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[Aleksandr]

I've had a bit of scalp itch lately.

I'm wondering if this is from a lack of zinc! I've been on the carnosine, which is supposed to use up zinc. My tablets are 500mg. The thing is, theres also a product called "Zinc+Carnosine" is how its often sold. At the ratio that is, i.e. this one:

Zinc Carnosine

its 8.3mg zinc to 29.2mg carnosine

so 500%30 is roughly a 16.6 multplier... so i should be having 137mg of zinc a day with it. Right now i'm only taking 30mg!!

This could be the reason. Zinc could be a super important mineral for hair guys.

 

[mattyb]

Zinc is super important for hair. It's the most common deficiency in men with hair loss.

Analysis of Serum Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Hair Loss

 

[Aleksandr]

Zinc is super important for hair. It's the most common deficiency in men with hair loss.

Analysis of Serum Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Hair Loss

I had 4 30mg zinc pills last night, and the itching seems to have stopped this morning. Ill keep posting updates for a few days to see if this is problem solved.

Its interesting all the ancient chinese etc saying excessive ejaculations cause hair loss, since zinc is one of the main minerals to come out.

 

[Aleksandr]

23/2/18:

Today had lunch with slow cooked meat + spinnach.

Afterwards i was pretty thirsty so i drunk some water.


@Orion
noticed my white tongue was gone!! Lots of meals seem to make it worse, a few are neutral, but never usually does a meal improve it.

A few different thoughts as to why:

1. The meat makes me thirsty so i can drink more. White tongue is often linked to dehydration.

2. After what we've been learning about electrolytes, im almost certainly deficient due to my exercise regime. I have been consuming salt with exercise lately too. 1 teaspoon per hour, then drinking till not thirsty. On a study done triathletes were both dehydrated and low in sodium/chlorides after their race. Recommended salt + water.

3. My low phosphorus on hair test indicates i have low protein and i need more. Perhaps slow cooking it (browning it, then cooking in water for 4hrs, then simmering the water down) makes it much more digestible.

4. Perhals its some mineral in the spinnach that im lacking?

My meal was like a hamburger: crappy white bread cooked in ghee, the meat, tomato sauce, plum chutney, and spinnach. Two of them.

Eveb with the sugar in the chutney and tomato sauce (sugar usually makes the tongue whiter), my togue was completely clear. Note: i didnt check until after the water consumption.

Gbolds advice to exercisers;

1. Lots of water
2. Electrolytes (to me this is 1teaspoon salt per hr of exercise + magnesium abd potassium from foods)
3. Lots of protein
4. Spinnach


Maybe its the combination of them all that did it??? Man cant wait to have this again tomorrow. Tasted delicious too

 

[Orion]

23/2/18:

Today had lunch with slow cooked meat + spinnach.

Afterwards i was pretty thirsty so i drunk some water.


@Orion
noticed my white tongue was gone!! Lots of meals seem to make it worse, a few are neutral, but never usually does a meal improve it.

A few different thoughts as to why:

1. The meat makes me thirsty so i can drink more. White tongue is often linked to dehydration.

2. After what we've been learning about electrolytes, im almost certainly deficient due to my exercise regime. I have been consuming salt with exercise lately too. 1 teaspoon per hour, then drinking till not thirsty. On a study done triathletes were both dehydrated and low in sodium/chlorides after their race. Recommended salt + water.

3. My low phosphorus on hair test indicates i have low protein and i need more. Perhaps slow cooking it (browning it, then cooking in water for 4hrs, then simmering the water down) makes it much more digestible.

4. Perhals its some mineral in the spinnach that im lacking?

My meal was like a hamburger: crappy white bread cooked in ghee, the meat, tomato sauce, plum chutney, and spinnach. Two of them.

Eveb with the sugar in the chutney and tomato sauce (sugar usually makes the tongue whiter), my togue was completely clear. Note: i didnt check until after the water consumption.

Gbolds advice to exercisers;

1. Lots of water
2. Electrolytes (to me this is 1teaspoon salt per hr of exercise + magnesium abd potassium from foods)
3. Lots of protein
4. Spinnach


Maybe its the combination of them all that did it??? Man cant wait to have this again tomorrow. Tasted delicious too

Sounds good, hopefully it keeps up! My tongue is still doing well, some whiteness has come back though.

