Diet, Supplements That Correspond To A 13y Younger Biological Age (Blood Test #6 In 2024)

[@thomastoadally]

Michael you are the one! You are closing in on the target that you want. Thank you for all your great work.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @thomastoadally!

[@debstayblessed9549]

Thanks for being so transparent with your excellent work 🎉

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @debstayblessed9549, and always!

[@savome]

Which green tea do you get from Ocha & Co? So many options and would like somewhere to start trying

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @savome, I haven't tried them all, but have used Sencha for a few years. Here's the exact link: www.ochaandco.com/products/japanese-organic-sencha-green-tea-loose-leaf

[@drlorishemek]

You’re doing excellent work! 🎉

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks Lori!!!

[@drlorishemek]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 Always!

[@Maple597]

Thank you for all your videos! I would be interested in your analysis and review of ferritin (ferroptosis) and all cause mortality for a future video. Cheers.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @Maple597. I have a file on ferritn, that's definitely possible!

[@abdelilahbenahmed4350]

Excellent and detailed analysis as usual. Have you some ideas , Prof. Lustgarten, about which of your biomarkers have probably been positively impacted by your intake of 50-60 Niacin mg ?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks Abdelilah. Off the top of my head, not many, including NAD (of course) and lower LDL. I'll have to check the correlations later for a more precise answer...

[@dirkheyer6871]

Great Work and thank you for your actual bodyweight!👍🏻 Interesting Changes and in my calculation, you have to much Uricacid in #5, but maybe I have wrong Data. Good Idea with Homocystein and to much mushrooms!👍🏻 I have changed collard greens into stem cabbage and more Kimchi, its not so easy to get collard greens and its easier to eat a daily dose of stem cabbage and Kimchi. I have also changed a part of corn into kidney beans, I think its a better taste (for me) and have more Protein. I think you take a lot of vegetables as a Drink/Juice, which ones?🤔 A remark in the table would be nice to have. Wish you a great day! 😊

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @dirkheyer6871. Uric acid (UA) levels ~5 mg/dL are found in youth and are associated with maximally reduced all-cause mortality risk, and 4.7 for Test #5 is right in that ballpark Although UA was lower for Test #6, I'm open to increasing UA back to ~4.7 if it means lower homocysteine, which was the case for Test #5.

[@dirkheyer6871]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 maybe with so much Vitamin C intake, it is OK to have so much Uricacid intake 🤔😉👍🏻

[@kevb740]

Hey Michael great update love watching your videos no bullshit just follow the data 😂 one glaring omission from your diet I see is C15 fat sources. Based on the recent longevity studies showing that c15 from ghee, butter and full fat dairy each day show huge benefits, would you look to add that in soon and see how it affects your blood work?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @kevb740. C15 is a tough one, as it's not included in iollo's metabolomic kit, so I can't directly track it. Where the C15 story gets interesting (for me) is that it can be produced via gut bacteria when fermenting dietary fiber (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28424190/). The diet is fiber rich, so I'm probably good on plasma C15-the only way to know would be to measure plasma levels though.

[@jamesgilmore8192]

​@@conqueragingordietrying123 Can you ask iollo to report it? You'd have influence...

[@jesusmiguel1560]

Have you mentioned why you're not fully plant-based or why you don't consume red meat?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I went full vegan early in the approach (2015), and biomarkers like TGs and HDL were better with daily sardines, in comparison. I like beef, but fish has O3s, is more satiating, and has a net positive correlative score with ~25 biomarkers.

