Warrior's Journal (My POIS Solution, Experiments, & Theories)

[demografx]

Here's an update on my POIS solution through a video format:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80wts6prt6A

Thank you! Sent to NORD/POIS Research Team.
https://tinyurl.com/4p8tv5vs

[Warrior]

My plan to reverse POIS food sensitivities through functional medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOBnC1xmgw

[Warrior]

Quick update:

80% sure I am sensitive to eggs, but their nutritional content is definitely worth consuming them. Might play around with just havin the yolks. May also be when I take the B complex with eggs (too much choline or B vitamins maybe?)

Taking "Mega Spore Biotic" at the recommendation of Functional Med specialist. Seems to illicit a brainfog/headachey reaction. Took in the past with no issues, but now seems to be causing some symptoms. Die off maybe? Who knows.

Have ordered a challenged heavy metals test, so will be testing that soon. Looking forward to the results...

Done a lot of urine analysis w/ prostatic massage / pH testing for any signs of bacterial (using chem10), etc as a urine analysis showed a pH level of 8. But since then, pH seems to be back to normal. High pH, and other chem10 measures can indicate possible bacterial infection.

Need to measure blood pressure in mild POIS state & compare to 3-6+ days of abstinence.

All following the advice of my functional med specialist. The goal is to reverse my food sensitivities & obviously root cause of POIS.

[berlin1984]

80% sure I am sensitive to eggs, but their nutritional content is definitely worth consuming them. Might play around with just havin the yolks.

I got into the same situation: https://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=2192.msg46668#msg46668

First I thought it was about the sulfur.
Now I blame the beef liver pills for it, they have a lot of copper. https://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=4402.msg47009#msg47009

After stopping the beef liver for 2-3 weeks, I can handle eggs again it seems.

I'm researching (again, did this many years ago too  ) into Pyroluria again which IMHO relates to high copper => low zinc.
I have another hair mineral analysis scheduled, let's see about that.

[Warrior]

80% sure I am sensitive to eggs, but their nutritional content is definitely worth consuming them. Might play around with just havin the yolks.

I got into the same situation: https://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=2192.msg46668#msg46668

First I thought it was about the sulfur.
Now I blame the beef liver pills for it, they have a lot of copper. https://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=4402.msg47009#msg47009

After stopping the beef liver for 2-3 weeks, I can handle eggs again it seems.

I'm researching (again, did this many years ago too  ) into Pyroluria again which IMHO relates to high copper => low zinc.
I have another hair mineral analysis scheduled, let's see about that.

For me, I notice they can worsen my anhedonia. Especially on days I am experiencing very subtle low symptoms (usually days 1-3 ish post release).

Eggs definitely remain a net benefit for me in general, but the feels of anhedonia I sometimes experience (only for a few hours following eating them) can be annoying. Seems to be related to egg consumption, although I need to test it more.

Look into a challenged heavy metals urine test. I think it may be more accurate than the hair mineral test.

[Warrior]

Going to experiment with Nanna1's POIS Cascade stack to see if I notice any difference.

Looks very interesting. Also many of the things I take which have improved my POIS seem closely related (B complex, eggs, choline, etc).

Nanna1's Stack: https://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=2502.0

[Warrior]

Animal-based is still the superior diet for my POIS.

My only struggle is that I often do not feel like I am eating enough carbs.

Need to experiment with these foods to see if they effect my symptoms:
- peeled and thoroughly boiled white potatoes (home-made oven baked white potatoes with some skin on exacerbates symptoms)
- sweet potatoes

For some reason, I also appear to be sensitive to apples. Who knows.

White rice just doesn't work for me unfortunately. 

Few updates to my protocol:

- fenugreek & garlic isn't really all that necessary to take before or immediately after release. As long as I take it at some point after releasing (like the following morning), it speeds up and improves the recovery process. It obviously is ideal to take asap, but isn't urgent or worth stressing over at all
- red meat seems to be extremely important to take on recovery days 1-3 post release. Eggs on their own dont seem to fair too well on recovery days. Must be combined with red meat at the very least, otherwise this leads to worsening symptoms on those recovery days
- coffee helps a lot, especially on recovery days. Not sensitive to coffee, which is great