My stats: male, 34yrs, 5'10'' 165lbs (23.7 bmi) before starting.
I'm vegetarian and I intermittently fast from 10pm-2pm.
All comments and criticisms welcome!
Edited by Juan Ponce de León, 05 April 2018 - 12:47 AM.
Posted 05 April 2018 - 12:29 AM
Edited by Juan Ponce de León, 05 April 2018 - 12:47 AM.
Posted 06 April 2018 - 01:24 AM
Regimen Critique
Posted 09 April 2018 - 05:57 AM
Posted 09 April 2018 - 10:26 AM
Regimen Critique
- Caution - Two people that posted on Longecity died from fatal wasting after taking high doses of B1 and Biotin together
What were the high doses taken for how long? - What were the preconditions which made them take high doses?
How was it verified that these harmless vitamins were the cause of fatal wasting in each case?
Edited by pamojja, 09 April 2018 - 10:29 AM.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 08:22 PM
Regimen Critique
- Caution - Two people that posted on Longecity died from fatal wasting after taking high doses of B1 and Biotin together
What were the high doses taken for how long? - What were the preconditions which made them take high doses?
How was it verified that these harmless vitamins were the cause of fatal wasting in each case?
This was faulty memory on my part. Its been stuck in my head that high biotin and B1 are dangerous. Don't know where I got that from.
The two cases on Longecity of undiagnosed wasting were associated with taking D-Ribose while on a low-carb diet. In neither case was death verified nor the actual cause of the wasting reported.
Case 1: sentrysnipe reported a friend wasting away in Jan 2012. He never responded to an inquiry about her health in Dec, 2012., I assumed she had passed.
Case 2: Fighter had undiagnosed wasting in Mar 2012. At the end of the referenced thread he was still wasting. He never responded to the last inquiry about his health in 2014 and again I assumed he had passed. But I see that he popped up again in 2017.
I apologize for the mistake. I try to double check things, but in this case I had a long standing conviction that was wrong.
Edited by RWhigham, 09 April 2018 - 08:54 PM.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 09:09 PM
I apologize for the mistake. I try to double check things, but in this case I had a long standing conviction that was wrong.
Thanks for the effort to verify. For example myself am for 9 years moderately low-carb (<70 g/d), take ribbose (2.2 g/d), biotin (4.3 mg/d) and thiamine and derivatives (280 mg/d) in average, but my weight stayed exactly the same.
Though I do have a number of diagnoses which could have lead to wasting (PAD, COPD, T2D, stroke...), in fact, much reversed or stayed asymptomatic. Guess in many cases vitamins cause mortality because of preconditions, in attempts to be treated with vitamins.
For example Isabella Wentz recommends temporarily somewhat higher doses of thiamine against fatigue.
And the most excessive successful biotin dose of anyone taking at 50 000 mcg/d I read about on PhoenixRising. Also contains a link to an ongoing trial with 300mg 3 times per day for MS.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 09:25 PM
Thank you for your comments!Gunna start taking lithium, grape seed extract and niacinamide at night. Is 500mg of niacinamide a goldilocks dose?What do you think about my cycle: m-f/weekends off, 3 week on/1 week off?Couldn't find any solid information on a good cycle.
I have no idea how much niacinamide is optimum. 500mg is what I take Mon, Wed, and Fri night, along with 5 mg lithium and 100 mg of Dynveo brand OPC-grape-seed extract. I don't know how to verify it's working.
I have no insight into your "cycling" of supplements I suspect it's fine.
For studies showing OPC-GSE raises NAD+ see Dynveo
Edited by RWhigham, 09 April 2018 - 09:57 PM.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 10:23 PM
Magnesium - 3g - 5/day
Does this mean you take 3 g of the Mg-citrate linked to, 5 times per day? - or 5 days a week?
What do you think about my cycle: m-f/weekends off, 3 week on/1 week off?
This way of cycling seems a very viable way. Though generally think it isn't that necessary with essential water-soluble nutrients, one would anyway get every day in food. Fat-solubles due to their half-life can be spread out further. With botanicals usually also not eaten each and every day, cycling does make much more sense.
Posted 10 April 2018 - 06:23 PM
Does this mean you take 3 g of the Mg-citrate linked to, 5 times per day? - or 5 days a week?
This way of cycling seems a very viable way. Though generally think it isn't that necessary with essential water-soluble nutrients, one would anyway get every day in food. Fat-solubles due to their half-life can be spread out further. With botanicals usually also not eaten each and every day, cycling does make much more sense.