[@Riccardoverdi-l8w]

Hi, the frozen strawberry you eat them raw? and all the food that you eat is organic? thanks

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

The frozen strawberries are either raw, mixed with yogurt, or in a smoothie. Almost all organic, unless I don't eat the skin (oranges, bananas, as examples)

[@sooooooooDark]

if u feel experimentative: if u want to decrease fructose while at the same time having high fruit/beet intake: ferment them! kvass is a known fermented beet beverage and fruit can be fermented too 😁

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @sooooooooDark, but I'll have to pass on that idea-for whatever reason, the only way that I like beets is raw, and in a smoothie with strawberries, parsley, and ginger/cinnamon/vanilla bean

[@tzumer2534]

Hey, have you ever looked into your hypothyroidism in detail? Hypothyroidism is often caused by iodine deficiency. Not only your thyroid needs iodine, but also every cell in the body. You might be able to improve health markers even further. Dr. Brownstein explains the issues with iodine deficiency very well. He's had thousands of patients with hypothyroidism and hashimotos and he managed to cure most of them with high dose iodine (like 20mg) and cofactors like selenium and magnesium. But start slow, don't instantly take high dosages. It takes like a week or two to detox bromide and fluoride, since iodine is also a halogen, and will therefore dump other halogens into the bloodstream. Would be interesting to see how iodine will affect your health.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @tzumer2534, I had thyroid gland atrophy in my 20s, so it's more than an iodine story in my case.

[@monnoo8221]

brownstein was not at all convincing in any regard o me. Close to a quack....

[@arthurcard1152]

@@monnoo8221 Correct! And get your Iodine from foods. Sea Vegetables etc.

[@CharlesOffdensen]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 But how about other aspects of iodine? Are there any correlations between diet intake of iodine and some biomarkers? Also, I don't see iodine on the micronutrient profile.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@CharlesOffdensen Iodine content in foods isn't great on Cronometer, so it's tough to track and look at correlations

[@sooooooooDark]

if u want another starch source (that isnt "as fatty" as oats) one may recommend to u puffed quinoa or amaranth even without considering their amazing popcorn like taste, and despite the "dry heat bad" cuz of AGEs (but that hardly applies to carb sources as u probably know) - this way of preparing (buying-pre made) is not only more convenient, but also lessens the amount of water they r in contact with (so its less likely that their (stellar) magnesium content gets washed out by just cooking them the regular way (and discarding the water, which most ppl do)) - and iirc magnesium was one of the nutrients that (in ur case) was still nice even at "rda x2" levels - so that might be a possible optimization (if u were dare to go higher on grains ever again)

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I like quinoa and amaranth, but prefer oats more...

[@sooooooooDark]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 puffed they all r pretty popcorn tasting (both taste and texture) tbh :P

[@Uncle_Abadi]

I love your content and your hard work on anti-ageing, what's your thoughts about astaxanthin, from what I know it is a potent antioxidant and till your body takes full saturation it takes 2 weeks then maintenance a dose of 2mg-4mg, my question is general health and anti ageing Thank you

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @Uncle_Abadi. Astaxanthin is rich in salmon, so I'd get it from there, rather than supplements. Other than that, I don't have thoughts on it as a supplement

[@jamesgilmore8192]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 I looked into that and the amount is salmon is low compared to the effective doses in trials.

[@Fernandopt2]

Excellent Video! Doubt: Regular sun gives you 10.000 to 20.000 IU /day, so , why just 1.000 to 2.000 IU of D3 / day? Good levels at blood would be between 70 and 95 ng/mL for cancer protection. Is that ok?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I'm aiming for blood levels > 30 ng/ml, for now Based on the published studies, how much above that is optimal is debatable...

[@tatersquad2000]

20k iu after 30 mins exposure, highly unlikely we are evolved to be in the sun less than 30 mins per day so i agree with your comment.

[@richardheck3794]

Thanks for sharing the deets!

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Always, @richardheck3794 (or at least for the next 72+ years)!

[@jamesgilmore8192]

Is this the highest youve ever had tomatoes? Most of the others look to be within the ranges youve used before?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Yep, good catch James-I did that to offset the lycopene loss with less watermelon. I should've also said that in the video!

[@jamesgilmore8192]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 I ran a 400g/day tomato experiment for a while and had to stop. Whereas a similar lycopene dose in supplement form was favourable. I'm around 100g/day, now. It's hard to know what the issue was but I think there is an upper limit on tomato intake.

[@justsaying7065]

@@jamesgilmore8192 Tomato is a nightshade and some people are sensitive to nightshades.

