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Warrior's Journal (My POIS Solution, Experiments, & Theories)
Warrior:
Warrior's (r/tteezzkk) POIS Solution, Experiments, & TheoriesI talk about POIS on my YouTube channel!
My updated POIS solution for 2024 (will clean-up this page shortly, but here are at least the details):
--Animal-based diet by Paul Saladino (strictest tier)
>Feel shit food list: apples
>Feel good food list: orange juice w/ pulp, beef, cooked eggs, bananas
--Vitamin D3 & K2 – 10,000-20,000iu daily
--Red meat 200-400g
--Cooked eggs 2-4
--B complex (specifically “Nature’s Own Ultra B 150 Forte”)
>SAM-e for extra methyl support (no longer appears to be necessary but check-in long-term to see if your body could use it)
--Raw garlic & fenugreek
--Magnesium citrate 400mg before bed
--Identify & fix nutrient deficiencies through comprehensive nutritional testing i.e., Omega-3, copper, etc.
--Vitamin C
TODO pages:
- The Ultimate Guide for Methylation for POIS
- Improve POIS Symptoms by Fixing Nutritional Deficiencies
BEST to WORST diets in ascending order for my POIS:
1. Animal-Based (optimal - emphasises nutrient rich animal-based foods while cutting out inflammatory foods. Very mild POIS symptoms - No social apathy.)
2. Perfect Health Diet (step up from #3, as cuts out ALL grains, legumes, etc - which are def inflammatory for my POIS, but still includes vegetables/plants/roots. Mild-moderate POIS symptoms - more prone to social apathy.)
3. Gluten-Free Wholefoods (same as #4, but extra nutrition emphasising wholefoods is obz better. Moderate POIS symptoms)
4. Gluten-Free (big step up from gluten, but still eating foods triggering inflammation - most likely veggies, gluten-free grains, etc. Moderate POIS symptoms)
5. Normal diet that includes gluten (by far the most inflammatory/chaotic/drives my POIS symptoms to their MAX)
Generally speaking, the more plant foods I eat, the worst my condition is. Gluten being the worst, followed by gluten-free grains & legumes, which is why animal-based is superior. I even notice minor sensitivities on animal-based, e.g. I seem to react to apples, but bananas are 100% fine, so I prefer bananas as a carb staple. I also prefer to peel away the skin on all fruit if possible, adhering to Paul Saladino's strictest diet tier.
The animal-based method works in 3 main ways:
1) Elimination of plant foods that worsen my POIS
2) Incorporation of medicinal plants that have a potent effect of neutralising existing inflammation (raw garlic & fenugreek)
3) Inclusion of nutrient-dense foods (red meat & eggs)
--- Quote from: warrioronthetrot on October 20, 2022, 08:08:09 PM ---Currently following a diet that's basically split autoimmune protocol (AIP) and animal-based (AB).
Even on this, I sometimes experience spontaneous POIS from either an unknown retrograde release or sexual stimulation. It catches you off guard. I haven't released in days, and then out of nowhere I'm feeling POISY but I don't put it down to POIS because I haven't released in over a few days at least. It's not until I take some fenugreek and garlic that I realize it was POIS. Mind you it's no where near as intense as what my old POIS was, but it's still annoying enough to take a dose of fenugreek and garlic. It's for these reasons that I am interested in healing/reversing the condition at the root cause.
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--- Quote from: warrioronthetrot on August 29, 2022, 04:11:05 AM ---Retrograde ejaculations are sneaky buggers. They can occur anytime with strong arousal and can sneak under the radar by giving you a very light POIS. Has happened to me a few times now. Manifests as maybe 10-30% of normal POIS intensity of symptoms, without the fatigue. Mild brain fog, feeling lazy and unmotivated, feeling a tad more anxious than usual, but nowhere near as anxious as a full blown POIS episode.
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Additional Protocol Info:
* Apply the same protocol to retrograde release and/or strong arousal (even though the resulting POIS is not as intense)
* After dicing/mincing raw garlic, wait 5-10 minutes for the optimal amount of allicin to form. Coat it in a generous amount of honey to swallow with milk or apple cider vinegar (removes the unpleasant taste of garlic from your mouth)
* If the clove is very large, cut half or 1/3 of it to ingest, and toss the rest. A big full clove is unnecessary and will probably make you stink
* Be careful of consuming too much garlic, as it will leak out of your pours and stink. Wear nice natural deodorant/cologne
* Garlic pills suck compared to fresh raw minced garlic. Use raw minced garlic as a minimum when testing this
* Garlic and fenugreek work the same if taken before OR after release, but it's probably ideal if taken beforehand AND after
* Live natural lifestyle as much as possible - sunlight, nutrient dense foods, exercise, take in the fresh air, live stress-free, etc.
