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[medievil]

Im might start a 3 day fast now actually, saves some money on food, when i have more money i can go an a ketogenetic diet/\if but i need to read some more literature on this

[normalizing]

There was a patent for the use of Ashitaba as a NGF promoter.

(note: there's no suggestion that Ashitaba _is_ an NGF promoter outside of that patent.

Companies post patents speculatively... or for marketing bullshit purposes)

 

The two ingredients in this patent were

1. Ashitaba and

2. Hops.

 

It appears that hops is very good at destroying biofilms and the hops in beer making

probably helped to keep the beer sterile.

 

you can freely purchase hops supplements, they're recommended to aid sleep

and reduce stress.  http://www.herbalrem...s.com/hops.html

 

hops contain potent neuroprotective compounds highly underrated and people usually avoid them because of its association with the generally perceive as negative thing called "alcohol" but you will be surprised reading on some the stuff hops contain like some potent neuroprotectors like xanthohumol among many others. and no, pill forms just dont work because i have tried them. only in high quality potent beer do hops truly shine!

[medievil]

I actually recently started taking a supplement with hops, valerian and passionflower, after a week or so valerian and passionflower work as well as benzos for some types of anxiety, nor that i think i can ever stop clonazepam of phenibut for stimulant anxiety.

[playground]

Im might start a 3 day fast now actually, saves some money on food, when i have more money i can go an a ketogenetic diet/\if but i need to read some more literature on this

 

I've been thinking very seriously about intermittent fasting and ketogenic dieting recently.

It seems to me, any life-style changes that you want introduce will likely be very short lived

unless you introduce them gradually... in a small-step by small-step fashion.

"Big-bang" personal changes never seem to turn out well (in my personal experience).

 

I've recently experienced some success with via the following.

 

=> STEP 1:  fasting for 2 hours before before bed time.

 

If you watch the youtube videos on promoting growth hormone (naturally).

One of the tips they always state is don't eat a meal before bedtime

because your body secrets the bulk of it's growth hormone during the first

few hours of sleep.  And if your body is dealing with a big meal, the insulin

in your blood will neutralise the growth hormone, so.... stop eating 2 hours

before you intend to go bed.

 

So that's an easy, gradual, route into fasting: 

A simple rule that says no food with 2 hours of going to bed.

 

I did this for a week before moving on to Step 2.

 

=> STEP 2:  fast for 1 hour after waking.

 

When you wake up in the  morning. Rather than eat breakfast, instead drink water or

perhaps drink a cup of green tea, or black tea, essiac, or some other herbal tea.

Get a shower, take the dog for a walk, take yourself for a walk, prepare for work,

school, etc.  Do anything, do everything, but don't eat for 1 hour.

 

If you've honored the 2 hours fasting before bedtime, then you will have fasted

for 10 hours by the time you wake up (assuming you sleep for 8 hours).

If you add another hour to that, then you'll be fasting for 11 hours before breakfast.

So now, any activities you undertake like walking the dog, walking yourself,

getting a shower, will all be powered by your fat stores. 

 

I'm at the point of doing step 2 for the last few days.

Every morning when i wake up i have to remind myself that i can't start

my day by opening the fridge door. 

Instead i make a cup of essiac and do things that will help me pass that

first hour in the morning.  I might get a shower, i might clean up the kitchen a little.

I might take down the laundry to the basement, I might sit drinking my essiac

whilst browsing the alt news websites on the internet.  I  find it normally takes

me 30 minutes to make green juices or carrot and ginger juices and wash

the juicing machine afterwards. That's a very productive way of using 30 minutes

in the morning (You can make multiple jars of juice and store them in the fridge)

 

My aim is to get my mind and body into the habit of not having breakfast immediately

after waking.  So that neither me, nor my body, expects to be fed immediately

after getting out of bed.  I don't know how  long Step 2 should last.

A week ? 10 days ? 2 weeks ?

 

Step 3 will be to wait 2 hours after waking before having breakfast.

 

Pretty soon my lifestyle will have changed such that i'm fasting 12 hours per day, every day.

That means my body will be in ketosis every day. 

I've not yet bought my Ketostix from ebay, .. i might do in the next 15 minutes.

 

Two further thoughts.

 

1.  What would really enhance the keto effect is to make breakfast consist of nuts, seeds

avocado and a green salad or perhaps a green soup.  I.e. a carb-free breakfast.

 

2.  Once the destination of a daily 12 hour fast has been achieved and maintained, then

that would be a great basis for adding in a 24 hour fast once per week. 

 

So... in summary... there's my approach to gradually adjusting my life-style toward

intermittent fasting and towards keto dieting.  Feel free to steal any of the ideas 

expressed here.

Edited by playground, 15 March 2016 - 06:56 AM.

[Logic]

Combating multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria with structurally nanoengineered antimicrobial peptide polymers
...we show that a class of antimicrobial agents, termed ‘structurally nanoengineered antimicrobial peptide polymers’ (SNAPPs) exhibit sub-μM activity against all Gram-negative bacteria tested, including ESKAPE and colistin-resistant and MDR (CMDR) pathogens, while demonstrating low toxicity. SNAPPs are highly effective in combating CMDR Acinetobacter baumannii infections in vivo, the first example of a synthetic antimicrobial polymer with CMDR Gram-negative pathogen efficacy. Furthermore, we did not observe any resistance acquisition by A. baumannii (including the CMDR strain) to SNAPPs. Comprehensive analyses using a range of microscopy and (bio)assay techniques revealed that the antimicrobial activity of SNAPPs proceeds via a multimodal mechanism of bacterial cell death by outer membrane destabilization, unregulated ion movement across the cytoplasmic membrane and induction of the apoptotic-like death pathway, possibly accounting for why we did not observe resistance to SNAPPs in CMDR bacteria. Overall, SNAPPs show great promise as low-cost and effective antimicrobial agents and may represent a weapon in combating the growing threat of MDR Gram-negative bacteria.

http://www.nature.co...techstories.org

[Jesuisfort]

" Although controversial" 

 

 

So its just bullshit 

[Voulezvous]

I saw before my eyes a seriously mentally ill person recover beautifully once their infections were discovered, and their treatment started including fine-tuned nutritional support for immunity. Their psychiatrist said it’s actually very common, and it’s the future of mental health treatment. I wish more people were interested in this approach because from what I saw it was far and away the most complete recovery I’ve ever seen.
If anyone wants to know more, feel free to ask.

Edited by Voulezvous, 25 March 2018 - 09:55 AM.

[davis89x]

If anyone wants to know more, feel free to ask.

Yes, I am interested, can you elaborate more on that please? Thanks