[@GaiasFleas]

Hi Michael, why so much Vitamin K? Sorry if you've answered this question elsewhere? Just want to have an idea of how much I should be shooting for.

[@jamesgilmore8192]

To increase his HDL. Not sure if there are more reasons. And it's mostly K1, not sure if he's done an analysis on K2.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @GaiasFleas, initially I aimed for > 1000 mcg/d based on associations with ACM risk and osteocalcin activation. Then, I went higher because Vitamin K was significantly correlated with more biomarkers going in the right direction vs wrong (posted in the Correlations Tier on Patreon). I'm experimenting with going lower for the next test, from 3000 to ~2000, as 3000/d might be too much for my gut.

[@GaiasFleas]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 Is the 2-3000mcg/ day Vit K1 or K2?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@jamesgilmore8192 Yep, thanks James, HDL is a part of the K story, which is almost exclusively K1 in my case

[@jamesgilmore8192]

​@@conqueragingordietrying123I've always wondered what K2 would do, and whether it's easily measured, but I don't see cheddar cheese or natto in your diet.

[@kenpe1455]

And what sports do you do every week? Cardio, etc?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

2 workouts/week, walking on the other days

[@arihaviv8510]

Maybe consider capers as they are high in quercetin. They are also part of the well studied "mediterranean diet" eating pattern, which also happens to match what you typically eat (fish, legumes and lots of veg)

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @arihaviv8510. I've tried capers, the taste is terrible (for me), so that's a hard sell

[@arihaviv8510]

I used them to make chicken picatta and i also tried them straight out of the jar...they are much more mellow when cooked in the sauce. Probably less salty that way which is important...don't want to take in too much sodium in the pursuit of polyphenols...same goes for olives ​@@conqueragingordietrying123

[@sooooooooDark]

btw: have u ever tried what adding grass fed beef liver does to ur numbers somehow evertime i eat the stuff i sleep much better/dreams r more vivid and the next day i feel strangely energetic ive even tried to supplement everything of the (known) rda nutrients of liver to have the same effect (choline, folate, copper, iron, zinc, b12(different forms)) over many years and yet - every time i take it i somehow can feel it (in fact: i hadnt taken the pills for a while and woke up this morning and was like "huh, why do i feel this specific way" and after pondering for 5 minutes i realized that i had rotated the beef liver pills back in - so technically it isnt even possible to be placebo cuz i had to dig why this specific sensation came up again) - its very hard to describe and subtle but certain ;S like everything feels more fruitful and aligned (yea weird spiritual wordage, but i guess u get the point 😂)

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hey @sooooooooDark, I'm not a fan of the taste or texture of liver, but that's good news if it's having a positive impact for you!

[@stefan-cosmin.ionescu807]

I'm really lookin' forward for the Rapa results, especially the glucose, lipid, inflamation, liver and kidney markers. Maybe this comes down to personal preference, but is it nutritionally optimal to eat skinless sardines relative to sardines with skin, given that their skin is a rich source of micronutrients, or I am guessing you are trying to control for excess intake of some of those micronutrients (e.g., calcium, phosphorus, selenium)?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @stefan-cosmin.ionescu807, the main goal was Candida IgG, which didn't make a dent, so I didn't measure other blood biomarkers. I do have HRV, RHR, BP data though, which weren't improved If you like the taste of the whole sardines, go for it-for me, skinless and boneless is best for long-term satiety.

[@alessandroVenturini-n6d]

Hi what dose of rapamycin do you current take? to eat more carb you can try black quinoa that is not consider a grain and is one of the most rich in antioxidant (from the ORAC values list)

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I took 1mg of rapa for 7d. Quinoa has a fair amount of oxalates when compared with other whole grains, which is unfortunate, as I like the taste.

