Ross 🧬🔬
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Joined September 2015
Contrary to popular belief, your stool test revealing sub-optimal beneficial bacteria can be a good thing. It's because your gut microbiome is either free floating (luminal bacteria) or it adheres to your gut (mucosal bacteria). And many microbes prefer only category. Stool
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Scroll back up and read this exchange if you want an example why blood chemistry combined with knowledge of systems physiology is so damn effective at surgically identifying issues. It cuts out the bullshit and gets to the root of where you need to focus with clarity.
@BMT094 Would say zinc is slightly low. HB definitely low (makes sense with iron) TIBC is in range but it's lower end. You would expect it to be higher end if it was only a deficiency issue - thus there may be underlying inflammation impacting absorption. Iron sat% is probs slightly
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When my health issues started, I developed severe vertigo. My GP referred me to hospital. Me being a normy at the time went. Did scans. Nothing wrong. Diagnosed with vestibular migraines. Told to take ibuprofen 3 x daily for next week. Week later developed ulcer with severe
Every year in the United States, about 100,000 people are hospitalized due to NSAID usage About 15,000+ deaths are attributed to NSAIDS -Despite this, NSAIDS are effective, are used by millions, and are available off the shelf
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The screenshot literally contradicts the point he's making.
Testosterone and Green Tea Injecting rodents with green tea antioxidants ended up crushing testosterone levels by a whopping 70%
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Remember, some people may have absorption issues (like in the case of SIBO) where consuming sufficient folate doesn't equate to optimal serum folate.
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The last 10 sets of bloodwork I have reviewed of clients or clients of mentees, have ALL had a deficiency in serum folate. Folate is a bedrock of methylation, neurotransmitter regulation, estrogen clearance, DNA synthesis, and detoxification. Focus on your folate ppl.
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Intense feelings matter just as much as very crappy diets matter. But feelings are just one puzzle piece. That's the unsexy truth. We're also about to see a sky-high increase in "your mind causes sickness" offers, not because they work but because: -Everyone has "trauma" -They
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Approach anecdotes like this with absolute caution.
Friend had terrible acid reflux for months—was sleeping upright, taking meds. Disappeared the night he told his wife he wanted a divorce.
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Also breaking news: Electrolytes now linked with liver disease because people who get black out drunk drink electrolytes when they're hungover. C'mon people.
Long-term use of melatonin has been linked to a higher risk of heart failure and early death in adults with insomnia, according to new research.
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Because I look at so much blood work, I roll my eyes when everything is blamed on high estrogen. I see plenty of blood work (especially in women) with low estrogen.
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Wasn’t discrediting. Carnivores a precious bunch if that’s how you perceived it.
@thepowerofozone @GutOptimized The elephant in the room while looking for a way to discredit carni.
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No exercise for 48, ideally 72 hours prior Drink 1 cup of water morning of test Fast 12 hours Stop supplements if possible a few days before, or note supplements time of test
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If you're new to blood tests and hormone optimization and want to know where to start, this are exactly the panels I would order below. The reason I like the below blood test is it gives clues, if interpreted, to help identify gut issues. So here it is: Hormones - T and
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Reasons for severe food reactions: I think the causes of severe intolerances relate to a combination of gut microbiome disturbances, leaky gut, issues with mitochondria, methylation issues, and imbalance in the immune system - especially how dendritic cells respond to antigens.
@GutOptimized @AproposCoco Thanks, just curious- what’s the root cause do you think? Is it as common in Europe with higher quality food, or as common in other countries or cultures?
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For those who had potassium deficiencies and had severe food reactions where they couldn't tolerate foods with potassium. What worked for you to address your potassium issue and what didn't?
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Why we never put molybdenum in the corner: Molybdenum (a trace mineral) is needed for aldehyde oxidase and sulfite oxidase. Need the former to detox from aldehydes, which is important if you have fungal issues, drink alcohol or have excess lipid peroxidation. Latter is
@GutOptimized I haven’t but will next time👍What is molybdenum? Thank you for the info Ross!
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For the niche community with thalassemia: And be sure to optimize B12, B9, B6, copper, vitamin A, methylation and gut function, and your hemoglobin may improve. I’ve seen it come up drastically in bloods of many.
Thanks, Ross, for bringing this to my attention For Thalassemia and Sickle cell anemia (whether trait or full-blown disease), the issue is with defective, structured red blood cells, causing lifelong anemia. The issue is typically for hemoglobin production, a congenital defect
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One thing I’ve not seen anyone note on Jordan Peterson’s carnivore diet is his potential methylation issues. He only ate steak and thus would be deficient in methylation nutrients (folate, choline, glycine). How much of his allergic response type symptoms were related to
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The problem with n=1 is people become so biased about what they did and totally clueless about what they don’t know
According to Jordan Peterson: "The typical obese person can expect to lose 7-20 pounds per month on a ketogenic or plant-free ketogenic diet." "That will continue month after month until virtually all of their body fat is eliminated... with no hunger."
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Increasing your sex hormones will save your relationship?
@GutOptimized It has for me. The last year I was without it there was zero sex anywhere because of my low libido. She was almost gone but I saved it at the last minute with trt. 18 year relationship saved.
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