The #/day refers to how many cents per day (I have the price totals for powders and for pills which comes to around $1.60/day total). And S&S refers to amazon's Subscribe & Save. I don't take anything more than once per day. I know not everything needs to be cycled but I do it anyway for simplicity sake.
Posted 13 June 2018 - 10:41 AM
RWhigham, a comment about some of the substances you named earlier:
- Taurine: user Darryl on Longecity somewhere posted a comment that there is a link between urinary taurine excretion and lower CVD. Only Japanese populations had lowest CVD risk due to taurine excretion, probably due to their high oyster/shellfish/octopus (particular marine animals) intake. Even Finnish (high general fish intake) were low in taurine urinary excretion. So some taurine supplementation might be a good idea.
- Niacinamide: I'm taking niacin instead of niacinamide because I read somewhere you need the flushing effect rather than no flushing. Is a little bit more expensive than niacinamide though.
- Forskolin: raises cAMP levels if I am correct, so should be avoided right? I have a few bottles left (due to it and yohimbine being the only supplements which can perhaps lower body fat percentage). I already have pretty low (somewhere 10-ish), but it seems it is pretty hard for me to lose the last bit. So should I stop? You mentioned L-citrulline being useful for you here. Is a bit more expensive though.
-Curcumine: why not take the spice turmeric? It contains curcumine.
- Astaxanthin: I read somewhere that lutein and zeaxanthin instead can quench the astaxanthin 'need'. It also looks like the astaxanthin research is pretty biased. I can provide evidence of this if you want to.
Posted 14 June 2018 - 01:04 AM
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Regimen Critique
- Noopept
- NA-R-ALA - will chelate & redistribute mercury increasing its toxicity. No mercury exposure? then no problem. See Cutler protocol.
- ALCAR - increases lifespan in rodents. I don't see any down side.
- Taurine - humans normally synthesize what they need. Excess inhibits PARP-1 reducing DNA repair (which hastens aging)
- Beta-alanine - goes well with creatine for exercise. Too much can deplete magnesium and taurine. Best source of carnosine
- Theanine - goes well with coffee. Coffee increases lifespan in humans. Don't know about guarana.
- Guarana - Uric Ac disposal gene is broken in humans. Coffee, vit-c, & cherries reduce uric acid. Don't know about guarana
- Rhodiola - Siberian ginseng (eleuthero), rhodiola, and schisandra are synergistic for sympathetic/parasympathetic balance
- Gynostemma - a very powerful AMPK activator & CR mimetic. Daily use can reduce thyroid T3 hormone and raise LDL-C
- Green Tea Extract - Part of Tim Ferriss PAGG stack to reduce visceral fat. Can damage liver. Consider adding milk thistle for liver
- Quercetin - probably safe with pulsatile use. Continuously maintained levels in vitro cause extensive DNA damage.
- Grape Seed Extract - almost all brands are garbage adulterated with peanut shells. The good stuff at bedtime raises NAD+ via NAMPT
- Berberine - often substituted for metformin for life extension, but berberine has strong liver P450 detox interference, metformin does not
- Creatine - increases lifespan in rodents. Inhibits myostatin for muscle increase. Can cause leg cramps when thyroid T3 is low
- Magnesium citrate - I use Mg-malate which has excellent intestinal tolerance (absorption). The malic acid also has benefits
- Schisandra - synergistic with rhodiola and eleuthero
- Niacinamide - classic inhibitor of Sirt1 in-vitro; but converts to NAD+ in-vivo raising Sirt1 in-vivo if not too much taken
- Lecithin (sunflower) - I'd rather eat an egg. Egg yolks are high in lecithin. The PUFA in sunflower oil goes rancid.
- CoQ10 - 200 mg/day reduces CHD by 54%. (More than statins). 200 mg/d may be optimum
- Curcumin - some is good, too much is likely harmful
- Ashwagandha - the king of adaptogens. No toxicity. No upper limit.
- Aspirin - causes stomach bleeding.The aspirin precursor salicin in white willow bark does not cause stomach bleeding
- Lithium orotate - take at bedtime to increase NAMPT at night. NAMPT converts nicotinamide to NAD+.
- (A good quality OPC-Grape Seed Extract at bedtime raises NAMPT at night even better)
- B Vitamins - Jarrow B-right looks good, but i'd rather take niacinamide at bedtime. Swanson Activated-B has no niacinamide
- DHA - this is PUFA that can go rancid. A tiny bit is enough. Keep refrigerated and take < 1g per day. Children need it, adults may not
- D3 5,000 - 1 to 3/day (>1 is controversial). You must take Vit-mk2 as well to prevent D3 from causing calcium deposits in arteries.
