THIS IS SO OBVIOUSLY RIGHT: "stress tends to stiffen, and dehydrate, our fascia, or connective tissue, causing movement restrictions, postural issues, and pain. In turn, chronic stress can cause holding patterns and fascia structures to become permanently problematic." I can feel this in my body when I get stressed. I tighten. I can see also how this can create heart attacks and strokes - all kinds of illnesses. One thing: awareness, doing some slow-down breathing, and only getting back to doing when I've lowered the stress by a lot. Getting stuff done may be very important. Doing it without tightening is even more important.
I've have been reading the ray peat forums and they have determined that serotonin and estrogen are negative, like you mentioned with serotonin affecting the fascia.
It's crazy how the brainwashed medical research still promotes serotonin as the good thing, when in fact it reduces metabolism and is connected to hibernation / learned helplessness and other negative survival mechanisms.
The summary of supplements to help mitigate serotonin and estrogen and eventually help reset the imbalances (from what I've gathered in the ray peat forum)
Ray also likes thyroid hormone very important that metabolic rate stays functional he likes T3 doesn’t need to be “natural” in fact natural can cause or contribute to auto immune issues ...
Ray Peat PhD my hero 🦸♂️ for 30 years I have 30 years of his NEWSLETTERS... a real education very sad i heard
he is gone ... absolutely go to his sight and Read EVERYTHING ...
♥️🙌🏼🤷🏼♀️
also the BEST BODY WORK FOR REVITALIZING THE FASCIA ..... the BEST 🥰🙌🏼The MELT METHOD ... get the balls and roller only from the official site join the ON DEMAND for $129. Per year for 100’s of sessions ... you can do at home or any where you are in the WORLD 🗺️ you won’t believe what a difference it will make in the quality of your life ... any age any condition major results ... PHENOMENAL RESULTS
Is there another website besides raypeat.com? It doesn't come in well--or is just a rudimentary site--and I don't see any balls and roller or anything like that. I'm intrigued and would like to check it out. Thanks!
Over the summer, I started paying more attention to the connection between emotional tension and tension in the fascia, so I was delighted to come across this article. Have you heard of Yin Yoga before, Gary? The long-held poses are designed to help release tension in the fascia, thereby releasing stored emotional tension. Such a simple yet powerful addition to one's wellness routine!
I've never heard of Block Therapy before! Thanks for sharing the article you wrote about it. I'm always excited to learn about other fascia decompression modalities :)
Nov 12, 2023·edited Nov 12, 2023Liked by Gary Sharpe
Mucuna Pruriens, dopamine and snake venom.
Gary this comment is a bit off centre for your article but not for your entire study on brain chemicals.
I just listened to an interview from Brian Ardis about the venoms he believes are behind the "covid" crisis. And he mentioned Mucuna Pruriens (Velvet bean) as a neutralising agent for snake and other venoms. So I ran a search on "Mucuna Pruriens snake venom" which returned a number of scientific articles on using the bean to treat actual real life snake bites. Now I don't know what snake bite has to do with Parkinson's or FMS, but there is no doubt that my post fibromyalgic and long covid body is responding to Mucuna Pruriens. I have not taken it consistently yet as I am taking far too much other stuff already, but having listened to Brian Ardis, I think I will prioritise it. He mentions it towards the end of this interview.
I also read this article which explains Mucuna Pruriens and its impact on dopamine very simply. I thought it was a good resource, particularly as it contains a protocol for repairing the brain damage done by covid that I think might be worth following. The only item on it I am not already taking is iodine, but I may not be getting the balance of the other items right so I intend to check them all through. I am also concerned that he is recommending a dose of apricot kernels that is far far too high, so I will stick to the tried and true (for treating cancer) of 5 kernels a day (apricot kernels are seriously anti-parasitic).
And I don't know what all this has to do with stress hormones, which are clearly at the base of most illness, but it can't hurt to neutralize deadly toxins and support dopamine production as well.
Very interesting connections - snake venom often works on the acetylcholine system and paralyzes, so makes since dopamine could bring you out of freeze.
Nov 12, 2023·edited Nov 12, 2023Liked by Gary Sharpe
My tried and true way of alleviating stiffness, for 30+ years before covid - and now no longer effective, was a 50:50 combination of Fish Oil and Lecithin. As you probably know, lecithin is Phosphatidyl Choline
"The body uses Phosphatidylcholine (PC) to make a brain chemical called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is important for memory and other bodily functions. Choline is a crucial component of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter essential for normal brain functions."
What a tangled web this is.
For many years I explained FMS as "chemical and heavy metal toxicity" and explained my use of fish oil and lecithin as "my false detox system" (given the results were only ever temporary). Now I will focus on the velvet bean and see if the results are any longer lasting (whilst at the same time trying to get the stress hormones under control).
