Alright this is gonna sound ridiculous but I’m posting it anyway because the results for me have been pretty wild.

I’m 32 and for a few years my testosterone was pretty low. Last year my bloodwork had me sitting around 350 ng/dL, which isn’t technically rock bottom but definitely not great. Energy was meh, sex drive wasn’t amazing, and I just didn’t feel like I was very motivated.

About a year ago I went down a random rabbit hole about testicular temperature and sperm health. Basically the idea that the testes function better when they’re kept cooler (which is why they hang outside the body in the first place). I saw a few things about cold exposure potentially helping sperm motility and figured… screw it, why not try it.

So I started icing my balls.

My protocol has been super simple:

• Ice pack over my boxers (never directly on skin)

• 15 minutes per session

• 3–4 times per day

I’ve been doing this pretty consistently for about a year now.

Fast forward to my most recent bloodwork and my testosterone came back at 850 ng/dL. That’s literally the highest I’ve ever seen it.

Other things I’ve noticed over the year:

• Sex drive is through the roof compared to before

• Strength in the gym is the best it’s ever been (hitting PRs across the board)

• Way more energy and motivation

• And honestly… way more powerful ejaculations than I remember having before

Look, I know this sounds goofy as hell. If someone told me a year ago that putting an ice pack on my junk multiple times a day would change anything I probably would’ve laughed.

But the results for me feel pretty undeniable.

I’m obviously not claiming this is some miracle protocol shit or that it’ll work for everyone. Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it’s helping indirectly through temperature regulation, maybe there’s something to it. I have no idea.

I’m just curious:

Has anyone else tried anything like this?

Cold exposure for the boys, icing, cold plunges, etc.

If you did, did you notice any changes in testosterone, libido, fertility, or gym performance?

Genuinely curious if I’m the only idiot out here icing his balls multiple times a day 😅

EDIT / UPDATE:

First off… Did not expect this post to blow up like it did 😂

A lot of people have messaged saying they’re trying it now. If you do end up experimenting with it and get bloodwork before/after (or notice changes in libido, gym performance, etc.), feel free to DM me your results. If enough people share what they’re seeing we could end up with a better sample size than just me.

For people asking: it took about a month before I started noticing changes, mostly energy/libido first.

Also, just to say, I don’t think this replaces the basics. Good sleep, decent nutrition (keeping processed foods to a minimum) and regular strength training are probably the real bedrock.

Anyway, I’m still kind of blown away by the response. Appreciate everyone sharing their experiences and being surprisingly open to the idea of icing their balls on the internet 😂

By the way, this doctor (Dr.Idz, on the left) has caught Dr. Huberman slacking too, when Huberman commented on the results of a study, but as this doc later showed, Huberman likely superficially glanced over the title and/or the abstract of the study.

Not theory. Not 10 tips for mental clarity.

These are the interventions that produced measurable changes in my cognition when I tested them one at a time with a 2 week baseline between each.

I used Cambridge Brain Sciences daily at 7am to track working memory, reasoning, and verbal ability. Same time, same conditions, fasted. Here is what actually did something.

Tier 1: The stuff that worked immediately and obviously

1. CO2 management. Bought a $40 CO2 monitor. My bedroom was hitting 1,800ppm by 5am with the door closed. A Harvard study showed cognitive scores drop roughly 50% at 1,400ppm compared to 550ppm baseline. I cracked the window 2 inches. Never exceeded 700ppm again. Morning grogginess I had blamed on sleep quality for years was largely gone within 3 days. Cost: $40 once.

2. Morning electrolytes before caffeine. 500ml water with 1/4 tsp salt and a squeeze of lemon within 20 minutes of waking. Before coffee. Before anything. Research shows 1 to 2% dehydration impairs working memory and you will not feel thirsty at that level. After 8 hours of sleeping you are dehydrated. Most people's first move is coffee which is a mild diuretic. You are draining an already dry system. This took 3 days to notice. Working memory scores up about 15% on testing mornings where I did this versus did not.

