Search results for query: *

  1. J

    An increased appetite Further to Higher Calorie Meals

    My appetite randomly increased out of nowhere from temporarily increasing the calorie content of my meals I did something recently where I tried increasing the calorie intake of my meals to see if it would make me fuller for longer. Basically, for quite a long time I have been getting this...
  2. J

    Red patch in moustache area that never disappears

    I noticed around 2014 some weird red patch that developed above my lip that almost looks like a moustache if you don't look at it that closely. I've been to a few doctors and dermatologists now over the years (for a while I stopped caring because I was preoccupied with other health and...
  3. J

    Messed up metabolism & Weight Gain!

    Think I messed up metabolism - can't eat to satiety without gaining weight now I went on quite an extreme diet and I think it has permanently lowered my metabolism to the point now that if I want to eat to maintain my current weight I have to eat less (Around 3000 calories in total) than the...
  4. J

    Exercise makes sleep problems worse

    I tried exercising more to see if that helps my sleep maintenance and male pattern hair loss (which I'm pretty sure is exacerbated by poor sleep) whilst keeping everything else I do constant to see if the exercise helps. I tried walking around 4 - 5 miles in the day rather than 2 - 2.5 miles in...
  5. J

    Constipation & hemorrhoids on a plant-based diet?

    Does anyone else get constipation and hemorrhoids on a plant-based diet? Does anyone else get severely constipated on a plant-based diet? I have these very large stools but they are very hard and can take a long time to come out and require straining to get out. I think it's causing...
  6. J

    High Levels LDL-On a very low-fat plant-based diet?

    Why is my LDL elevated (3.4) even though I am on a very low-fat plant-based diet? I just got my lipid tests back and my LDL is elevated at 3.4 mmol/L (131 mg/dL). This is despite the fact that for the past few months all I have been consuming is very low-fat plant foods (Whole grains pasta...
  7. J

    Accidental Overdose of Vitamin D

    Accidentally took around 22000 IU of Vitamin D a day for 13 days I was taking 5000 IU a day of Vitamin D by taking five 1000 IU every day. I wanted to take around 5000 IU a day to get my Vitamin D levels up as I haven't been taking any for at least 3 months and my Vitamin D levels seem to go...
  8. J

    Heartburn/acid reflux when eating beans & lentils?

    Does anyone else get horrible heartburn/acid reflux when they eat beans and lentils? I want to get more iron from my foods (as I am always almost deficient in ferritin) and eating lentils and beans seems to be an easy way to get them up, but I think they are giving me the worst heartburn and...
  9. J

    Health Issues Male Pattern Baldness & Sleep Deprivation

    I think my male pattern baldness is progressing because of chronic sleep deprivation (white noise machines and earplugs don't help with the noise). My male pattern baldness started progressing rapidly (after it had stopped for 1.5 years) a few days into the shutdown in March last year and...
  10. J

    Normal amount of hairs after drying with towel?

    When you dry your hair and body with a towel in the shower, what is the approximate number of hairs that you usually see on the shower floor after you've finished drying?
  11. J

    Dose-loading Vitamin D-Side Effects.

    Dose-loading Vitamin D completely kills my appetite and makes me tolerate heat and massively reduces my sweating (I am just speculating so take everything I say with a grain of salt. It could be that something else is causing the changes I am experiencing). My Vitamin D levels were at the...
  12. J

    Do phytates decrease iron absorption from iron supplements?

    I understand that phytates decrease absorption of iron from the food you eat, but does the same thing apply to iron supplements? If I took iron supplements with a meal that contained whole grains, would my iron absorption be lower than if I just took the iron supplements on an empty stomach?
  13. J

    Hair Regrowth

    If my male pattern baldness accelerates for a few months due to stress, is that hair gone forever even when I get rid of the stress? I understand that stress can cause temporary hair loss and that it will grow back in people who don't have male pattern baldness. However, I understand that there...
  14. J

    Needing to urinate around 3 to 4 times a night

    I have experienced nocturia on and off the last few years but in the last 4 to 5 months or so I have literally experienced it every single night where around 3 to 4 times a night I wake up absolutely dying to use the bathroom. So this happens about a quarter of the times I wake up throughout the...
  15. J

    Does anyone have experience with probiotics causing diarrhoea?

    I had a drink with probiotics in it and then had diarrhoea about an hour later. I know this wasn't because of what I was eating at the same time because I have those foods all the time without any consequence. Has anyone had this experience?
  16. J

    Keep feeling starving about one hour after eating.

    However, what is happening now is that I feel really full and satisfied, then after half an hour to an hour I become starving again. This is in contrast to my earlier problems with hyponatremia where I would need to consume a huge amount of salt with my meals to feel full, but then once full I...
  17. J

    Can anxiety throughout the day cause sleep-maintenance insomnia?

    Can anxiety throughout the day cause sleep-maintenance insomnia as well, or just anxiety as you are trying to get to sleep? I always thought that my sleep-maintenance problems were not attributable to anxiety (but were rather something physiological/nutritional/etc.) because I am always able to...
  18. J

    Sleep-maintenance problems almost every night for five years

    I've had ongoing sleep maintenance problems for five years where I repeatedly wake up throughout the night, around 10 - 20 times. Usually I can get back to sleep as soon as I wake up, but the more times I wake up throughout the night the harder it is to go back to sleep, and I end up not getting...
  19. J

    Can't tell whether i have sunburn or dermatitis

    I usually don't wear sunscreen because it almost always gives me dermatitis on my face, and so when I go outside I cover my face with a mask and wear a hat. However, I found a sunscreen that wasn't causing any type of reaction so I was going out just with sunscreen on my face (and sunglasses so...
  20. J

    I don't understand how electrolyte tablets are useful when they contain such low electrolytes

    Hi. I've been looking up electrolyte tablets so that I can keep my electrolyte levels stable throughout the day (as I sweat a lot when I move around all day - I don't know why) and also for when I play tennis. However, almost every pack of electrolyte tablets (that from what I can understand are...