That hitting the bottom of the health well I think is where a lot of people end up at Peat's and other types of nutrition/hormonal researchers. 3-4 hours at the gym is definitely a lot of stress on the body and it seems like you finally reached your threshold and your body went spiraling down. Good luck with recovery and I hope you eventually fix your sleep and energy levels. I can relate to the hair shedding, as it's something that I've experienced for the past year and a half, on top of anxiety of my hairline's status. Of course, when I objectively look at my hairline it's completely fine (a norwood 1), that and skin problems, along with sleep and energy levels during the day are my main "analytic" tools for viewing my health status.comments bolded below
For me, I wake groggy often, eyes kinda burny sometimes(using cypro .5-1mg now) but my temps are so random. All over the place with no pattern. Thats the most frustrating thing for me.
Interesting about your carb intolerance. How did you come to that conclusion? Do you think you were always carb intolerant or that your status changed when your health started declining? Also Peat talks about how sugar minimizes the stress hormones, so have you considered that?
I just couldnt ever put on muscle if my fat wasnt high and my carbs werent high. It was somewhat instinctive, I obviously always neglected the hormonal consideration part. And then for me, I knew that all carbs eventually HAVE to be reduced to sugars to be used so I shorted the step and just added fats as a time release thing. Ive been pretty instinctive when I think of food, despite not following my intuitions on it.
What did you do in terms of scalp manipulations? Minox/Nizoral? I figured if I ever get bad enough I would just resort there. Hoping to completely fix shedding and my other myriad of health issues with gelatin, lower on the meat side of things (methionine/cysteine/tryptophan minimization), PUFA minimization (although I'm still going to eat eggs and half an avocado e/d), and ingestion of Vitamin E, D, and K (supplement) and vitamin A from food, on top of plenty of aerobic endurance cardio with zero mouth breathing and heart rate under 163 (my lactate threshold).
I have used nizoral just as a dandruff thing here and there, long before the shed started. Mine was actually the physical manipulation of my scalp. Im sure its somewhere in my recents posts. Ive noticed a pretty good difference at 1-2mg Vitamin K a day, though it very well could not specifically attributed to that. My skin is healthier, my scalp softer. I think omega6s too should be avoided. I think closely trying to replicate evolutionary human nature is probably wise with regard to diet.
Today I plan on starting a 3 hour a day cardio regimen, mixing up biking, rowing, and "creative" dancing/kickboxing/bodyweight exercises (cant run quite yet with a nagging shin splint). Should be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm keeping track of my sleep, energy levels, heart rate, temps, and morning control pause. I'm trying to hit caveman hunter levels of fitness, without the burnout (fingers crossed). I have a theory that aerobic exercise with strict nasal breathing is the best medicine anyone can do, so Ima test it on myself and see where it takes me. I've come to this conclusion through a combination of Buteyko and Dr. Phil Maffetone's work. Although Maffetone seems to emphasize the aerobic engine for optimizing fat utilization, where as Peat seems to emphasize glucose oxidation. I have to do more research to see how those two interplay, but I do believe that having a well developed aerobic engine is key to vibrant health, recovery, sleep, and energy. I know that Maffetone likes low carb diets, but honestly I don't know how anyone does them. I've tried multiple times and end up feeling like ***t. When I'm eating carbs I feel much, much better.
Without a doubt, I only started shedding when my super easy aerobic walking was eliminated. I have no doubt it was protective to some degree. Once it left, thats when the cascade kinda started. I think your idea is good, but i would suggest a longer ramp up period compared to what you think you need. I was telling a forum member, "business as usual" in regard to making changes in the body.