Yuri recovery

[rawlion]

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Nutrition Summary for blackcurrants, 1 kg, raw
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General
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Energy               |   630.0 kcal    
Protein               |    14.0 g      
Carbs                 |   153.8 g    
Fat                    |     4.1 g        
Water                |   819.6 g      

Vitamins
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Vitamin A            |  2300.0 IU      77%
B1 (Thiamine)      |     0.5 mg      42%
B2 (Riboflavin)     |     0.5 mg      38%
B3 (Niacin)          |     3.0 mg      19%
B5 (Pantothenic Acid)| 4.0 mg      80%
B6 (Pyridoxine)    |    0.7 mg       51%
Vitamin C            |  1810.0 mg    2011%
Vitamin E            |    10.0 mg      67%

Minerals
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Calcium              |   550.0 mg      55%
Copper               |     0.9 mg      96%
Iron                   |    15.4 mg     192%
Magnesium         |   240.0 mg      60%
Manganese         |     2.6 mg     111%
Phosphorus         |   590.0 mg      84%
Potassium          |  3220.0 mg      69%
Sodium              |    20.0 mg       1%
Zinc                   |     2.7 mg      25%

The glycemic index of blackcurrants is only 15. These berries have an unmatchable nutritional value.

[MoonStalkeR]

Smorodina 
I remember eating it, the slight sourness only did minor damage if I ate it alone but otherwise very beneficial fruit.

[PrimalLadyRosy]

http://tsn.ua/bin/player/embed.php/243763

Maybe translate for everyone?

This video starts with cooked  cheese from homemade raw, goes to raw fruitarian gourmet, then onto Yuri's raw paleo.  It opens to another tab.

[MoonStalkeR]

Interesting... more RAF in the news. I understood the majority of it (My Ukrainian isn't that good).

[goodsamaritan]

You looked good, Yuri.
What did the documentary say?

[miles]

LOL WHAT, woah you were on the news!

[rawlion]

You looked good, Yuri.
What did the documentary say?

There was a lot of nonsense in this piece of news. Vegans claimed that a healthy, physically active male can thrive on less than one ounce of seeds/nuts and 3 - 4 apples a day. Nutritionist pointed to limitations of all plant diets and stressed the dangers of unheated foods. He also mentioned the FATALITY of toxoplasmosis and salmonellosis (does it have anything to do with SALMON?). Than I broke my 6 day water fast with a piece of raw heart and explained that meats cannot spoil as long bacteria have some air to breathe. At the end the journalist admitted that all Ukrainians are cute because they have been gorging on raw lard since the beginning of time.

[rawlion]

Bought me some Paleo Vitamin C supplement today. Sea-buckthorn berries contain more than 190 varieties of bioactive substances which are much more abundant than in any other fruit or vegetable. You can read more about this wonder fruit in the attached summary. There are some local apricots in this picture as well.

[fwadmin]

That is a lot of fruit.
Are you selling?  Or is that for a party?

[majormark]

Sea-buckthorn berries hmm, I saw them on the market today. They are in season starting from next month.

I'll buy some to see how they taste like.

[rawlion]

44 Weeks Later: Z-RAW Effect

The Pros
+ stable BG
+ long-lasting energy
+ feeling relaxed

and Cons
– prolonged muscle soreness/poor muscle recovery
– slowdown of facial/body hair growth
– infrequent bowel movements
– muscle wasting – I assume there was a huge muscle loss since my weight went down from 155 lbs to 140 lbs while the belly fat increased
– reduction in the ability to form short-term or long-term memory, impairments to cognition and inability to concentrate (focus attention), slow thinking
– thyroid underconversion
– heat and cold intolerance
– insulin resistance
– severe recurrent infections, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes
– muscle weakness

[dsohei]

the pros you listed (*and cons i think) can also be gained when doing prolonged calorie restriction and fasting

[majormark]

Update: I don't like those berries. They are way too astringent.

I got some some that looked ripe and they still don't taste good.

[rawlion]

Update: I don't like those berries. They are way too astringent.
I got some some that looked ripe and they still don't taste good.

Like any other natural/wild berries the sea-buckthorn berries are hardly edible in any significant quantities. I juice them to avoid the unpleasant after-effects of astringency.

[PaleoPhil]

– thyroid underconversion
– heat and cold intolerance

I don't recall--have you tried increasing your iodine intake?

[rawlion]

– thyroid underconversion
– heat and cold intolerance

I don't recall--have you tried increasing your iodine intake?

Yes, I experimented with local sea weed. But it didn't help. Besides, my pre and post ZC lab results clearly point to the root of the problem.

Insulin resistance is also a shocking paleo surprise. I had never had any signs or problems with elevated blood glucose levels until I went on a low-carb diet.