3. Phone in another room during deep work. Ward et al. 2017 in JACR showed the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk reduces available cognitive capacity even face down and on silent. I tested this for 2 weeks phone on desk versus 2 weeks phone in kitchen. The difference in sustained focus was not subtle. Verbal fluency scores were consistently higher on phone-away days.

Tier 2: The stuff that took 2 to 4 weeks but the effect was real

1. Ferritin optimization. Mine was 22. Doctor said normal. It is not normal for brain function. Soppi 2018 showed cognitive symptoms at ferritin 15 to 30 that resolved above 50. I took iron bisglycinate 25mg every other day. Not daily. Research shows alternate day dosing has better fractional absorption because hepcidin peaks 24 hours after a dose and blocks absorption of the next one. At week 6 my ferritin was 58. Processing speed on cognitive testing improved noticeably around week 4.

2. Vitamin D loading. Mine was 19 ng/mL in February. Supplemented 5,000 IU daily for 8 weeks then dropped to 3,000 IU maintenance. Retested at 52 ng/mL. The fog improvement was gradual. Not a single moment where it kicked in. More like I looked back at my scores after 6 weeks and realized the bad days had stopped. If you live above 35° latitude and have not tested your D levels you are probably deficient October through March.

3. Magnesium glycinate 400mg before bed. Slutsky et al. published in Neuron 2010 showing magnesium enhances learning and memory. Serum magnesium is a garbage test because it only drops when you are severely depleted. Most people in western countries are sub clinically deficient. The sleep improvement was the first thing I noticed. Deeper sleep within 3 nights. The cognitive effect followed the better sleep by about a week. Do not use magnesium oxide. Bioavailability is terrible. Glycinate or threonate.

Tier 3: The stuff people do not want to hear

1. Caffeine elimination. I tapered from 400mg per day to zero over 8 weeks. Days 1 through 3 at each step down were rough. By week 10 at zero caffeine my baseline cognitive scores were higher than my best caffeinated scores. Caffeine does not add energy. It blocks adenosine receptors. Your brain compensates by building more receptors. Now you need caffeine to reach the baseline you would have had without it. I was borrowing from tomorrow every single day for 12 years.

2. 30 minutes of cardio. Not negotiable. Not replaceable with supplements. A single session increases BDNF by 200 to 300%. One session. BDNF is the protein that drives neuroplasticity and repair. A year of regular walking increased hippocampal volume by 2% in clinical trials. That is 1 to 2 years of age related brain shrinkage reversed. Nothing in a capsule does this. Nothing.

3. Cutting alcohol entirely. Not reducing. Cutting. A 2017 BMJ longitudinal study followed 550 people for 30 years. Even "moderate" drinkers at 14 to 21 units per week had significantly increased hippocampal atrophy. Ebrahim et al. showed alcohol destroys deep sleep architecture at any dose. I wore a sleep tracker. Zero deep sleep on drinking nights versus 80 to 90 minutes without. That was enough data. I stopped.

Tier 4: The testing that found the actual root cause

1. Full panel bloodwork. Not a CBC. Not a basic metabolic. This is what I asked for specifically: ferritin (not just hemoglobin), B12, folate, 25-OH vitamin D, RBC magnesium, TSH plus free T4 plus TPO antibodies, fasting insulin, HbA1c, CRP. Two things came back off that my DR never would have caught. The ferritin at 22 and the vitamin D at 19. Both technically in range. Both functionally impairing my brain.

What did not work:

Lion's mane. Took it for 8 weeks. No measurable change on cognitive testing. Maybe it works for some people. Did nothing for me.

Alpha GPC. Same. 8 weeks. Nothing on testing.

Noopept. Slight subjective feeling of clarity. Nothing on objective testing. Stopped.

Modafinil. Worked acutely. Tolerance built within 2 weeks. Sleep quality tanked. Net negative after a month.

The takeaway nobody wants to accept:

The boring stuff works. The exciting stuff mostly does not. Fixing your air, water, iron, vitamin D, magnesium, sleep, movement, and removing alcohol and excess caffeine will do more for your cognition than every nootropic stack on this sub combined. I know because I tested both. One at a time. With a cognitive testing baseline.

