Re: Salt... My experience with Morton's Canning and Himalaya
So these are the changes i made... 1. Increased Morton's Salt Intake. 2. Ate food all the way up to 20 min before the session. 3. Sat in the back of the room where its cooler.
These changes prevent the stress hormones from becoming overbearing. Im now putting 1/2 teaspoon with my OJ, 1/4 teaspoon with my milk, and a full teaspoon with my yoga drink mixture. The Bikram Yoga community also suggests not eating anything 2 hours before session. My thinking is that when my body ran out of available nutrients, my stress hormones increased (mix in exercise and 106 degree temp) and my ability to absorb water and/or salt went down the drain. I drank some milk/salt/gelatin 20 min before and did a lot better. The heaters are on the back ceilings facing the front... so the coolest spots are on the back sides of the room. This seemed to help as well.
Im thinking the loss in water on morton's salt is contributed to a higher initial body temp and a faster metabolism. A faster metabolism requires more energy to sustain. I think the crash in the middle of yoga caused my body to freak out. The reason my body temp was lower in the mornings has to do with a fast metabolism running out of energy in the middle of the night... rather then a slower metabolism running out of energy in the middle of the night. It seems my body has an easier time transitioning to starvation when my metabolism was already low to begin with. This seems to be a sign that my body can only sustain a fast metabolism when im manually sustaining it with the food im eating. It does not have the necessary processes to sustain itself automatically... like the livers ability to store glycogen.
Being a tall, lanky guy... i've struggled with posture, flexibility, core strength, and joint issues my entire life. More recently... a chiropractor showed me an X-ray and pointed out i have minor scoliosis. I've read articles talking about how scoliosis lowers your life expectancy. Bikram Yoga has helped me with all of the above. I actually stand an inch taller now. I accomplished this in only 5 months of yoga. Since my goal with peat's diet is to increase life quality, performance, and expectancy... it seems i need to figure out a good balance of both.
So these are the changes i made... 1. Increased Morton's Salt Intake. 2. Ate food all the way up to 20 min before the session. 3. Sat in the back of the room where its cooler.
These changes prevent the stress hormones from becoming overbearing. Im now putting 1/2 teaspoon with my OJ, 1/4 teaspoon with my milk, and a full teaspoon with my yoga drink mixture. The Bikram Yoga community also suggests not eating anything 2 hours before session. My thinking is that when my body ran out of available nutrients, my stress hormones increased (mix in exercise and 106 degree temp) and my ability to absorb water and/or salt went down the drain. I drank some milk/salt/gelatin 20 min before and did a lot better. The heaters are on the back ceilings facing the front... so the coolest spots are on the back sides of the room. This seemed to help as well.
Im thinking the loss in water on morton's salt is contributed to a higher initial body temp and a faster metabolism. A faster metabolism requires more energy to sustain. I think the crash in the middle of yoga caused my body to freak out. The reason my body temp was lower in the mornings has to do with a fast metabolism running out of energy in the middle of the night... rather then a slower metabolism running out of energy in the middle of the night. It seems my body has an easier time transitioning to starvation when my metabolism was already low to begin with. This seems to be a sign that my body can only sustain a fast metabolism when im manually sustaining it with the food im eating. It does not have the necessary processes to sustain itself automatically... like the livers ability to store glycogen.
Being a tall, lanky guy... i've struggled with posture, flexibility, core strength, and joint issues my entire life. More recently... a chiropractor showed me an X-ray and pointed out i have minor scoliosis. I've read articles talking about how scoliosis lowers your life expectancy. Bikram Yoga has helped me with all of the above. I actually stand an inch taller now. I accomplished this in only 5 months of yoga. Since my goal with peat's diet is to increase life quality, performance, and expectancy... it seems i need to figure out a good balance of both.
