How? - Attacking you with foods that contain soy and chemicals that suppress testosterone levels. hormone disrupting chemicals have made their way into a variety of products, from cosmetics like sunscreen and toothpaste to plastic water bottles and thermal receipt ink.
Using the media, the economy, finances, race, fear and every other weapon they can to keep you in a constant state of stress. These environments and conditions drive up secretion of the stress hormone cortisol, which results in lower levels of the estrogen-desensitizing hormone progesterone. This relative increase in estrogen dominance is not good for either sex, but men are particularly affected by it.
Why? - Strong men inspire and lead others, protect those around them and most importantly, fight. Weak men follow.
Edit: Most insurances won't cover TRT (testosterone replacement therapy) but **will **cover testosterone if you're a woman Transitioning into a man. That's very telling.
For your tap water, go to your municipal water company site and see if they have a water report handy. If not you can either request it or get it tested yourself.
Either way, you want to ensure heavy metals are really low and the fluorine and chlorine levels as low as well.
Then from there you can get a gravity type water filter system like a Berkey or look around. It’s important to know what you’re dealing with as your source.
Then add some good mineral salt (Redmond Salt is great), and a drop or two of Lugols iodine 2% into a pitcher.
Another option is to look for a natural spring in your area and see if you can just go make water runs.
Unless you’re sweating like crazy each day you don’t really need to drink that much water. You’ll get most of your water from your foods (vegetables, fats). The salt is key to good hydration.
I'm curious about Iodine, any feedback on Nascent Iodine versus Lugol's Iodine?
Good Q (heh!)… from what I’ve researched Nascent Iodine is from Cayce’s ‘energized’ Iodine, and from what I understand has very little Iodine per drop (at the micro gram level . We’re aiming for milligrams).
The goal is to saturate your tissues with Iodine, so the best form and very affordable is Lugols solution, Iodoral (basically the pill form of Lugols), and there are some other manufacturers as well, I think Biotics Research Iodizyme?.
I prefer Lugols solution 2% or 5%, it’s cheap and has both Iodine and Iodide (Iodine for body tissues, Iodide for the thyroid).
Dr Brownstein would recommend a daily intake of 25-50mg of Iodine (Lugols 2% solution, 10 drops = 25mg of Iodine).
This is just to supplement, you can get Iodine naturally, from seaweeds and from some good salts.
Ok thanks, I've heard that there are concerns with the seaweed as a lot of it comes from near Japan and may be contaminated (Fukushima possibly?) , do you know if there's truth to that? I also get the impression that you're not going to get anywhere near the amount you're talking about with just salt, it seems like people are relying solely on Lugol's.
I might end up trying both then, I don't think I've ever really had Iodine in my diet so I'd be interested to see if it has dramatic effects.
Any other major health recommendations? I do plan on getting a Berkey water filter in the near future and I'm trying to get more hardline with my dietary choices.
The good news about Iodine is you can test for it. I highly suggest going with a 24 hour loading test … the protocol is to ingest 50mg of Iodine (Iodorol tab usually) then collect your urine over 24 hours. The measure is how much Iodine is secreted etc. if you can pair it up with a Bromine test even better (halide group… Bromine will displace Iodine, and is toxic to you).
Find a doctor who can do this for you and then you can see where you are. You do need to supplement for this to be effective as well (Selenium, B2 and B5). There is an entire process in how Iodine gets used in the body, so it’s best to first measure where you are then go from there. Any excess Iodine in your system will be flushed out unless you have some rare genetic disorder (I can’t recall top of my head).
As far as seaweed from Japan, I’m not sure but there may be credence to it, you’ll need to find a reputable source. The issue is radioactive iodine, which isn’t good for you. I think the best course of action is to supplement Iodine, and with foods just eat for enjoyment.
I've been taking drops of Iodine daily for over a month after following some anons on the chans discussing it. Will report back on anything I notice.
Sounds good!
Thank you for the response! I'll check this out. I do sweat a ridiculous amount each day due to my training/workouts and 20min dry sauna sessions which is why I drink so much water. I have always been worried out our big city tap water. Even pouring the tap water for my dog bowls started making me cringe. I'm trying to switch it all up.
Make sense! If you’re sweating so much a day, do add salt into your water. You lose quite a lot of minerals from sweating, magnesium as well.
You could drink an isotonic solution (make it your self though, don’t buy shit like Gatorade), and 30m or so before the sauna drink a cool 16-20oz of a hypertonic solution.
Godspeed!
Cheers! What type of salt btw?
Also, I had a friend talk about keeping our bodies with basic PH and suggested mixing 2 tablespoons of magnesium chloride in one liter of water/ 30-40ml a day to prevent the accumulation of calcifications in our body. He was personally taking a tablespoon of baking soda when he felt acidic/heart burn. I unfortunately get heart burn/acid feeling a few times per week. Any thoughts?
I just use a good quality sea salt, or you can get some form of inland dry bed salt … Redmond brand salt (from Utah I think), Himalayan salt, etc. experiment with how much is too much - depends on your weight, overall mineral balance, etc.
MgCl2 is great too, should be part of your isotonic solution. Your friend is right in that Mg can help with over calcification, but the reverse is true … too much magnesium can be fatal. If you do add MgCl2, get a good clean source (not the big bags that they use for foot baths… my opinion is that it may have trace metals in them).
Don’t forget Potassium as well.
Heart burn/acid reflux — sort of depends. This one is tough. It could be you don’t have enough acid in your stomach hence why you get heart burn. Increased salt intake will help, as the Chloride is needed to form acid in your stomach. Drinking too much water could mess with your stomach acid as well. Baking soda will neutralize the acid yes but our stomachs are not meant to be alkaline… the acidity is needed to break down foods and also destroy pathogens/bacteria/etc. hell your reflux could even be caused because you lack bile so the fats are not broken down properly, etc. lots to look into.
You’ll have to dig and science this one out and see how you do, and refine/adjust.