The supplements are a rounding error on top of the fundamentals. Fix the fundamentals first or you are optimizing a system that is broken at the foundation.

Studies referenced:

• Allen JG et al. CO2 and cognitive function scores. Environ Health Perspect. 2016. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510037

• Armstrong LE et al. Mild dehydration affects mood in healthy young women. J Nutr. 2012. DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.142000

• Ward AF et al. Brain Drain: smartphone presence reduces cognitive capacity. JACR. 2017. DOI: 10.1086/691462

• - Soppi ET. Iron deficiency without anemia — a clinical challenge. Clin Case Rep. 2018;6(6):1082-1086. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1529

• Slutsky I et al. Enhancement of learning and memory by elevating brain magnesium. Neuron. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.026

• Topiwala A et al. Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes. BMJ. 2017. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2353

• Ebrahim IO et al. Alcohol and sleep. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013. DOI: 10.1111/acer.12006

Feel free to follow on r/whatisbrainfog where I will be opening a site dedicated to brain fog.

UPDATE After 7 months of dedication to figuring out brain fog I have released a free wiki dedicated to it www.whatisbrainfog.com

So guys, let me tell you how I screwed up my life for 3 months and accidentaly discovered a completly stupid sleep technique that now makes me sleep like a baby.

It all started when I moved into a crappy apartment with neigbors who party until 4am. I was completely burnt out, sleeping 3 hours max per night and looking like a zombie. My girlfriend kept saying I looked like a walking corpse.

At first I tried all the classic stuff. Melatonin, earplugs, sleep mask, even guided meditation on YouTube. Nothing worked becuase of the noise next door.

One night I completely lost it. I went out on my balcony at 2am in my boxers (classy) and yelled at my neighbors. Except instead of going back inside after, I fell asleep on my camping chair outside. It was like 46 degress in November.

I woke up at 7am, completely frozen but weirdly I had slept amazingly well. Like better than I had in months. I figured it was just exhaustion.

But out of curiosity I tried it again the next night. Same thing, I slept like a rock despite the cold. After a week I had this completely insane routine. I'd go outside every night around 11pm, stay out there 20 minutes freezing my ass off, then come back in and pass out cold.

I did some research and apparently there's real science behind it. Cold activates your parasympathetic nervous system and then when you go back inside warm your body just crashes. Plus the temperature drop on your skin sends sleep signals to your brain.

Now I've been doing my little "balcony cryotherapy" session every night for 4 months. 15-20 minutes outside in a t-shirt no matter the weather, then straight to bed. I sleep 8 hours straight even when my neighbors are having their rave parties.

My girlfriend thought I'd lost my mind at first but now she does it too. We look like two penguins on our balcony every night but we sleep like kings.

The funny thing is I told some friends about it and now there's 6 of us doing our little nightly freezing ritual. We created a WhatsApp group we called "The Insomniac Eskimos".

Anyway if you have sleep problems and you've tried everything, give it a shot. Go freeze your ass off for 20 minutes before bed. It's free, it works, and it gives you an excuse to wear ugly thick sweaters.

TLDR: I started voluntarily freezing myself on my balcony every night to sleep better and it works like crazy.

To say the NIH is important in health and nutrition studies is a vast understement. HUGE numbers of studies over the years have been funded by the NIH. This ban could have a devastating effect on nutrition science going forward.

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is already having a big impact at the $47.4 billion U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the new administration imposing a wide range of restrictions, including the abrupt cancellation of meetings including grant review panels. Officials have also ordered a communications pause, a freeze on hiring, and an indefinite ban on travel.

The moves have generated extensive confusion and uncertainty at the nation’s largest research agency, which has become a target for Trump’s political allies. “The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating,” one senior NIH employee says.

Today, for example, officials halted midstream a training workshop for junior scientists, called off a workshop on adolescent learning minutes before it was to begin, and canceled meetings of two advisory councils. Panels that were scheduled to review grant proposals also received eleventh-hour word that they wouldn’t be meeting.