* Get yo self one of these bad boys
Old Notes, Links, & Posts
Effectiveness of animal-based diet versus autoimmune protocol diet on POIS
Latest update on my POIS, a new hypothesis to how/why my solution works
Initial overwhelming success with fenugreek & garlic
My POIS story & journey
Appointment with Dr. Michael Lowy (POIS specialist)
Great post on functional medicine & factors to check in regards to healing POIS from the root cause
Currently seeing Oscar Sierra at Sierra Collaborative Medicine: https://www.sierracollaborativemed.com/
He's honestly been amazing and would highly recommend.
NAC, Quercetin + Choline Experiment
15/01/23
Tested NAC, Quercetin, + Choline: didn't notice much difference tbh to garlic + fenugreek. Potentially something to these, especially the choline + eggs (eggs are high in choline).
A note on B-Complex's: Nature's Own 150 B Forte (mostly non-active B vitamins) works a lot more effectively for my POIS. LifeExtension's BioActive B Complex (active B vitamins) solved my afternoon brainfog and mood issues. Probably better to rotate between the two brands in general, but use the Nature's Own 150 B Forte for POIS.
First tested fenugreek & garlic with a gluten-free diet on the 07/07/21. Started a gluten-free diet a few weeks/month prior. ;D
My old POIS symptoms (thankfully a thing of the past!):
POIS began when I was around 17-18ish (never had it before then). Symptoms included generalised anxiety (which created & intensified social anxiety), intense physical fatigue, brain fog, agitation, light body aches, for at least 3-5 days depending on how many releases. Severe body aches/pressures in first hour. These became exponentially worst the more I ejaculated in a short period of time. I would need to do 20 days of abstinence in order to ejaculate and not experience POIS. More recently, I have noticed frequent urination, diarrhea (inability to absorb fats it seems), and appetite suppression as additional symptoms to my POIS.
Raw freshly minced garlic is a lot more effective than garlic pills
Garlic pills do not work as well as freshly minced garlic which has been sat for 5 minutes before swallowing. Tested using Thompson's Garlic Perles & Australian NaturalCare Garlic Pills with fenugreek dry seed exact and experienced significant reduction of POIS by 70% however raw garlic remains to be much more reliable and potent. Raw garlic gives me insane levels of clarity and energy (a reality where I am thriving) compared to garlic pills, albeit the garlic pills are still effective to some extent (they definitely reduce the dread of POIS, anxiousness, and severe fatigue). However I still experience a low level brain fog and lower energy levels compared to raw garlic - my body feels "full" and alive after eating raw garlic and my clarity is amazing.[/list]
Would be interesting trying these: https://au.iherb.com/pr/allimax-100-allicin-powder-capsules-180-mg-30-vegetarian-capsules/3418, raw garlic is a lot cheaper anyway.[/list]
Clues:
Thanks for posting. Lots of interesting stuff in your reddit post especially, thanks for that.
Warrior:
Some updates.
Got covid 4-5 days ago. Symptoms have been rather mild - just a flemmy throat and some minor body aches. I am double vaccinated with pfizer. 99% sure I got it from a nightclub in Sydney. Following day I nutted twice. POIS solution still holding up very well. I am now experimenting with a ketogenic diet.
Edit: Been about a week since I broke self isolation. My sense of taste/smell has certainly suffered (long-covid symptom I believe). Apart from that everything was sweet!
Edit 2: Been just under a month since contracting covid. Sense of taste/smell came back a week or two ago. :)
Warrior:
Bought a garlic mincer, and oh man.
This bad boy. https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/koncis-garlic-press-stainless-steel-60173564/
Recommend to those who take garlic for POIS ;D
BoneBroth:
warrioronthetrot: I've used that bad boy for years. Wonder if the allicin is forming as much when you squeeze the garlic as when you are cutting it.
Do you take the raw garlic every day as maintenance or just before and after O?
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