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Gut endotoxins PENETRATED the blood-brain barrier WITHIN 6 HOURS. No infection. No head injury. No disease. One toxin. From the gut. I couldn’t think. Couldn’t focus. Couldn’t hold a thought for more than 30 seconds. I blamed my phone. My sleep. My attention span. It wasn’t any of those. Your blood-brain barrier is a single layer of endothelial cells held together by proteins called tight junctions — claudins. The same proteins. The same failure. Different organ. When LPS enters your bloodstream from a damaged gut, it doesn’t stop at your organs. It reaches your brain’s vasculature and forces those junctions open. The barrier breaks. Your microglia — the brain’s resident immune cells — shift from surveillance to attack. They release inflammatory compounds directly into neural tissue. Your brain’s own defense system turns on itself. Your doctor calls it brain fog. It has a real name. Neuroinflammation. You don’t have a focus problem. You have two leaking barriers. And the first one opened the second. But there are 4 different reasons your intestinal barrier cracked — and each one requires a different fix. The wrong one makes it worse. PMID: 23876253. Find out which of the 4 gut inflammation patterns is breaching your brain in 60 seconds: farving.co/quiz

Guys, I have a lot to say about toxic mold making people sick in homes and offices. Here are some key facts most people get wrong: 1. “Mold is everywhere! It’s not a big deal beyond allergies.” 🚩 This dogma is only half-true. Mold spores *are* everywhere outdoors and can cause typical allergy/asthma symptoms (stuffy nose, cough, shortness of breath). BUT toxic indoor molds that grow hidden in water-damaged buildings are different. They produce airborne microscopic toxic byproducts called “mycotoxins” that you inhale. These serious toxins are linked to far more than “a little allergy.” These are NOT the same as outdoor hay-fever molds referred to above. There is a lot of intentional misinfo about toxic mold bc it is prevalent, causes severe multisystemic illness & is expensive to fix/ remediate. Insurance companies lobbied hard to limit public awareness of toxic mold after getting nailed by several huge multimillion dollar cases in the 90’s. Toxic molds (like Stachybotrys “black mold,” Chaetomium, Aspergillus, Fusarium, and others) thrive indoors in dark, damp spots behind walls, under floors, or in leaky areas. They hate sunlight and don’t typically cause seasonal outdoor issues. What do you think “sick building syndrome” is? 💡 (Hint: often, toxic mold illness) 🧵

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Twice a month mix 3 milliliters in a glass of Orange juice and down it. REMEMBER WHEN the Media laughed and said ivermectin was ONLY for horses and cows? THEY KNEW it was made for people since 1987. Here’s what they didn’t tell you 👇 1 – It prevents the damage caused by drugs created using mRNA technology, blocks the entry of Spike Protein into cells and, if the person was vaccinated, they can treat themselves for damage already done through Ivermectin. 2 – It only has beneficial effects and no harmful effects in the treatment of the C virus. In fact, even before entering the cell, it has already destroyed the virus in the blood. 3 – It has a very powerful anti-inflammatory action against and has a powerful impact on traumatic and orthopedic injuries, it strengthens muscles and has no side effects like corticosteroids. 4 –It treats autoimmune ailments such as: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, allergic rhinitis. 5 – It improves the immunity levels in cancer patients and treats Herpes Simplex and Herpes Zoster, plus reduces the frequency of sinusitis and diverticulitis. 6 – It protects the heart in cardiac overload. In an embolism for example, it prevents cardiac hypoxia because it stimulates the production of basic energy so that the tissue is not destroyed and thus improves cardiac function. 7 – It is anti-parasitic, anti-neoplastic (anti-cancer). Allegedly, it suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells, preserving healthy cells and improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment. 8 - It can kills cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy, defeating the resistance to multiple chemo-therapeutics that tumors develop, and combined with chemotherapy and/or anti-cancer agents, it provides an increase in the effectiveness of these treatments. 9 – It is antimicrobial (bacteria and viruses) and increases immunity. 10 – It reaches the Central Nervous System and regenerates the nerves. 11 – It helps to regulates glucose, insulin metabolism, cholesterol levels and reduces liver fat in steatose. 12 - It can be used as a prophylactic agent and has been associated with a significant reduction in infection, hospitalization and mortality rates due to C-19.