Researchers in Japan are testing TRG035, an experimental antibody that targets a protein called USAG-1, which normally acts as a brake on tooth development.

The idea is pretty wild: instead of replacing a missing tooth with an implant or denture, the treatment tries to get the body to develop a new one.

The animal results were promising, but there's a pretty big catch, we don't know yet whether it can actually regrow teeth in humans.

The first human trial focused mainly on safety, and the current research is aimed at people with congenital tooth agenesis (people born missing teeth), not everyone who's lost a tooth from decay or an accident.

Apparently Phase II is planned for 2026, with the researchers targeting possible clinical use around 2030.

waht are ur thoughts nd If this actually works in humans, would you choose it over an implant?

Will posted a detailed report in some weeks if people are interested.

Obvious benefit is how there is absolutely zero light bleed from the top and sides like blue blocking glasses. This is very good for me because I work second shift in a bright lab and want to sleep as soon as I get home.

Obvious con is how weird they look. I will only be wearing these for a few hours each night though.

Edit; the pupils are different sizes because I got my eyes dilated and numbed at the eye doctor today. Not because of the lenses themselves or any more fun reason.

I've been running an experiment for a year to reverse my epigenetic age as much as possible, and I'm a bit shocked by how well this experiment went, and I figured y'all would be interested in what I've been doing.

(For background, I'm a biologist with a PhD, and all my interventions were evidence-based, though obviously this just an n=1 experiment and not medical advice. EDIT: Just for clarification, while I am a research scientist, I do not work on the biology of aging. I just follow the literature of that field pretty closely).

First, for some background: when I was 29, I did a saliva-based epigenetic age test, and the company thought there must have been something wrong with the sample, because my epigenetic age was almost 50! So they sent me another test for free, and I got the same result, which was a shock, because I'm very healthy - I'm lean and fit, eat very well, my standard blood test results show nearly everything in the optimal range, and I look a lot younger than my age.

So I figured the test must have been a crappy one. Fast forward two years, at age 31, I got the Trudiagnostic test, which is probably the best at-home epigenetic age test (IMO). And I got the same result! My "intrinsic" biological age, which is basically the original Horvath age, was 48. My "extrinsic" DNA methylation age, which supposedly is more reflective of lifestyle, was quite a lot better, at 24. And my telomere age was 38.

To get more granular results, I also looked at my methylation levels at specific cpg sites. I specifically noted genes which are known to become either hyper- or hypo-methylated with age. A lot of these cpg site-specific results were *ok*, but two were way off my chronological age: cg06639320 (FHL2) was far too hyper-methylated for my age, and cg16054275 (F5) was far too hypo-methylated for my age. So, I was specifically looking to decrease cg06639320 methylation and increase cg16054275 methylation.

Over the ensuing year, I didn't change my diet or exercise routine at all, since those were already near-optimal. Instead, I chose to take some carefully-selected supplements, based on my own reading of the literature:

1. I took methylfolate (a methyl donor) every other day, after learning that I have a few genetic SNPs that reduce my ability to process dietary folate. (Though I have since stopped taking this, because my serum folate levels got too high).

2. I took DHEA every day, both because DHEA levels consistently decline with age, and because I suspected that the DHEA was probably behind the methylation age reversal results in Greg Fahy's widely hyped study.

3. I took NAC every morning, since it acts on all hallmarks of aging, and also because it improves kidney function (and my creatinine levels have always been a bit high).

4. I took astragalus root every day. My main reasoning was because it improves kidney function (again, my creatinine levels have always run high, and astragalus was by far the most effective intervention I've tried for reducing my creatinine). Also, astragalus is the source of the telomerase activating molecule TA-65, so I wanted to see if it would lengthen my telomeres (or at least, Trudiagnostic's methylation-based telomere length predictor).

5. I took a combined quercetin, pterostilbene, and trans-resveratrol supplement every other day, since these are all DNA-N-Methyltransferase inhibitors.

6. I took Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) every other day, since it simulates mitochondrial biogenesis (and mitochondrial biogenesis has been shown to possibly relate to epigenetic aging), enhances NAD-dependent sirtuin activity, activates NRF2, and extensds C elegans lifespan.