- Melatonin - may prevent eventual shrinkage of the thymus gland and spleen
- Grapefruit seed extract
- Hesperidin
- Rutin
- Bitter Melon
- Holy Basil - touted for ursolic acid. The best source of ursolic acid are certain rosemary extracts that are high in ursolic acid
- Cordyceps
- Reishi
- Panax Ginseng - Good quality is very expensive and hard to get. Eleuthero (Siberian ginseng) is much cheaper and more effective
- Benfotiamine - cleans capillary beds, converts AGE's to lipofuscin, reduces NF-kb (inflammation). I take 300 mg/day
- (I take centrophenoxine to remove lipofuscin)
- Sulbutiamine - Best thiamine. Passes BBB. Benfotiamine needs accompaning thiamin. I take 200 mg of sulbutiamine MWF
- (Other forms of B1 are Cocarboxylase & TTFD - the benfotiamine and sulbutiamine are enough already)
- Caution - Two people that posted on Longecity died from fatal wasting after taking high doses of B1 and Biotin together
- SAMe - too expensive, Sulphur and methylation are both easily available elsewhere. Taken by some for a psychotropic effect
- Astaxanthin - Its antioxidant molecule fits across lipoprotein membranes perfectly greatly reducing oxLDL. I take 12 mg/d.
- (The Swedish process for making astaxanthin indoors gives a cleaner--no ocean slime taste--product)
- Pterostilbene - patented & over-hyped as a "better resveratrol", no lifespan increase in rodents. Promotes mito fission.
- (I use pterostilbene only to help promote temporary hyper-fission of mitochondria to clean out "zombies"
- Shilajit
- Ubiquinol - promoted as a better CoQ10. I don't think so.
- PQQ - promotes mitogenesis. If it makes more brown fat that would be great. Not sure it does that
- Fisetin
- Myricetin
- NR - strongly hyped and over priced. I'm waiting for the NAD+ story to mature.
- (Meanwhile take lithium and OPC-Grape seed extract with niacinamide at night to increase NAD+)
- (Niacinamide conversion to NAD+ is limited by NAMPT--taking more niacinamide during the day than converts will inhibit Sirt1)
- (Lithium and OPC-Grape Seed Extract at bedtime increase NAMPT overnight. NAMPT has a 24 hr rhythm)
- Lutein
- Fenugreek - damages the thyroid gland
- Lycopene - too expensive. Prevents cancer. Just take a spoonful of inexpensive tomato paste several times per day
- Leucine (mTor agonist) - I add 3g to my weight lifting drink. I lift weights once/wk by the protocol in the book "Body by Science"
- L-Citrulline - I take 3.5 g (1 tsp) twice/day in my coffee to help eliminate visceral fat.
- D-Ribose - promotes glycation (AGE's) but a tiny amount at bedtime might help convert niacinamide to NAD+
- Bacopa Monnieri - estrogenic, kills libedo, raises estradiol, not good for men
- Artichoke extract - ciltep, controversial--I tried celtep and gave up on it
- Forskolin - ciltep, controversial
- Carnosine - carnosine half-life is 3.9 hrs. Beta alanine converts to carnosine gradually giving a smoother level than taking carnosine
- Whey protein - extremely insulinogenic. Milk proteins spike insulin higher than anything else. Much higher than straight sugar!
- (Insulin spikes promote aging, visceral fat, & metabolic syndrome)
- (Cheese has the milk protein, casein. It is much less insulinogenic than whey; so some modest cheese consumption is ok)
Posted 14 June 2018 - 05:25 AM
1.) what dosage Lycopene if one were to supplement with it?
2.) is the lithium only for nampt or do you find other health benefits from it? Sides?
1 ) A Dose-Response Study on the Effects of Purified Lycopene Supplementation on Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress This study used 6.5 mg, 15 mg, and 30 mg per day. The 30 mg per day gave the best results "ANOVA revealed a significant decrease in DNA damage by the comet assay (p = 0.007), and a significant decrease in urinary 8-hydroxy deoxoguanosine (8-OHdG) at 8 weeks versus baseline (p = 0.0002), with 30 mg lycopene/day." Larger doses were not tried.