[PaleoPhil]

Yeah, I'm still puzzled as to why you continue ZC. Based on your reports and discourses, I figured you had abandoned it a while ago. I didn't mean to imply that I thought you should use iodine as a way to continue ZC. Quite the contrary, I've read that iodine deficiency is a common side effect of ZC. ZC as it's typically practiced doesn't tend to include meats high in iodine from iodine-rich soils or supplements, nor does it tend to include iodine-rich seaweeds or young, leafy greens.

I don't even eat ZC myself, and it was only ever meant to be a temporary experiment in my case, but it turned out I did better on it than I expected. At the ZIOH forum I and another guy even got lectured to for posting about Inuit consumption of berries, leaves and other plant foods and those who didn't lecture us basically made fun of our posts with wisecracks--a common tactic to undermine an argument without seriously addressing its points.

[rawlion]

Yeah, I'm still puzzled as to why you continue ZC. Based on your reports and rhetoric, I figured you had abandoned it a while ago. I didn't mean to imply that I thought you should use iodine as a way to continue ZC. Quite the contrary, I've read that iodine deficiency is a common side effect of ZC.

I don't even eat ZC myself, and it was only ever meant to be a temporary experiment in my case, but it turned out I did better on it than I expected. I even got lectured to and my posts basically ridiculed for talking too much about Inuit consumption of berries, leaves and other plant foods at the ZIOH forum.

I am sort of looking for the route of escape right now. Yes, I did have a couple of fruit meals recently, so I am not ZC anymore.

Mate, it was really incautious act on your part to talk about carbs on that artificial forum.

[PaleoPhil]

I am sort of looking for the route of escape right now. Yes, I did have a couple of fruit meals recently, so I am not ZC anymore.

Glad to hear that you're not sticking to something that clearly wasn't working for you. Hope you do find what, if anything, works for you.

Mate, it was really incautious act on your part to talk about carbs on that artificial forum.

Yeah, it was a rookie mistake that I didn't repeat. I prefer forums where no subject is off the table, such as Dirty Carnivore and here.

[reyyzl]

44 Weeks Later: Z-RAW Effect

The Pros
+ stable BG
+ long-lasting energy
+ feeling relaxed

and Cons
– prolonged muscle soreness/poor muscle recovery
– slowdown of facial/body hair growth
– infrequent bowel movements
– muscle wasting – I assume there was a huge muscle loss since my weight went down from 155 lbs to 140 lbs while the belly fat increased
– reduction in the ability to form short-term or long-term memory, impairments to cognition and inability to concentrate (focus attention), slow thinking
– thyroid underconversion
– heat and cold intolerance
– insulin resistance
– severe recurrent infections, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes
– muscle weakness

  Hi Yuri.
How are you doing now?  Are you feeling any better?  My muscles get sore too when I don't eat any carbs.

[achillezzz]

Yuri I know it sounds very simple but did you try magnesium supllements?
I know I know its sounds stupid or simple because you tried more complex things
But what if you try 500mg magnesium 2x day total 1000mg mornin/before night?
Magnesium is everything in your body it controls more than 350 enzymes
just give it a try and tell me how it was I gotta know.

[rawlion]

Yuri I know it sounds very simple but did you try magnesium supllements?
I know I know its sounds stupid or simple because you tried more complex things
But what if you try 500mg magnesium 2x day total 1000mg mornin/before night?
Magnesium is everything in your body it controls more than 350 enzymes
just give it a try and tell me how it was I gotta know.

Sometimes the most complicated issues have the simplest solutions. Unfortunately, it is not my case. I tried Peter Gillham's Natural Calm and Premier Magnesium Glycinate. I haven't really noticed any significant improvements.

[00nightstorm]

Can you list any of your blood test results?  What are your T3 levels?  Have you been checked for hypothyroidism?  What about cortisol levels?  Testosterone levels? 

[rawlion]

My thyroid panel dated 25.04.2008 (just after I stopped Intermittent Fasting):
TSH – 1.33 (range 0.25 – 5.2)
fT4 – 17.87 (range 10.0 – 25.0)
fT3 – 12.64 (range 5.4 – 14.0)

My thyroid panel dated 26.04.2010 (after 8 ZC months):
TSH – 1.43 (range 0.17 – 4.05)
fT4 – 18.9 (range 11.5 – 23.0)
fT3 – 2.5 (range 2.5 – 5.8 )
Anti-TPO – 20.3 (range 0 – 12.0)
Anti-TG – 22.3 – (range 0 – 30.0)

My 24-hour Urinary free cortisol levels dated 21.04.2008:
182.7 µg/24h (range 58.0 – 403.0 µg/24h)

My 24-hour Urinary free cortisol levels dated 16.11.2009:
254.8 nmol/24h (range 160 – 1112 nmol/24h)

My testosterone levels dated 05.05.2010:
18.73 nmol/l (range 6.07 – 27.1 nmol/l)

Diets are helpless in the cases of extreme adrenal fatigue.

[majormark]

How do you interpret those values to get adrenal fatigue?

Most of them seem to be in range.