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[sammmy]

You can also add cheese, since it seemed to have additional protective effect for you, probably fat coating.

If the zinc carnosine is not helping, I would consider stopping it. I never tried it because it contains a hefty dose of zinc and I react to zinc with headaches.

 

[Belekas]

I can tell you that for me, there is a big difference between no carbs and even 30, 40, or 50g of carbs in terms of my heart rate, adrenaline, etc. I would experiment with different amounts and see what kind of relief you can get from the stress state without triggering GERD. There will be some idiosyncracies around which carbs are best for you, but on paper, your best bets are low fodmap, low acid, and high glycemic index. I do well with jasmine rice, sticky rice, and even small amounts of white bread or crackers. Potatoes can be OK but there is a lot of variability among the different types as far as resistant starch content, amylose vs amylopectin content, etc so you have to be careful there. With fruit, the options that fit those criteria are very limited, but I do alright with moderate amounts of cantaloupe and oranges (least acidic varieties available).

Also very important, never eat refrigerated starches if you are trying to increase digestibility of carbs. They form resistant starch at cold temperatures. That means you need them freshly cooked, or if it is bread, it needs to be stored at room temp after baking. Key detail here that makes a huge difference.

Yes, I agree re low fodmap foods and have Jasmine rice soaking in water and will leave it overnite and have some tomorrow to see whats happening. I've also digested white bread pretty good before so will get some sourdough with minimal ingredients. Potatoes are tricky I agree here as well so will keep a close eye on how I feel on them. I'm so depleted you won't believe it. I had my girls b-day a week or so ago and was eating everything from the morning till the evening. Gained 7kg of water weight lol Ofc went over with my food requirements by 2-3x and payed with pain next day or so. So anyway will try like 50-60g of carbs to see if my pain stays muted or comes back with vengence. The thing is from this pain, I trully believe, I'm starting to get anxiety spells and I think that Test in this situation ain't helping but possibly even exaggerating it to some extent. I will also try to minimise salt now and see what happens as maybe I might be sensitive to it as I'm very sensitive to fucking everything it seems. I even bought 66% less salt thing with more potassium and still didn't do a thing for me so I'm even contemplating taking out salt completely for some days and see how I do and how my BP and anxiety looks like. I know its against the "science" that we need more salt, more good salt, but I've used that when was bodybuilding seriously back in the day up to 10 or even 15 grams and always felt wired as far as I remember. So lots of variables and fuck knows whats triggering what. Go to go by elimination again to find the needle in the grass.

 

[Belekas]

You can also add cheese, since it seemed to have additional protective effect for you, probably fat coating.

If the zinc carnosine is not helping, I would consider stopping it. I never tried it because it contains a hefty dose of zinc and I react to zinc with headaches.

Cheese is on my menu, I eat it and seems to digest OK. Zinc Carnosine hard to say. Ill finish the bottle and be done with it. Will take Bismuth today before sleep and test run some from today. See if it helps. Got it delivered, finally.

 

[Belekas]

Also very important, never eat refrigerated starches if you are trying to increase digestibility of carbs. They form resistant starch at cold temperatures. That means you need them freshly cooked, or if it is bread, it needs to be stored at room temp after baking. Key detail here that makes a huge difference.

So you mean even bread kept in fridge is no go in this scenario?

 

[FunkOdyssey]

So you mean even bread kept in fridge is no go in this scenario?

Yes even bread stored in the fridge will form resistant starch. Don't take my word for it though, try the same bread stored at room temp versus refrigerated and see if it affects you differently.

 

[Mastodont]

Yes even bread stored in the fridge will form resistant starch. Don't take my word for it though, try the same bread stored at room temp versus refrigerated and see if it affects you differently.

So i guess it's safe to assume that keeping bread in the freezer is not a good idea IF you want to avoid resistant starch? I pretty much put bread in the toaster from the freezer all the time. Can't say i notice muvh of a difference though, besides taste.

 

[FunkOdyssey]

In case you guys think I'm bullshitting you about the bread thing:

The impact of freezing and toasting on the glycaemic response of white bread - PubMed

All three procedures investigated, freezing and defrosting, toasting from fresh, and toasting following freezing and defrosting, favourably altered the glucose response of the breads. This is the first study known to the authors to show reductions in glycaemic response as a result of changes in...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Mastodont]

In case you guys think I'm bullshitting you about the bread thing:

The impact of freezing and toasting on the glycaemic response of white bread - PubMed

All three procedures investigated, freezing and defrosting, toasting from fresh, and toasting following freezing and defrosting, favourably altered the glucose response of the breads. This is the first study known to the authors to show reductions in glycaemic response as a result of changes in...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Nice one, that's good for me then, trying to minimize blood sugar rise as i'm battling T2D

 

[Gman86]

No bueno with Nandrolone as I can't get pharma grade and the ones that my mate can get have fuck knows what inside and haven't been tested. So thats out of the window for now I guess. Will be getting on Neurorubine injections as have done them a long long time ago more then 5 years I think. They are a hefty dose of B1+B6+B12 vitamins. Will report if they fix anything. Should start sometime this month when I get them shipped to me as well.

And u can’t get it prescribed I assume? Wish u were in the u.s. Very easy to get ur hands on deca here

was finally getting around to sending u the vids and info on nandrolone, but no need since u can’t take it even if u wanted to right?

