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I've spent some time trying to find the threads where this is talked about, and there were several, so it got confusing. I wanted a thread for those who have done the protocol, are doing it, or thinking about it.
Some background: I was told I have mildly fatty liver a few years ago. I've never had weight issues, other than occasional gains that seem like insulin resistance (being on ssri's, being sedentary and eating too much over the winter, etc.) but mostly normal weight.
I gained the most weight of my life after eating this Peat way (25 pounds, most of it came on from last Jan - June), I figure the fattiness in my liver probably got worse. I suspect cortisol problems (probably had them my whole life), plus I have other issues like PCOS, and this weight gain might have happened to me even if I wasn't eating the Peat foods. however, though I've gained weight before, it was never this hard to lose before.
I did manage to get the weight gain to stop at least, by last July, but losing anything has been impossible, even with weights, walking, calorie restrictions, changing up macros, eliminating certain foods, taking supplements, and so on.
With the estrogen dominance and other issues, I figure it's not necessarily the "Peat" foods I'm eating causing huge issues (though eating too much or too little calories contributes no doubt), but my body is in a mildy hypo state and can't do the things with the food that it should for maximum health. There's something else going on under the surface preventing the weight loss. For example, I tried eating high protein (at least 80 g.) for a long time, but it didn't help my liver like it was supposed to. I feel the liver could be the source of many problems, and until I get it's main problems taken care of it feels like I'm putting a bandaid on. Another example, I love how progest e helps with estrogen dominance symptoms, but even months of taking high doses did not correct things (get my body to produce more progesterone). So there's something getting in the way of things. I've been doing this peat stuff for going on 2 years, and there should be more improvement, imo. BTW, I don't take thyroid and don't want to go that route if I can work on things another way.
This is getting too long, so let me say that what I I"M hoping if I can get my liver in shape, that would surely help a number of problems right at the source.
The supplements are K2 and Caffeine. Optional are Taurine and Glycine.
I know K2 amount is 15 mg. What is the caffeine amount? I saw 400 mg. (divided dose of course) mentioned.
I have had plenty of caffeine daily for a long, long time (most of my life), and that hasn't seemed to help my problem. So perhaps caffeine alone isn't enough for me to clear up my liver of the estrogens and other toxins.
I started yesterday with 15 mg. K2, divided. So, 5 mg. am, afternoon, before bed. I didn't get the caffeine nearly high enough since I've been feeling high cortisol and caffeine bothers me, but today I feel better, and so I plan to increase caffeine.
I know there were some success stories on the forum already with this. Would love to hear from anyone on this topic of fatty liver, clearing it up, dosages, etc.
Some background: I was told I have mildly fatty liver a few years ago. I've never had weight issues, other than occasional gains that seem like insulin resistance (being on ssri's, being sedentary and eating too much over the winter, etc.) but mostly normal weight.
I gained the most weight of my life after eating this Peat way (25 pounds, most of it came on from last Jan - June), I figure the fattiness in my liver probably got worse. I suspect cortisol problems (probably had them my whole life), plus I have other issues like PCOS, and this weight gain might have happened to me even if I wasn't eating the Peat foods. however, though I've gained weight before, it was never this hard to lose before.
I did manage to get the weight gain to stop at least, by last July, but losing anything has been impossible, even with weights, walking, calorie restrictions, changing up macros, eliminating certain foods, taking supplements, and so on.
With the estrogen dominance and other issues, I figure it's not necessarily the "Peat" foods I'm eating causing huge issues (though eating too much or too little calories contributes no doubt), but my body is in a mildy hypo state and can't do the things with the food that it should for maximum health. There's something else going on under the surface preventing the weight loss. For example, I tried eating high protein (at least 80 g.) for a long time, but it didn't help my liver like it was supposed to. I feel the liver could be the source of many problems, and until I get it's main problems taken care of it feels like I'm putting a bandaid on. Another example, I love how progest e helps with estrogen dominance symptoms, but even months of taking high doses did not correct things (get my body to produce more progesterone). So there's something getting in the way of things. I've been doing this peat stuff for going on 2 years, and there should be more improvement, imo. BTW, I don't take thyroid and don't want to go that route if I can work on things another way.
This is getting too long, so let me say that what I I"M hoping if I can get my liver in shape, that would surely help a number of problems right at the source.
The supplements are K2 and Caffeine. Optional are Taurine and Glycine.
I know K2 amount is 15 mg. What is the caffeine amount? I saw 400 mg. (divided dose of course) mentioned.
I have had plenty of caffeine daily for a long, long time (most of my life), and that hasn't seemed to help my problem. So perhaps caffeine alone isn't enough for me to clear up my liver of the estrogens and other toxins.
I started yesterday with 15 mg. K2, divided. So, 5 mg. am, afternoon, before bed. I didn't get the caffeine nearly high enough since I've been feeling high cortisol and caffeine bothers me, but today I feel better, and so I plan to increase caffeine.
I know there were some success stories on the forum already with this. Would love to hear from anyone on this topic of fatty liver, clearing it up, dosages, etc.