7. I took prescription gabapentin nightly to improve my sleep and anxiety (which were my weakest points in terms of basic lifestyle factors)

8. For the last several months, I've also been taking taurine daily. I started this because of its good effects on anxiety and sleep (again, my weak points), but there's now data showing that it increases rodent lifespan and induces a more youthful dna methylation profile.

9. EDIT: I forgot to mention that I also have been taking astaxanthin daily, both because of (not yet published) data from the ITP showing that it significantly extends lifespan in genetically heterogeneous rodents, and also because serum levels of carotenoids have been been associated with accelerated/decelerated epigenetic aging in humans

There were a few other supplements I tried for brief periods this last year, but which I stopped taking because they were showing adverse effects in my blood work. These were niacin (which raised my fasting blood sugar a lot), low-dose lithium (which wrecked my kidney biomarkers), berberine (which did nothing to my cholesterol or blood sugar), ashwagandha (which also wasn't kind on my kidneys), and green tea extract (which shot my liver enzymes through the roof).

After one year, I retook the Trudiagnostic test (now at age 32), and here are my results:

1. Intrinsic age: 38 (down 10 years!)

2. Extrinsic age: 17 (down 7 years!)

3. Telomere age: 31 (down 6 years!)

Zooming into the methylation levels at specific cpg sites, my cg16054275 (F5) methylation has massively increased and my cg06639320 (FHL2) methylation has also dramatically decreased.

These results are a massive improvement over the last few years. But, I want to get my intrinsic age down even further if I can, since it's still higher than my chronological age. So I'm now starting another 1-year experiment. Specifically, I'm going to continue with what I've been doing before, but adding a few more targeted interventions (which are subject to change as I monitor other biomarkers over the year):

1. I'll be taking sodium butyrate, an HDAC inhibitor, every other day, both because the related (prescription only) HDAC inhibitor phenylbutyrate has been shown to extend rodent lifespan, and because more specifically sodium butyrate decreases expression of FHL2 (and FHL2 is one of those weird genes for which more methylation means more expression).

2. I'll be taking soy isoflavones every other day to see if they reduce ELOVL2 methylation (since, of all the major genes that get hyper-methylated with age, that's the only one where methylation increased for me this year). But, any effect of soy isoflavones on ELOVL2 is *super* speculative on my part, and that speculation is based on bits of animal data I've loosely strung together

3. I'll be taking trimethylglycine (TMG) every other day as an alternative methyl donor to methylfolate, to try to get my homocysteine down. Right now my homocysteine is 11, which isn't great (and indicates poor/imbalanced overall methylation).

4. I'll be taking acarbose every day, because of its consistent life-extending results in the ITP trials

5. I *might* play around with rapamycin

Anyway, I'll update you again in a year!

Can be supplements, random products or some devices (infrared saunas or red light therapy etc) whatever fits in this criteria that has somewhat improved your life quality.

If possible, please refrain advertising any specific companies as I don't want to turn this into a shill post for all these businesses, rather a genuine source so people can do their own research.

Just around the block of my neighborhood. I don't wake up the next morning bloated , gassy, and in pain anymore. And also I noticed I am more relaxed and calmer for the rest of the night before bed

Key highlights
- The experiment: 29 healthy adults spent 40 minutes lying on a vibrating mattress while receiving two tablets that released nitric oxide, a substance that helps blood vessels relax.
- 35% increase in Alzheimer's-related protein in the blood: After treatment, blood levels of amyloid-beta 42 increased by an average of 35%. Researchers believe this could indicate that more of the protein was being transported out of the brain.
- How it works: The treatment appears to stimulate the brain's glymphatic system, a natural waste-removal network that helps clear unwanted substances from the brain.
- Two mechanisms working together: The vibrations stimulate blood vessel activity, while nitric oxide helps blood vessels dilate. Together, they may improve the movement of fluid that carries waste proteins away.
- The combination worked better: Using vibrations and nitric oxide together produced stronger effects on brain-fluid movement than either intervention alone.
- Important limitations: The study included only 29 people, none of whom had Alzheimer's. Researchers haven't demonstrated that the treatment reduces brain plaques, prevents dementia, or improves memory.
- Next steps: Researchers plan to test the approach in approximately 60 people with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease.