[@Gary65437]

Wow, now that's keeping track and with lab work. Do you buy organic grains and beans like chick peas to avoid the Round-up? Strawberries rated number one in pesticides, you have a plan to deal with that? Have you tried eliminating the peanuts to avoid the huge omega 6 load? Also I noticed joint pain in my knees very soon after I eat them, so they're banned from my diet, pretty much just walnuts now.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @Gary65437, there are many videos on the channel tracking diet... Yep on organic grains and chickpeas, strawberries, too Nope on the peanuts, they're one of the few sources of tryptophan betaine, so they're a staple. I'm not worried about O6 from whole foods, but to a point-based on its correlation with 25 biomarkers, ~16g/d is the sweet spot.

[@ChessMasterNate]

Your body may be used to the fisetin in the strawberries. It would be interesting to supplement with the amount of fisetin lost from trimming the strawberries. You might get the benefit of the lower fructose while retaining the benefits of the fisetin. Or it could easily be the reduction in carotenoids in the plants trimmed. So many things to look at, but only so many can be checked. Of course, they may have just botched the test. It only takes a few botched tests to throw the whole thing into disarray. It probably makes sense to retest when you get an outlier.

[@hopeforescape884]

Rapamycin!!! My favorite molecule, I wrote a report on it for one of my undergraduate biochemistry classes and it came out almost 20 pages long 😅. I'm only 25 y/o at the moment, but once I'm 40 ~ 50 I'm 100% getting on that, assuming the evidance for it keeps piling up. Hopefully my PCP does not block me from getting a prescription for it.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Unfortunately, it didn't do what I expected, and was potentially bad for some biomarkers. I'd recommend tracking biomarkers for anyone on rapa, to see if it's a net positive or potentially detrimental.

[@hopeforescape884]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 yeah, luckly in many of the mouse studies it seem to confer the full benefit even when started at middle age, which is why I have not jumped on it yet and I'm currently in wait and see mode.

[@monnoo8221]

search youtube for "Bikman rapamycin". It is completely crazy IMO to take it, given its side effects on muscle metabolism

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@hopeforescape884 Published studies are a guide for what can be true, but the only way to know is testing at the individual level.

[@PaulRigoni]

Hi why do you try to increase your NAD levels in the blood, have you seen any positive aspects in any tests when the levels are higher? Thank you

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @PaulRigoni, I wish I could say yes, but unfortunately not a big difference

[@BCResilience]

Can you explain the soluble fiber calculation? Wouldn't 84.3 grams = 337 calories? I don't understand how you get from that to 180 from fat at 8.4%? Is there some discrepancy between fiber types not shown that I'm missing? TIA!

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @BCResilience, Cronometer estimates ~20% of the total fiber amount to be soluble, which is then multiplied by 2.2 calories/g to yield an estimated amount of calories from SCFAs, 180 Fiber is comprised of soluble (fermented by gut bacteria into SCFAs) and insoluble, which are largely not fermented by gut bacteria.

[@BCResilience]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 Thanks for the quick response! I assume the 84.3 is total fiber, so 20% would be 16.86 grams soluble, which then I don't see how you get to 180 calories (16.86*2.2 = 37.092).

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@BCResilience It's around 20%, but the calories from fiber are exclusively coming from soluble fiber fermentation, which Cronometer estimates as ~2.2 calories/g total fiber.

[@friedux2065]

Oats are quite heavily contaminated with Glyphosate. I only get Glyphosate free certified oats like one degree organics from Costco.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I agree, but not all oats are contaminated. I use Bob's steel cut, which "Bob's Red Mill stopped using glyphosate as a pre-harvest desiccant for all varieties of their oats in response to customer concerns. Bob's Red Mill Organic Quick Cooking Steel Cut Oats are certified organic, which means they were produced without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, and are free of genetically engineered ingredients."

[@friedux2065]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 good to know.

[@satsmojo]

have you ever looked into iodine levels / supplementation for your hypothyroidism?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Not in a long time-I was diagnosed with thyroid gland atrophy in my 20s, so I'm not sure it's (currently) iodine deficiency-related.

