to experiment with it again because it makes me feel better and helps with the exercise.
My brain works better too.
Although I focus better the DHEA must be producing the kind of testosterone that makes men bald, because I've had a bit of hair loss up top.
Speaking of EPA/DHA, according to my most recent blood test, I'm fine.
I'm fine because I've developed a taste for Cod Liver Oil, which not only has a rich supply of omegas, but also oil soluble vitamins. I didn't really start to grow muscle again until I started drinking the stuff and I can't help wondering if it has been helping my brain growth as well, considering that the omega 3s are important components of nerve cells.
I started to take my B-100 Multi-B vitamin supplement tablet every day, because I noticed that if I don't take it for a few days in a row, I notice I'm missing something. Part of my tongue becomes sore.
It also adds an extra 100mg of B2.
Let's not forget the importance of sulfates. Dr Stephanie Seneff suggests in a Ted talk that sulfates and sunlight are critical things, and that people don't get enough of them.
I treated myself for my severe headache with MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) and found it, over the course of three months, to provide me with relief, so I think she's got something.
I take a 1000 mg MSM and 1500mg Glucosamine with 1200mg Condroitin.
I add a 1000mg ascorbic acid to the other two tablets, so I can get all my sulfates with vitamin C.
I write about my famous soup in Soup du Jour and simplified my soup in Refurbished Soup du Jour I think that the soup is most of what I eat, except for my special oat groat combination which I generally consume for breakfast.
I wonder sometimes, what made me forgo steel cut oats for the rather peculiar oat groats?
Let's begin by saying oat groats are the whole oat (the edible part) and take much longer to cook. I do mine for about 40 minutes although I do add ground flax to them and I don't know how long that takes to cook.
But the basics of oat meal are the same, cook in water for 40 to 50 minutes and and then either sweeten it to taste with fruit or other sugary stuff, although I do notice it tastes good with just plain salt and a little peanut oil. The brown variety.
I should point out that peanut oil is not on the list for the diet I am on, and I eventually developed chest pain when I exercise.
I have since stopped all oils and nuts and I'm getting better.
As I look back over what I used to do, I've noticed how often my sure fire path to happiness has been just the wrong thing to eat. I'm sure it happens to us all, just look at the number of people coming out of the cardiologists office with sad looks on their faces.
It takes time for plaques to build up on your arteries, and we don't often know if what we eat is doing that to us, or for some lucky souls it's doing something else to them, and their hearts don't give out, but they get sick from some other bad habit.
I try to understand what I'm doing, but I never know for sure, so take all of this with a delightfully tasting grain of salt.
Personally, I would take two.
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