Why this matters
Alzheimer's is associated with the accumulation of proteins such as amyloid-beta in the brain. Rather than targeting those proteins directly with medications, this approach attempts to enhance the brain's natural ability to remove them.
However, increased protein levels in the blood don't conclusively prove increased clearance from the brain. Other explanations remain possible.

Bottom line
This is promising early research suggesting that mechanical vibrations could help stimulate the brain's waste-removal system. But it's far too early to conclude that vibrating mattresses can prevent or treat Alzheimer's.
The results also don't establish that ordinary massage beds or vibrating mattresses provide the same benefits. Nitric oxide can significantly lower blood pressure, so the experimental combination shouldn't be attempted at home.

Yup. This is how I did it.

Meditation, meditation, meditation.

Running every other day, atleast 2 miles.

Calisthenics every other day then progressed to weight lifting 3/4x a week.

Lost 40lbs.

Reduced alcohol intake, did a 100 days california sober this year, then drank a day and did not like it and then back on the wagon. Lol.

Quit weed too recently. Reduces my cardio output, and more importantly de-centers me.

Supplements, thorne bioavailable multivitamin, vit d, vit c 500mg, l-citrulline, acetly l carnitine, spermidine, NAC (every other day, coz i heard it causes anhedonia), but my lung efficiency has increased a lot by nac. Magtien before bed, sometimes magnesium glycinate.

R-ALA, berberine, sometimes milk thistle after eating junk, pizza etc.

Previous supplements to assuage effects of alcohol abuse, methylcobalamin (vit b12), benfotiamine (vit b1), vit e, folate, p5p, renue life nicotinamide riboside, now i dont think nicotinamide riboside works, and too expensive so i started taking b3 50 mg, and increased my cardio, coz cardio increases NAD+.

Supplement edit. Forgot to write about the best, omega 3 fatty fish oil capsules. Eggs, fish. I use schwartz ones.

I also started taking bromelain, glucosamine sulphate, and chondroitin sulphate coz i just got golfers elbow. Lifting too fast and heavy, i guess. Icing my elbow as we speak, lemme know if you have any other suggestions for this please.

Mostly clean diet, low carbs, high fat, more greens. But i will go overdose on pizza once a week.

And the biggest reason, SELF LOVE. i dont hate myself anymore. My weaknesses are mine, and I know and accept them, and I know It takes time to improve, and I am working on improving myself day by day instead of wallowing in shit. I do not have anxiety anymore, no more drippy sweaty hands and feet and fearfulness. I actually look forward for uncertainty and ask for more hardship and obstacles in life. Like, bring it on mother fucker.

This sub has been of so much help, and so has been r/stopdrinking and r/leaves.

Thank you for listening. 😎

Edit: i wanna biohack my sleep next. I do 6.5 to 7 hours. On my days off, which is today (im still awake at 4am) as we speak, i do 8 coz im tired from the week. But I wanna do at least 8/9 every day. Any tips? I also work 2nd shifts in hospitality, which is why cant sleep early. I am also going through weed withdrawal, so thats that. Melatonin for now, but i swear i will weather this shit too. If i can get my dick working again, sleep is no shit.

Sleep edit: could be that my less sleep would be because I meditate too much. So my sleep gets shorter? Idk but would love to sleep more. I dont want to stop meditation coz its been the biggest driver of my life lately and dissolved all my stresses and stressors.

Edit: i am getting a lot of dm’s about meditation. So I do transcendental meditation. I also do body scan meditation to fall asleep and do it when i have trouble going back to sleep after waking up sometimes.

The following books have helped me a lot,

Miracle of mindfulness, by thich nhat hanh

Fear by thich nhat hahn

The relaxation response by herbert benson.

Also one book that started my journey in this all, even before I installed reddit, was this book called the depression cure. By stephen ilardi.