[@NespoliLeonardo]

Hi, so at least in your case we can conclude that a lower amount of protein (and therefore a lower activity of Mtor) does not reduce the speed of aging more? or maybe not Phenoage but TruDiagnostic age can be?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I'm not sure, as I haven't gone too high or low for protein intake since I started tracking DunedinPACE in 2022.

[@arihaviv8510]

Aww you had to cut parsley too!

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

No worries, it's back to pre-Test #6 levels for Test #7

[@monnoo8221]

That's a lot of signifcant changes! We will see whether the changes are going to impact negatively. Rapamycin : you are brave, I am excited about the results, given its strong side effects I expect a deterioration of your status... This will be the first broad + detailed and true investigation of its side effects. Almost everybody had a Candida infection at some point, and quite some get killed by it in older age. I use berberine in an episodic for fighting against it. regarding Horvath and phenoage: implicity you assume that they are equivalent, when optimizing one it would benefit also the other. however, horvaths CpG mehylation has almost no functional relevance. After all, whats happening durnig aging is a loss of the methylation pattern, sites that should not be methylated, get methylated, and vice versa... and that's a stochastic process. IMO that's also what the horvath test captures. The idea has a grain of feasibility in it, but the realization is complete bogus. It destroyed your good phenoage values.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

The rapamycin results (I only looked Candida IgG) aren't good, including CV metrics and BP...

[@monnoo8221]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 yep, fungi are serious and real issue when getting old. They just invade everything, joints, brain, heart, connective tissue... IMO he increase of CD38 in older age is largely to fungi. Berberine stops their growth, such the body has a chance to win...

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@monnoo8221 Is there published data for fungi activating CD38?

[@rony7338]

The real test is how do you feel and look. Do you feel younger than your age? Do you look younger?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Those are parts of the story, definitely. I don't feel 51, and how I look is subjective...

[@arihaviv8510]

Take stress for example. do you manage low stress levels? ​@@conqueragingordietrying123

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@arihaviv8510 A great measure of stress is impacts on HRV and RHR, which I've tracked daily since 2018

[@anjanduttakoirala3023]

We share the same issue... hypothyroidism.. do you have better experience items that really help t4 to t3 conversation ?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Not yet on improving the ratio, but with each test, I'm collecting more data, so it's only a matter of time...

[@2001lextalionis]

Curious what the hydroxy 25 levels are on those vitamin D levels

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

38 ng/mL on 1000IU/d and sporadic sun exposure for Test #5:: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqSlgoCdiLqCl5I

[@sooooooooDark]

not diet related (but this is the most recent "u centric video" which is why i write it here): one thing u may or may not have been considering is the brain (or more specifically: thinking) i know world materialistic etc etc, thats why ppl like to look at diet exercise and disease n stuff, however what i find is the first thing that goes (for older individuals) (other than looks) is them brains - they just get slow af (and constantly say (to me) to "wait....wait") - so im proposing in addition to ur (beyond excellent if i may say so) diet (and probably equally stellar(?)) exercise approach to add in some stuff that keeps ya sharp into old age (not saying u rnt sharp, u certainly r....but its a different kind of sharp im on about): especially reaction time and quick (accurate) decision-making in the elder is pretty potato - lots of the things that (video) games school so to say (no wonder ppl in their teens r drawn toward these things, its what they r best at (and not just miss aligned/not fully developed dopamin release circuits 😛) - so yea maybe adding in some dual-n-back, chess puzzles, and valorant to keep that mind crisp might be a (somewhat?) low hanging fruit that few (of the traditional/more materialistic minded) longevity nuts consider (at least i havent heard them talk about it even just once, and ive watched a lot, hehe)

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

It's all about brain health-I've got a video coming soon on biomarkers associated with brain age. If the brain goes, everything else follows

[@johnc7404]

any concern about heavy metals like arsenic with that frequency of sardine consumption?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I haven't tested arsenic, but lead is very low. If too many sardines and heavy metal content was bad for health, I'd expect to see a negative correlative impact on biomarkers, which isn't the case at typic intake (105 - 150g/d).