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Confusion around Thyroid function is extremely high in western medicine trained folks Most are running a TSH... a T4... and you're told everything is "normal" Meanwhile you're exhausted, gaining weight, losing hair, and freezing cold 24/7 and there's no true insight as to whats stalling progression or making you feel bad.. specifically P:E ratio Here's how we actually assess thyroid function. And it starts BEFORE bloodwork Body Temperature of course is number one especially in dieting athletes - its so easy to troubleshoot stalls in progression before they hit using temp feedback This is the single most underrated marker in all of health. Your thyroid controls your metabolic rate. Your metabolic rate determines how much heat your body produces. So if your thyroid is tanking... your body temperature is going to tell you before any lab ever will. The assessment: Immediately after waking. Take your temp before you get out of bed. IMO 97.4 is a great temp to be at here. A lot of people will say 98 degrees but here's the thing... your morning temp can be artificially elevated by stress hormones. Cortisol and adrenaline will raise your temperature to compensate for a sluggish thyroid. So a "normal" morning temp doesn't always mean your thyroid/liver is fine. That's why we take a second reading 30 minutes after your first meal. This is the real tell. After eating, your body should be ramping up metabolism to process food. You should be at 98.2 or above here but even at 98.0 that's pretty good If you wake up at 98 degrees or higher and then DROP below that after eating - That pattern tells your morning temp was being propped up by stress hormones and your thyroid can't actually sustain metabolic output on its own. Take it orally. I know Broda Barnes suggested a mercury thermometer under the armpit for 10 minutes but let's be real... nobody is going to do that consistently. Oral is faster and compliance matters more than perfection. Consistency and uniformity of measurement is what matters most here. Pulse Resting pulse should be somewhere between 70 and 85 bpm. Now this is highly variable person to person. Are you an athlete? Do you do a ton of zone 2 cardio? Your resting pulse is going to be influenced by your aerobic fitness history. But here's what most people miss... A chronically LOW pulse (under 65) in someone who is NOT a trained endurance athlete is a red flag for hypothyroidism. Your heart is a muscle and it needs thyroid hormone to contract efficiently. Low thyroid = slow heart. Again... consistency and uniformity of measurement matters most. Same time. Same conditions. Track the trend. The Markers That Give You Autonomy These are the things that give you a MUCH better overall picture than a single snapshot in time from bloodwork. Bloodwork is one moment. These markers tell you what's happening every single day: 1. Cold hands and cold feet. And no this is NOT normal if you're a girl either. Cold extremities means your body is rationing heat because it doesn't have enough metabolic output to keep everything warm. That's a thyroid problem. 2. Energy. Are you relying on 6 cups of coffee to function? That's not a caffeine deficiency. That's a metabolic rate problem. 3. Mood. Thyroid hormone directly influences serotonin and dopamine production. Low thyroid = flat mood, irritability, anxiety. And no you don't need an SSRI for that JFC we gotta get off those 4. Mental function. Brain fog, slow processing, can't find words. Your brain is the most metabolically active organ in your body. When thyroid output drops your brain is the first thing to suffer. 5. Libido. This is a big one. Low thyroid crushes sex drive in both men and women. And here's where it ties into prolactin... hypothyroidism elevates prolactin. Elevated prolactin suppresses GnRH which tanks LH and FSH. That means less testosterone in men and disrupted cycles in women. If your libido is gone and your prolactin is elevated... look at the thyroid first before you start chasing hormones. 6. Blood pressure. Hypothyroidism can cause both low BP (from reduced cardiac output) and high BP (from increased peripheral resistance as the body tries to compensate). Either way it's telling you something. 7. Weight gain. Especially when your P:E ratio is dialed and you're still gaining. If your protein to energy ratio is on point and you're in a reasonable deficit and the scale won't budge... it's not your diet. It's your metabolic rate. And your metabolic rate is controlled by your thyroid. 8. Digestion. Slow motility, bloating, constipation. Thyroid hormone drives peristalsis. Low thyroid = slow gut = bacterial overgrowth = more problems. 9. Hair, skin, and nails. Thinning hair, dry skin, brittle nails. These are the tissues your body sacrifices first when metabolic resources are scarce. Your body will prioritize keeping your heart beating over growing your hair. If these are suffering your thyroid is suffering. Bloodwork Now we get to labs. And I'll be honest... this is a crapshoot to read sometimes. Don't feel bad because doctors get it wrong ALL the time. Here's what to run and how to actually interpret it: - TSH. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. This is really only relevant when it's elevated. Above 1.4... maybe even lower... and we're looking at hypothyroid. When TSH is suppressed we need to dig deeper into T3 and T4 to understand why. - Free T3 and Free T4. These are your actual thyroid hormones. T4 is the inactive storage form. T3 is the ACTIVE form that does the work. Upper reference range on both? Great... although it's not the full picture. Here's why... - T3 can be elevated in serum yet DEPLETED in tissue. Meaning your blood looks fine but your cells are starving for thyroid hormone. This is where body temp and all those other markers become critical. The blood doesn't always tell the truth. - Reverse T3. This is the brake pedal. When your body is stressed it converts T4 into reverse T3 instead of active T3. rT3 blocks T3 receptors. So even if your T3 looks decent on paper... if rT3 is elevated it's blocking the signal at the cellular level. Common patterns: TSH high + T4 high + T3 lower end = rT3 is most likely elevated. Classic hypothyroid pattern where conversion is impaired. TSH low + T3 low + T4 low = rT3 is most likely elevated. The whole system is suppressed. Cholesterol. This one surprises people. High cholesterol is not ALWAYS directly linked to hypothyroidism but it's a damn good confirmation marker. Here's why... Your body needs T3 to convert cholesterol into downstream hormones like pregnenolone, progesterone, DHEA, testosterone, and estrogen. When T3 is low that conversion stalls and cholesterol BACKS UP in the blood. 9 out of 10 times when I see high cholesterol on bloods we can bet TSH is above 1.4 and body temp is not ideal. So before you let your doctor throw you on a statin... check your thyroid function first. The cholesterol isn't the problem. The cholesterol is the SYMPTOM in 99% of cases Stop letting a single TSH reading dictate your health. Track your temps. IMO tracking your pulse can be very helpful. Pay attention to the signs your body is giving you every single day. The body doesn't lie. Labs sometimes do.

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