Interesting!! And how Gary explains the dynamic between acetylcholine and dopamine. I myself have something distantly related to FMS called myofascial pain syndrome (started from dystonia resulting from unnecessary total thyroidectomy... sigh folks y’all are smart but I always always say when I mention my surgery don’t even think of doing an “elective” surgery for something you can heal naturally, my case was hyperthyroidism, end of PSA) which when I take a medication that releases dopamine my body will relax miraculously in the areas of adhesions will feel less obstructed and I can get some real healing sometimes through body positioning. I can appreciate the relationship between dopamine and movement disorders like Parkinson’s, I even tried one of their staple dopamine drugs but it did not work as it caused an increase of dopamine over time, and what I respond to is an immediate flooding of receptors.
I hope this makes sense, am in a rush this morning and don’t have time to make my message more succinct sorry! But I’m so happy the Mucuna is helping you Christine!! Anything that helps is a miracle really. Oh and last thought abojt dopamine, I believe it’s relaxing my body at the neurological level (if not spiritual-body “axis”) and not directly chemical, as it allows the brain to not feel so obstructed by “everything”. I have had this effect with 2 classes of prescriptions that act on dopamine. And when the brain doesn’t feel so obstructed it also is expressed physically, allowing the mind to “break” free of maladaptive patterns of holding which reinforce the inflammatory fascia, and when it can “shift” due to relaxation that’s when some of the toxins release. That is my experience also from an intuitive understanding of dopamine.
But for sure as you guys are saying dopamine could also be helping to clear the toxins at a cellular level. I personally am fascinated by dopamine. (Did you know old banana peals are high in dopamine and it’s what causes them to turn brown)
Brilliant. thank you for the videos. I’ve been captivated by fascia for a while now and think fascia must be connected to something important yet unseen that modern science is hiding like conspiracy
Well, at the least, like nutrition, medics are just not trained in it In anatomy lessons, the fascia was literally seen as a nuisance in the way of dissection and thrown in the bin!!!
Incredible to think how modern sience could have so little curiosity about a tissue, like something could be “extraneous” and just not interesting lol. I sorta take back my previous comment about it being conspiracy, I suppose it’s more about how in physical therapy in the US there is so little body work hands-on , it’s all exercises. Unless you see that one rockstar therapist who the docs only refer head/neck surgery patients to.
THIS IS SO OBVIOUSLY RIGHT: "stress tends to stiffen, and dehydrate, our fascia, or connective tissue, causing movement restrictions, postural issues, and pain. In turn, chronic stress can cause holding patterns and fascia structures to become permanently problematic." I can feel this in my body when I get stressed. I tighten. I can see also how this can create heart attacks and strokes - all kinds of illnesses. One thing: awareness, doing some slow-down breathing, and only getting back to doing when I've lowered the stress by a lot. Getting stuff done may be very important. Doing it without tightening is even more important.
Thanks, Gary. Our current world seems designed to keep us in stress and so, in poor health!
I would add that a 20 minute walk in nature can reduce stress by 60%. (Forget where I read that.)
Best.
I've have been reading the ray peat forums and they have determined that serotonin and estrogen are negative, like you mentioned with serotonin affecting the fascia.
( https://raypeatforum.com/community/ follow Haidut posts)
It's crazy how the brainwashed medical research still promotes serotonin as the good thing, when in fact it reduces metabolism and is connected to hibernation / learned helplessness and other negative survival mechanisms.
The summary of supplements to help mitigate serotonin and estrogen and eventually help reset the imbalances (from what I've gathered in the ray peat forum)
For serotonin reduction:
-Niacinamide
-Aspirin
-benadryl (diphenhydramine)
For estrogen:
-progesterone
-dhea / pregnenolone
Thanks for this important link, will check it out.
Ray also likes thyroid hormone very important that metabolic rate stays functional he likes T3 doesn’t need to be “natural” in fact natural can cause or contribute to auto immune issues ...
Ray Peat PhD my hero 🦸♂️ for 30 years I have 30 years of his NEWSLETTERS... a real education very sad i heard
he is gone ... absolutely go to his sight and Read EVERYTHING ...
♥️🙌🏼🤷🏼♀️
also the BEST BODY WORK FOR REVITALIZING THE FASCIA ..... the BEST 🥰🙌🏼The MELT METHOD ... get the balls and roller only from the official site join the ON DEMAND for $129. Per year for 100’s of sessions ... you can do at home or any where you are in the WORLD 🗺️ you won’t believe what a difference it will make in the quality of your life ... any age any condition major results ... PHENOMENAL RESULTS
👍🏼♥️💋🙌🏼☮️
Is there another website besides raypeat.com? It doesn't come in well--or is just a rudimentary site--and I don't see any balls and roller or anything like that. I'm intrigued and would like to check it out. Thanks!
Over the summer, I started paying more attention to the connection between emotional tension and tension in the fascia, so I was delighted to come across this article. Have you heard of Yin Yoga before, Gary? The long-held poses are designed to help release tension in the fascia, thereby releasing stored emotional tension. Such a simple yet powerful addition to one's wellness routine!
