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Constantine Kanargelidis's avatar

Great post! During orthodox fasting do you think that peanuts and peanut butter could be a decent source of biotin?

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD's avatar

Absolutely not. They have zero bioavailability.

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Constantine Kanargelidis's avatar

good to know, thanks!

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Skupe's avatar

IDK, just make sure you look for Jungle peanuts as they are organic and don't have the aflatoxins in them that regular peanuts have. If you are in the US, I can give you sources for Jungle peanuts.

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Wild's avatar

Chris, I'm eager to read more about how you decided what dose of Biotin is the right dose for you, knowing you are Biotindise deficient. You started with very high doses and lowered those over time. How did you decide what supplements to take in parallel and how much of each supplement?

Also what is a good subjective test for you in relation to sugar levels as well as other factors that can be drawn in other factors (blood, CGM, etc.).

I'm noticing different sleep architecture with my Oura ring in days I'm supplementing B2 & Biotin, it seems there's some positive correlation between my sleep cycles and how my REM, DEEP and Light sleep distribute across the night vs. when I'm not taking those supplements.

Though I feel heartburn when I'm taking 100mg B2 which feels to me like an aversive response, that may be related to other factors as well (Zinc?)

Wonder your take on that :)

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD's avatar

I'm not taking any biotin. I'll cover how I arrived at that when I write up my biochemical optimization experiments.

I don't know what "subjective test for you in relation to sugar levels" means. Objective tests at home should include glucose, ketones, and lactate. CGM is a waste.

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Wild's avatar

When is this planned to be released?

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD's avatar

I'll start the series later this month.

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Yachin's avatar

Thanks for the great post! I'm wondering what is the 1 egg yolk equivalent in cod liver?

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD's avatar

Good question, but I don't know. I'd take the average of other livers as an assumption for now.

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