 

[Belekas]

And u can’t get it prescribed I assume? Wish u were in the u.s. Very easy to get ur hands on deca here

was finally getting around to sending u the vids and info on nandrolone, but no need since u can’t take it even if u wanted to right?

I think I can't get it prescribed where I'm at in the UK from what I've read. And buying UGL non-tested one doesn't make sense to me as there can be anything inside and in whatever concentration as well. If you have some info on your hands please do post and I will be more then happy to dive into. Perhaps something in the future, somehow. Yeah, I'm not sure I will be ever able to land on the U.S. soil but I would love to at least travel some and visit some places, very much.

p.s. I can ask gym PTs if they can get some Deca as they friends with some UKs IFBB pros and comming up amateurs, if perhaps someone can get some tested one, but still, then all there is is their word and I trust nobody. Would be nasty to inject yourself with some fuck knows what origin substance and in whatever concentration...

 

[Belekas]

Hey @zancek0 back to your question in another thread.

I have noticed my joints are cracking a lot more since going Carnivore. Also my girl has noticed the same since we removed most grains, breads, pastas, etc. She eats raw beef, cheese, tomatoes, some raw eggs in her fruit shake and minimal amounts of carbs in same shake for recovery and digests better then ever. So yesterday we had a chat and she said exactly the same. Thats interesting as pretty much I thought it should be the opposite effect when removing most carbs from most meals. But the proof is in the pudding for whatever its worth.

 

[Belekas]

GERD update trying to find daily carb source and amount sweetspot #1

Yesterday had around 80-90g of carbs from boiled baby potatoes with butter on top coupled with ground beef and some cheddar cheese. Damn it was good and felt quite ok.

Today woke up with a bit of discomfort/pain in my chest area but sucked it up and went to do breakfast. Had 50g of overnight soaked Jasmine rice cooked with 200g 10% and 20% mixed ground beef and some "66% lower sodium" salt.

Now will see what happens in 3hr window as I tend to eat every 2-4hrs, depending on how I feel and how my daily structure is set for that particular day. Eating Carnivorish I can go all day with one meal in the morning and still won't feel that hunger when I include carbs in a meal. Then I'm just constantly hungry every 2-3hrs. This one is really a great tool to use and will be using going forward.

Today taking my girl to run some blood tests whatever they ordered for her so might eat after a longer then 3-4hr period. No problem. I eat to live, not live to eat. Food is either a cure or a curse and it all depends on nobody else but you. People in my city are so addicted to eating that its scarry to look around. Especially the women. It's a shame to not love yourself like they do. So anyway, once we have blood tests I'll share with some of you my guys that we have discussed women HRT with to see whats "under the hood".

Thank you everyone for reaching out and helping me out, really appreciate it and def would love to take you guys out for a nice dinner or something so if you ever visiting UK - hit me up!

Time waits for no man so have a cracking day everybody and lets get healthier and wiser together one day at a time.

Regards,
Bel

 

[Belekas]

A lawyer and personal fitness trainer talk about adding Deca to your HRT regiment. With a big spoon of salt but still read it. Pretty much the opposite of what I read on Reddit where guys take only Deca for HRT and feel absolutely great. Same as @Gman86 taking only Deca for his HRT as I understood.

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[Belekas]

 

[Belekas]

Coffee time reading except I don't drink it. 7 microbioma myths busted. Source- Nature

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[Belekas]

Stopping Zinc-L-Carnosine supplement from today. And adding 50g carbs from Jasmine rice to 2 meals of the day. Hope this helps my elevated BP as just took some readings and its 135-145/80-90 @ 5pm same as yesterday. Will drop T dose as well on the next injection or might even skip it. So 50-75mg per week that will be. But fuck knows if its the T as this started more or less then I went zero carbs. Fingers crossed now that I'm reintroducing some carbs that the stress hormones will calm down, all the adrenaline go down, and BP falls back into its normal range. Fuck feeling wired and caffeinated from mid-day or 2pm. Considering I'm so lean this is really getting suspicious. The leaner I get the higher my BP goes? Unless I don't supply the required amount of carbs for recovery, that is my only explanation on the current situation and maybe the dose fiddling as well had some effect.

If it stays elevated I will come off TRT completely. No games. But its weird af to be honest. Feels like i'm in some kind withdrawal effect, overstimulated or something...

 

[Belekas]

You can also add cheese, since it seemed to have additional protective effect for you, probably fat coating.

If the zinc carnosine is not helping, I would consider stopping it. I never tried it because it contains a hefty dose of zinc and I react to zinc with headaches.

I wonder if its possible that I reacted to it as well thus my elevated BP...Won't be taking any more, no vitamins as well, contemplating to drop liquid magnesium as well till I figure it out...and don't believe the L-Gluthamine might be effecting it as well as I'm taking that as well...

 

[sammmy]

It is possible to aggravate BP. As a rule, if something is not helping, it is best to not take it - one less variable to think about.

 

[Belekas]

Also will ditch this crap and go with normal salt like Redmonds or Celtic Salt, something like that. This one has Potassium Chloride so wonder if this could have thrown off my electrolyte balance somehow...

 

[Belekas]

It is possible to aggravate BP. As a rule, if something is not helping, it is best to not take it - one less variable to think about.

Absolute agree. Maybe it helped some will see how my gut feels without it.