Thank you, yes I heard positive things of Yin Yoga, My current fascia decompression modality of choice is Block Therapy https://garysharpe.substack.com/p/what-fascia-decompression-and-block
I've never heard of Block Therapy before! Thanks for sharing the article you wrote about it. I'm always excited to learn about other fascia decompression modalities :)
Mucuna Pruriens, dopamine and snake venom.
Gary this comment is a bit off centre for your article but not for your entire study on brain chemicals.
I just listened to an interview from Brian Ardis about the venoms he believes are behind the "covid" crisis. And he mentioned Mucuna Pruriens (Velvet bean) as a neutralising agent for snake and other venoms. So I ran a search on "Mucuna Pruriens snake venom" which returned a number of scientific articles on using the bean to treat actual real life snake bites. Now I don't know what snake bite has to do with Parkinson's or FMS, but there is no doubt that my post fibromyalgic and long covid body is responding to Mucuna Pruriens. I have not taken it consistently yet as I am taking far too much other stuff already, but having listened to Brian Ardis, I think I will prioritise it. He mentions it towards the end of this interview.
https://rumble.com/v1scqsw-australiaone-party-australiaone-update.-interview-with-dr-bryan-ardis-and-r.html
I also read this article which explains Mucuna Pruriens and its impact on dopamine very simply. I thought it was a good resource, particularly as it contains a protocol for repairing the brain damage done by covid that I think might be worth following. The only item on it I am not already taking is iodine, but I may not be getting the balance of the other items right so I intend to check them all through. I am also concerned that he is recommending a dose of apricot kernels that is far far too high, so I will stick to the tried and true (for treating cancer) of 5 kernels a day (apricot kernels are seriously anti-parasitic).
https://alivenhealthy.com/posts/long-haul-covid-treatment-for-brain-fog-fatigue-body-aches-shortness-of-breath-and-more
And I don't know what all this has to do with stress hormones, which are clearly at the base of most illness, but it can't hurt to neutralize deadly toxins and support dopamine production as well.
Very interesting connections - snake venom often works on the acetylcholine system and paralyzes, so makes since dopamine could bring you out of freeze.
My tried and true way of alleviating stiffness, for 30+ years before covid - and now no longer effective, was a 50:50 combination of Fish Oil and Lecithin. As you probably know, lecithin is Phosphatidyl Choline
"The body uses Phosphatidylcholine (PC) to make a brain chemical called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is important for memory and other bodily functions. Choline is a crucial component of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter essential for normal brain functions."
What a tangled web this is.
For many years I explained FMS as "chemical and heavy metal toxicity" and explained my use of fish oil and lecithin as "my false detox system" (given the results were only ever temporary). Now I will focus on the velvet bean and see if the results are any longer lasting (whilst at the same time trying to get the stress hormones under control).
Interesting!! And how Gary explains the dynamic between acetylcholine and dopamine. I myself have something distantly related to FMS called myofascial pain syndrome (started from dystonia resulting from unnecessary total thyroidectomy... sigh folks y’all are smart but I always always say when I mention my surgery don’t even think of doing an “elective” surgery for something you can heal naturally, my case was hyperthyroidism, end of PSA) which when I take a medication that releases dopamine my body will relax miraculously in the areas of adhesions will feel less obstructed and I can get some real healing sometimes through body positioning. I can appreciate the relationship between dopamine and movement disorders like Parkinson’s, I even tried one of their staple dopamine drugs but it did not work as it caused an increase of dopamine over time, and what I respond to is an immediate flooding of receptors.
I hope this makes sense, am in a rush this morning and don’t have time to make my message more succinct sorry! But I’m so happy the Mucuna is helping you Christine!! Anything that helps is a miracle really. Oh and last thought abojt dopamine, I believe it’s relaxing my body at the neurological level (if not spiritual-body “axis”) and not directly chemical, as it allows the brain to not feel so obstructed by “everything”. I have had this effect with 2 classes of prescriptions that act on dopamine. And when the brain doesn’t feel so obstructed it also is expressed physically, allowing the mind to “break” free of maladaptive patterns of holding which reinforce the inflammatory fascia, and when it can “shift” due to relaxation that’s when some of the toxins release. That is my experience also from an intuitive understanding of dopamine.
But for sure as you guys are saying dopamine could also be helping to clear the toxins at a cellular level. I personally am fascinated by dopamine. (Did you know old banana peals are high in dopamine and it’s what causes them to turn brown)
Brilliant. thank you for the videos. I’ve been captivated by fascia for a while now and think fascia must be connected to something important yet unseen that modern science is hiding like conspiracy
Well, at the least, like nutrition, medics are just not trained in it In anatomy lessons, the fascia was literally seen as a nuisance in the way of dissection and thrown in the bin!!!
Incredible to think how modern sience could have so little curiosity about a tissue, like something could be “extraneous” and just not interesting lol. I sorta take back my previous comment about it being conspiracy, I suppose it’s more about how in physical therapy in the US there is so little body work hands-on , it’s all exercises. Unless you see that one rockstar therapist who the docs only refer head/neck surgery patients to.