[@vanesslifeygo]

What's your CRP after this diet?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

19 tests in a row less than the detection limit, 0.3 mg/L. Shown in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnvTk5-Letirgrc

[@andreacolombo2918]

Maybe for up your carbs, if you have never tried you can add purple potato or sweet potatoes!

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Hi @andreacolombo2918, I've experimented with both-carrots are more satiating in my case I may add purple potatoes back in, though, to repeat the experiment...

[@CharlesOffdensen]

Another thing that comes to mind is, are you worried about the ratio between calcium and phosphorus intake?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I'm not-which biomarkers would you expect that ratio to impact?

[@CharlesOffdensen]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 Bone mineral density, Fibroblast growth factor 23, for example. Increased bone turnover may also increase ALP. FGF23 may cause low levels of vitamin D, too www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279023/

[@alexmiller6560]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 bone heath, but also phosphorus intake >1600mg/day has higher all-cause mortality while 700-800mg was lowest and you're at 2216mg/day

[@Battery-kf4vu]

So you tried 5 or 6 correlations and they pretty much all failed. Have you counted overall all the times that you tried correlations and how many times it worked? If it fails almost every time it does more harm than good. And even at that when it worked, how do you know it is not a fluke also, and how do you know that if something works it is going to work in the long term? You'd have to try again every few years and whatnot. Might time to put into question your whole strategy.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

The end result is avoiding year-to-year change for as many biomarkers as possible. With that in mind, the approach has been mostly successful, with a few weak spots that I'm currently addressing. I follow the correlations, but you're right-if something doesn't work 1x, I usually circle back to try it again at a later date. A good example of that are chickpeas-initially I included them, but they didn't make a dent. For more recent tests, I added them back in, and saw improvements for creatinine, but am now testing that via their removal for the next test.

[@whatthefunction9140]

I'm a fan of canned sardines anchovies muccels oysters but I don't eat them when they come from China or south China sea. I think crown prince is sourced from china

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Yep, that's a good point

[@Pluvo2for1]

How do you obtain rapamycin?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

gethealthspan.com prescription

[@tmanthemotivator]

Are you planning on doing any heavy metal s test

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I recently tested lead, working on a short video for that

[@tmanthemotivator]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 what about all the others arsenic, cadium, mercury etc

[@tmanthemotivator]

Isn't the best protocol for testing, hair, nails , blood and urine?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@tmanthemotivator Not sure, I only measured in blood

[@MNTrader2012]

42 days is simply way to short. Whatever your bloodtest result is, it is due to things you have done from way before.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I've tested 6x so far in 2024, so it all averages out.

[@chrisbrown2211]

Where's the beef?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Fish has better correlations in my data with biomarkers, so I focus on that. I like beef (and eggs), but they're rare players.

[@chrisbrown2211]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 thanks for responding. Just curious how does beef negatively affect your biomarkers?

[@sooooooooDark]

its funny how an average person would say "hm, this is very few changes from previous to current test - just a few grams here and there" a true food autist be like "omg, r u sure u want to change numbers on like 5 things at once?!" 😂

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Ha, autist or artist, likely a bit of both

[@Bushwacked487]

How old are you?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

51, 52 in Jan

[@MichaelAllenSmith]

Did you stop eating sprouts? I recall them mentioned in a previous video.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I have-the alfalfa sprouts were great, but I may have eaten a few batches of rotten broccoli sprouts (at least they smelled rotten) that may have messed my my gut microbiome...

[@jamesgilmore8192]

​@@conqueragingordietrying123 I can get freeze dried broccoli sprout powder where contamination is not a problem and too much of those would cause problems. Supplements are the best route for Nrf2 activators imho. Rhonda switched to supplements a while back as I understand.

[@davidflorez1196]

​@@conqueragingordietrying123 Would love a microbiome/gut health video

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@davidflorez1196 Those exist on the channel-search SCFAs...

[@maestroharmony343]

You need to wash out the seed shells and unsprouted seeds really well. Otherwise, it smells awfully bad very soon.

