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Nightshade? Like no tomatoes or potatoes or bell peppers? Or like fungus, as in 'is that wise, avatar?'

by culot 8y ago

zackmorris 8y ago
Ya my workout staple was always bean burritos with bell peppers, tomatoes etc. Also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cottage cheese/casein. I started developing a sensitivity to peanuts after some particularly hard years after the housing bubble where I lived on PB&J for basically a year straight. Severe constipation followed by weight gain, joint pain and acne. Once that happens, there is a transference that can happen over similar classes of proteins which can lead to other sensitivities to grains, dairy etc, starting primarily with gluten and lectins. The transference can even involve the body's own proteins and lead to autoimmune diseases like arthritis. Here's a pretty good article on it: https://www.amymyersmd.com/2017/06/the-problem-with-grains-and-legumes/ https://www.amymyersmd.com/2017/06/the-problem-with-grains-a... My feeling is that what's really going on is that the body can tolerate toxins from any source for a certain number of days, but after that, begins to succumb to them which triggers inflammation. It's a bit like trying to drink alcohol on the third day. Except we don't notice it immediately with food, so we keep eating what we're used to instead of investigating what our cravings mean. That's why eating a variety and rotating meals so you're only getting the same food a couple of times a week is so important. Keep in mind that I also had quit working out cold turkey for about 5 years and lost about 30-40 pounds (including some muscle) and was drinking too much. I was also getting older and wasn't ready to grow up and be smart about my nutrition. Luckily it only took about 6 months at the gym and eating right to get back to where I was. It actually took longer to work around the various weaknesses and injuries I had acquired, for example having to start over with 135 at deadlift and go up 10 pounds a week to reknit my lower back, than it did to get the size back on my arms and chest. For the most part nobody seems to talk about all the above, mainly because health and fitness are a young person's game (below 35 generally) and also because holistic effects are not a big part of western medicine yet. My feeling again is that declining testosterone isn't a cause, it's a symptom of all these other systems getting out of whack. Edit: I forgot to mention above that I'm about to start taking cissus for golfer's elbow. It's apparently highly effective so I'm only going to take it for a week or two and see if it heals it. It apparently thickens the lining of the stomach as well which can help with ulcers, which to me indicates another possible connection between gut health and joint pain. I don't know that I will take it long term like glucosamine/chondroitin however. Hope this helps someone.
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Nightshade? Like no tomatoes or potatoes or bell peppers? Or like fungus, as in 'is that wise, avatar?'

by culot 8y ago

Nightshade? Like no tomatoes or potatoes or bell peppers? Or like fungus, as in 'is that wise, avatar?'

Ya my workout staple was always bean burritos with bell peppers, tomatoes etc. Also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cottage cheese/casein. I started developing a sensitivity to peanuts after some particularly hard years after the housing bubble where I lived on PB&J for basically a year straight. Severe constipation followed by weight gain, joint pain and acne. Once that happens, there is a transference that can happen over similar classes of proteins which can lead to other sensitivities to grains, dairy etc, starting primarily with gluten and lectins. The transference can even involve the body's own proteins and lead to autoimmune diseases like arthritis. Here's a pretty good article on it: https://www.amymyersmd.com/2017/06/the-problem-with-grains-and-legumes/ https://www.amymyersmd.com/2017/06/the-problem-with-grains-a... My feeling is that what's really going on is that the body can tolerate toxins from any source for a certain number of days, but after that, begins to succumb to them which triggers inflammation. It's a bit like trying to drink alcohol on the third day. Except we don't notice it immediately with food, so we keep eating what we're used to instead of investigating what our cravings mean. That's why eating a variety and rotating meals so you're only getting the same food a couple of times a week is so important. Keep in mind that I also had quit working out cold turkey for about 5 years and lost about 30-40 pounds (including some muscle) and was drinking too much. I was also getting older and wasn't ready to grow up and be smart about my nutrition. Luckily it only took about 6 months at the gym and eating right to get back to where I was. It actually took longer to work around the various weaknesses and injuries I had acquired, for example having to start over with 135 at deadlift and go up 10 pounds a week to reknit my lower back, than it did to get the size back on my arms and chest. For the most part nobody seems to talk about all the above, mainly because health and fitness are a young person's game (below 35 generally) and also because holistic effects are not a big part of western medicine yet. My feeling again is that declining testosterone isn't a cause, it's a symptom of all these other systems getting out of whack. Edit: I forgot to mention above that I'm about to start taking cissus for golfer's elbow. It's apparently highly effective so I'm only going to take it for a week or two and see if it heals it. It apparently thickens the lining of the stomach as well which can help with ulcers, which to me indicates another possible connection between gut health and joint pain. I don't know that I will take it long term like glucosamine/chondroitin however. Hope this helps someone.

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