There is about 14 mg of lycopene in 2 tbsp--or a heaping tbsp--of tomato paste. I remove the top from a 12 oz can of tomato paste and keep it inverted in the refrigerator in a small dish. I scoop out a heaping tbsp 3-4 times per day which would be about 42-56 mg/day. Lycopene is reputed to prevent prostate cancer and it's metastasis, and prostate cancer is nearly universal in older men, though it rarely grows enough to be a problem within a normal lifespan. But I'm hoping for an extra 20-30 years
2 ) Lithium promotes mitochondrial fusion (so perhaps don't take while doing a Turnbuckle fission protocol). Lithium promotes autophagy at night (but may inhibit autophagy if taken in the morning).. So you would want to take it at night after the fission protocol to help autophagy dispose of the defective mitochondria marked for autophagy following the fission protocol. Lithium also appears to increase human lifespan about 10% at 1 mg per week (60 mcg/L in tap water in Japanese study--attributed to increased autophagy by blocking inositol), but higher intake might reduce lifespan by stimulating mTOR (according to Blagosklonny mTOR theory). I try to get 1-2 mg/wk total in supplements,and food (I distill my water) but it's guesswork.
Edited by RWhigham, 14 June 2018 - 05:33 AM.
Posted 14 June 2018 - 03:14 PM
Lithium also appears to increase human lifespan about 10% at 1 mg per week (60 mcg/L in tap water in Japanese study--attributed to increased autophagy by blocking inositol),
Japanese study: Low-dose lithium uptake promotes longevity in humans and metazoans
Lithium also appears to increase human lifespan about 10% at 1 mg per week (60 mcg/L in tap water in Japanese study--attributed to increased autophagy by blocking inositol),:
Lithium induces autophagy by inhibiting inositol monophosphatase
The Japanese lithium lifespan increase was not "attributed" to the latter research--it was a connection that I had made in my notes .
Edited by RWhigham, 14 June 2018 - 03:44 PM.
Posted 15 June 2018 - 09:08 AM
RWhigham, isn´t Lithium already available in food to some extent? I read humans on average already get a daily dose of 1-3 gram, sometimes up to 5. Thought it was from Livestrong
Posted 15 June 2018 - 11:28 PM
RWhigham, isn´t Lithium already available in food to some extent? I read humans on average already get a daily dose of 1-3 gram, sometimes up to 5. Thought it was from Livestrong
Lithium: Occurrence, Dietary Intakes, Nutritional Essentiality "The available experimental evidence now appears to be sufficient to accept lithium as essential; a provisional RDA for a 70 kg adult of 1000 mcg/day is suggested." (mcg = microgram)
Table 2. Estimated Dietary Li Intakes (Adults, Averages for
Males and Females) in Different Countries
mcg/day
China (Xi’an)a ...............................1560 +/- 980
Mexico (Tijuana, B.C.)b ................1485 +/- 009
Sweden (Stockholm)b ..................1090 +/- 324
Denmark (Copenhagen)b .............1009 +/- 324
Mexico (Culiacan)b ........................ 939 +/- 928
USA (Galveston Texas)b ............... 821 +/- 684
Japan (Tokyo)b .............................. 812 +/- 383
U.S.A., New York area ................... 650 +/- 740
Germany, District of Potsdamc ...... 494 +/- 421
USA (San Diego, California)b ........ 429 +/- 116
Germany (Munich)b ....................... 406 +/- 383
Germany, District of Gerac ............ 364 +/- 326
Vienna (Austria)b ........................... 348 +/- 290
Edited by RWhigham, 15 June 2018 - 11:30 PM.
Posted 16 June 2018 - 02:59 AM
Regimen Critique
- Noopept
- NA-R-ALA - will chelate & redistribute mercury increasing its toxicity. No mercury exposure? then no problem. See Cutler protocol.
- ALCAR - increases lifespan in rodents. I don't see any down side.
EDITED the above quote down because I don't want to take away from the thread and litter in it.
This is a treasure trove of info RWhigham. Thanks a lot for this!
Do you have a full list of various supps/drugs with their added pros/cons like the above list?
Turned me on to a few things in the above and I'm going to research further into them.
Posted 16 June 2018 - 03:18 PM
RWhigham, on 05 Apr 2018 - 7:24 PM, said:
Regimen Critique
- Noopept
- NA-R-ALA - will chelate & redistribute mercury increasing its toxicity. No mercury exposure? then no problem. See Cutler protocol.
- ALCAR - increases lifespan in rodents. I don't see any down side.
ALA (and mercury)
ALCAR (I don't have references at the moment)
Edited by RWhigham, 16 June 2018 - 03:55 PM.
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