[@arthurcard1152]

What your thoughts on all these carnivore people saying vegetables have anti-nutrients, oxalates etc. ,phytic acids in beans, nuts and seeds, etc. They just enjoy meat, etc., fruit and honey. Sometimes raw milk. I enjoy organic raw and sprouted nuts and seeds. I eat everything. I balance it out. Lol. Health Guru. And checkout the next level Pro Biotic. Progurt

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

I'm open to any diet being optimal, but for me it goes beyond feel-what do the biomarkers say, not just metabolic health, but liver, kidney, immune, etc? Without biomarker tracking, it's one big guess.

[@vdkhvb]

it does not matter one bit what mechanisms carnivores highlight to badmouth some food group, the studies on outcomes consistently show positive results from eating beans, nuts, seeds and whole grains.

[@arthurcard1152]

@@vdkhvb The Living Legend Dr Robert Morse heals cancer , disease etc with Fruit! Beans, Nuts, Seeds and Grains are dead foods. Grains contain mold from the silos they’re stored in. Unless it’s seed grains like. Amaranth, buckwheat and Quinoa. Seeds that heal cancer would be apricot and apple seeds along with black seed oil . There’s opposites to everything. Show me the studies on how beans etc can heal disease and I will show you the opposite. Lol. I know doctors that heal with grapes. Doctors that heal with juicing vegetables. Raw milk. Etc. Show me how you would heal the body with grains and beans though.

[@arihaviv8510]

I get the impression many carnivores were overweight and are feeling much better after losing weight that you can do with any diet ​@@vdkhvb

[@arihaviv8510]

Just show your biomarkers like dr lustgarten does... ​@@arthurcard1152

[@sooooooooDark]

PIZZA FUCK YEA

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

lol

[@leafinwind99]

I read about that the green tea can deplete B vitamins. What's your thought on that?

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Which B vitamins? Got some paper links?

[@leafinwind99]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35276844 Not just green tea, anything with tannins and caffeine. I drink lot of green tea, so I am a bit concerned.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@leafinwind99 Hmm, interesting. Rather than focus on 1 or 2 compounds, green tea's net effect may be positive, based on studies of biological age and ACM risk...

[@generalb4005]

I’m sure you get asked to test a lot of supplements but I’m curious if you ever heard of Mitopure Urolithin A. It boosts the bodies akkermansia levels. Let’s just say I been taking it all summer and 3months later my energy levels of through the roof. Doing more half marathons. I swear it’s reducing my sugar cravings and carb cravings as well. Then it dawned on me that I don’t take my other supplements as much because this one appears to be doing more than expected. Just curious if there is enough research out there that would peak your interest.

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Yep, I've heard of it, and the most important thing is impact on biomarkers-which would you expect it to improve? Akkermansia can be a double-edged sword depending on the gut environment. Without fiber, they can degrade the luminal mucus layer (which is bad), but within the context of a high fiber diet may be good.

[@generalb4005]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 really appreciate the heads up on the fiber intake consideration. The main biomarkers would be to test insulin and glucose levels. Additionally confirming if an improved gut improves the synthesis of your other supplements. I agree high energy levels is hard to measure from a biomarker perspective but I’m definitely consuming less sugar, experiencing less food cravings, body mass is reducing every week. So theoretically glucose levels and insulin levels should see a significant reduction post Mitopure. Unfortunately there isn’t a BDNF biomarker test due to the requirement of a brain biopsy i believe but I swear my BDNF levels are through the roof……lol

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

@@generalb4005 I tested insulin 4x in 2023, average = 3.1. The latest HbA1c test in 2024 was 5.1% I'm not sure if it would help in my case, but these biomarkers worsen during aging, which is when I could give it a try.

[@pursuingtruth13]

Algorithm

[@conqueragingordietrying123]

Thanks @pursuingtruth13! I think watch time trains the algorithm, so watching the entire video may also important...

[@pursuingtruth13]

@@conqueragingordietrying123 gotchu - no worries there this video is fascinating!! Thank you for all of the data you are collecting for the sake of humanity