I find if I don't take enough HCl spinach will show up undigested in bowel movements. I need about 6grams betaine per meal at the moment.

 

[vicecaz]

@m_arch
hey man
I wanted to know if the improvement with licorice root regarding dry eyes has sustained ?

 

[Aleksandr]

@m_arch
hey man
I wanted to know if the improvement with licorice root regarding dry eyes has sustained ?

It hasnt. Lasted about 2 months i think, which was pretty good. Now theyre intermittently dry... mostly caused from too much screen use i find. I do wonder tho if licorice did crash my sodium for awhile. You can see on the hair test my sodium is reduced, but still pretty high.

 

[ballheadbuddha]

hello there, @m_arch
how are you doing these days?

 

[Aleksandr]

hello there, @m_arch
how are you doing these days?

Hi. Im good thanks, my latest updates are in my signature in the 2nd hair test link. Probably time for me to do a 3rd test soonish

 

[Aleksandr]

Lol yesterday i was craving potato chips and i gave in. I was like "yep okay, i'll just do this as a test. see if the high sodium effects me" and the next morning what do you know? Mild scalp itch has returned, for what must be the first time in months. I must be super sensitive to salt.

Its funny since my diet has been mostly salt free and trying to keep carbs lower with higher fats and protein. The potato chips are 1) all carbs basically and 2) lots of salt

So its a double whammy for effecting the CA:MG and MG: NA ratios. Increases NA which decreases MG. and the carbs increase CA and decrease MG.

 

[Aleksandr]

Had some blood tests done for my chronically low platelet count on friday; the doctor seems to think i have "autoimmune thrombocytopenia"

Anyway below are the results. Anything stand out to you guys? @Helen @mattyb

 

[mattyb]

Have you been sick lately at all? Any signs of an infection? Recently have any kind of flu or anything like that?

 

[Aleksandr]

Have you been sick lately at all? Any signs of an infection? Recently have any kind of flu or anything like that?

No not that im conscious of. Are you asking cos my white cells are down? They seem to fluctuate between low and normal

The person also asked if i eat meat cos my iron seemed low... i was like "yeah three times a day" lol

@Helen was saying magnesium uses up iron i wonder if this is why

 

[mattyb]

Many infections can cause neutropenia, low WBC, and thrombocytopenia, so that's why I was asking. Good to rule those out before opting for an autoimmune explanation, considering that's essentially untreatable according to most doctors.

 

[Aleksandr]

Many infections can cause neutropenia, low WBC, and thrombocytopenia, so that's why I was asking. Good to rule those out before opting for an autoimmune explanation, considering that's essentially untreatable according to most doctors.

Yeah the low platelets has been on every test for me for the past 10yrs. White bloodcells arent usually down tho

 

[supernature]

Yeah the low platelets has been on every test for me for the past 10yrs. White bloodcells arent usually down tho

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[Aleksandr]

If you get cut or after a blood draw, does it usually takes longer for the blood to stop going, longer time to clot ?

Supposedly this is only a problem when its below 50. I havent noticed it really, but i do seem to bruise easier than others.

 

[Helen]

@m_arch Looking at your hairtest, you seem like a fast oxidizer, with that body chemistry ceruloplasmin should be on the high side and it is not.

WE have to look further, but might be your blood tests have to do with copper.

platelet count, ceruloplasmin and copper levels indicate? - Blood Disorders Forum - eHealthForum
Copper Deficiency as Cause of Unexplained Hematologic and Neurologic Deficits in Patient with Prior Gastrointestinal Surgery
Copper deficiency can mask itself Myelodysplasia
Copper deficiency - Wikipedia

I remember I had low white blood count, and I took copper which took it to normal values.

It could be also biounavailable copper . May be histidine plays a part.


Here is another source with all your parameters mentioned. Copper deficiency symptoms - Copper deficiency diseases | Nutrition, deficiency & diseases

 

[Helen]

May be you should test 24 hour urine, and see which minerals are high and low , like copper zinc.

Since biounavailable copper can also cause this. Why don't you go on TE or ARL program and see if this improves

 

[supernature]

you seem like a fast oxidizer, with that body chemistry ceruloplasmin should be on the high side and it is not.

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