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Be aware that anecdotes, even your own anecdote could be an artifact of your beliefs. The placebo effect is just one way that suggestion affects our experience. Humans are social animals and the beliefs we accept can have a drastic impact on our experience. In many, if not most, cases the impact of our beliefs is greater than the impact of chemicals. This isn’t only true for herbs and supplements. ‘New’ or ‘dangerous’ sounding drugs can bring a rush when you first start taking them because of the fear and excitement. When the excitement wears off you’re back to baseline. Beware of the self-experimentation treadmill. If you aren’t finding sustainable solutions then reconsider your approach.
My understanding is it converts to arginine for supporting growth hormone, nitric oxide (vs ED), However arginine is also needed to support the immune system's fight against bacterial infections. It supposedly competes with lysine needed to combat viral infections. Does taking citrulline instead of arginine reduce the issue with lysine?
I'm curious, what does this do for you? I'm not really into supplements myself and am always wondering what kinda results people are getting from huge stacks such as these
That all looks pretty good from my armchair. The only thing I would say to look into would be the glutathione. My understanding is that oral supplementation doesn't really work because it gets metabolized but I may be remembering that incorrectly.
My understanding about glutathione is similar. There are other issues as well. The body makes glutathione from a combo of cysteine, glutamate and glycine. Taking other antioxidants may spare/preserve glutathione as seen in one study of DMSA in autistic kids.
The magnesium glycinate- is that 200-400 mg of glycinate or 200-400 mg of elemental magnesium in the form of magnesium glycinate? Also, what brand is it? Some brands fraudulently sell worthless oxide as glycinate.
It's pretty complex and some of it is unnecessary regarding timing or dose. Vitamin D, B12, Creatine, Magnesium glycinate, protein, collagen is all fine, although I would limit D to 2000 IU daily. Others I would consider questionable, also you could consider adding Omega-3. Liquid glutathione is not that good, bioavailability is very poor. NAD+ should be replaced by NAD precursors like niacinamide.
Judging finasteride and minoxidil would be considered medical advice, I assume that you discussed this with a doctor.
Some people have too much copper and need more zinc to better balance it.
I would not take zinc at breakfast. I take 10g with lunch since that is the time of day I'm most likely to be hyper active from too much noradrenaline. Copper is needed to make norad.
I take another 10mg before bed, away from copper intake.
Too much CDP-choline, and with choline I'd suggest b5, (at least half thr mg of the advanced choline source) but also why not a quality b complex? (thorne, seeking health, jarrow, or life extension) all thr b's work together.
May I ask why you chose direct glutathione over Glycine + NAC? Recently someone died because of a direct glutathione supplement. It does have risks. Glynac is way safer, and lets your body decide how much glutathione is needed instead of forcing it in directly.
For the rest of your stack I need more context about you. Like gender and age.
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Why so much citrulline?
My understanding is it converts to arginine for supporting growth hormone, nitric oxide (vs ED), However arginine is also needed to support the immune system's fight against bacterial infections. It supposedly competes with lysine needed to combat viral infections. Does taking citrulline instead of arginine reduce the issue with lysine?
No. Looks good.
I'm curious, what does this do for you? I'm not really into supplements myself and am always wondering what kinda results people are getting from huge stacks such as these
With all do respect that make some high end multis, add vit b,d/k2, and anti oxidants as needed. Omega 3 and electrolytes are great
Why so much zinc? Especially without copper
That all looks pretty good from my armchair. The only thing I would say to look into would be the glutathione. My understanding is that oral supplementation doesn't really work because it gets metabolized but I may be remembering that incorrectly.
My understanding about glutathione is similar. There are other issues as well. The body makes glutathione from a combo of cysteine, glutamate and glycine. Taking other antioxidants may spare/preserve glutathione as seen in one study of DMSA in autistic kids.
The magnesium glycinate- is that 200-400 mg of glycinate or 200-400 mg of elemental magnesium in the form of magnesium glycinate? Also, what brand is it? Some brands fraudulently sell worthless oxide as glycinate.
It's pretty complex and some of it is unnecessary regarding timing or dose. Vitamin D, B12, Creatine, Magnesium glycinate, protein, collagen is all fine, although I would limit D to 2000 IU daily. Others I would consider questionable, also you could consider adding Omega-3. Liquid glutathione is not that good, bioavailability is very poor. NAD+ should be replaced by NAD precursors like niacinamide.
Judging finasteride and minoxidil would be considered medical advice, I assume that you discussed this with a doctor.
Too much zinc and nil copper, are you trying to improve or damage your health?
Some people have too much copper and need more zinc to better balance it.
I would not take zinc at breakfast. I take 10g with lunch since that is the time of day I'm most likely to be hyper active from too much noradrenaline. Copper is needed to make norad.
I take another 10mg before bed, away from copper intake.
Too much CDP-choline, and with choline I'd suggest b5, (at least half thr mg of the advanced choline source) but also why not a quality b complex? (thorne, seeking health, jarrow, or life extension) all thr b's work together.
May I ask why you chose direct glutathione over Glycine + NAC? Recently someone died because of a direct glutathione supplement. It does have risks. Glynac is way safer, and lets your body decide how much glutathione is needed instead of forcing it in directly.
For the rest of your stack I need more context about you. Like gender and age.
What is your stack? The post seems incomplete
Now time to add some pharma substences, uhh like bupropion and selegiline, maybe nortriptyline. Just suggestions