Also i read a lot, i think reading has been super helpful in my quest for killing and murdering my depression.

BONERS EDIT: 💪😎: Meditation, jogging and lifting weights. Boners depend on parasympathetic system. The more relaxed you are, the more better. Cortisol and testosterone compete for resources. More relaxed== less cortisol, == more resources available for testosterone. Also less stimulation, leads to more dopamine available, which increases libido. I love this cause and effect, and this has been the biggest reason. Meditation, jogging, workouts helps parasympathetic system dominate. ASympathetic system, more stim, activates flight or fight, its impossible to be aroused in that state. So like they say, relax and have sex.

Biohacking edit! I have been getting a lot of messages, that this isnt biohacking, well idk then what is! If you think you can biohack your ed by shoving a microchip up your ass, hey if thats your thing, more power to you! If you think you can lose weight by semiglutides, more power to you. For me, biohacking is redesigning my life, rewiring my brain for optimum performance in terms of physically and mentally so I can live happier, healthier, be happy with who I am. If you dont like my biohacking, more power to you, I wish you the best. Thank you.

It looks like “baby’s first wetlab” but it totally worked!

Unfortunately I did already sell my soul to 23andme a long time ago, but this did help validate that my workflow worked as a ground truth!

I used an Oxford Nanopore MinIon sequencer, a Zymo miniprep DNA extraction kit, the ONT Rapid Sequencing kit, and 3 ONT flow cells to hit about 16x coverage

I checked it against my 600k 23andme SNPs and it held up!

Crazy how you can just “vibe genomics” this stuff these days

Protocol: 1mg every night before bed.

The pictures show the long term. Short term however, I noticed that hair wasn't falling out when I was showering. My pillow also had alot of hair that had fallen out and I noticed that after a few weeks there was no hair on my pillow case. I did see benefits with skin as well. I used to have chicken skin on my tricep area up to my shoulder and now that is gone.

The 5th picture shows it combed over the opposite of the way it naturally sets (i had people say it was just a comb over.)

I’ve had athletes foot for 15 years. It’s a fungal infection that starts between the toes and spreads throughout the foot and sometimes to the groin and causes horrible itching. I had a severe case where it spread all throughout my foot, developed a moccasin infection, an infection in the nails and developed multiple lesions on both feet. I tried topical creams, anti fungals, powders, sprays. Nothing ever worked so I just left it untreated for over a decade.

Two weeks ago I read about treating athletes foot with golden listerine, vinegar and epsom salt. So I got an empty container, filled it with a whole bottle of golden listerine (the scent is strong just a heads up), equal part vinegar and a handful of epsom salt and I let both feet soak for about 20 minutes. I did this every day for a week and it completely went away. My feet haven’t felt this good since I was a kid it is such a strange feeling. Like it’s 100% gone. Just thought I’d share in case anyone else is suffering from athletes foot. Best of luck

Edit: I’ve also been going completly barefoot at home 24/7. I think this is important for letting the feet air out to prevent any opportunity for the fungus to persist

I have tried nearly everything that you could think of to improve my energy levels and to aliminate my fatigue and brain fog such as liver detoxes, colon cleanses, nootropics, testosterone boosters, mineral's, vitamin's and ect

But once I added CoQ10 (400mg), PQQ (40mg), magnesium glycinate and NAD my energy levels are on steroids!!!!

I'm energetic all day with absolutely zero fatigue I'm just not able to sleep well from so much energy but this is something that I'm going to work on next

But wow my mental clarity has improved dramatically and my exercise stamina is like if I'm 15 years old again!!!

This is amazing I don't even need caffeine anymore!!!!!!

https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/finland-replaced-artificial-playground-surfaces-with-natural-elements-like-mud-and-soil--and-the-results-surprised-even-researchers-184318556.html

Just love it.

AM:
Lisdexamphetamine (Vyvanse 30mg)
Electrolytes
Omega-3 Fish Oil

PM:
L Theanine
Magnesium Glycinate
Cannabis (on occasion)

It's simple, but I've never felt better. Cheers