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@mturling I get three different prescription meds for thyroid function (Clomifene, Iodine, and Levothyroxine in tiny amounts, like half a tablet on odd days or once a week), which restored my testosterone to normal in the course of 6 months. Other meds manage cortisol (which is responsible for...

@mturling There is no such thing. Get an appointment with an endocrinologist. Mine, who's dual PhDs in endocrinology and psychology, told me (M43) to have the following tests before we could have a meaningful talk: Thyroid stimulating hormone, TSH, Serotonin, serum, 25-OH Vitamin D...

@tomaszpl Few points that were not covered in the discussion. First, check your blood pressure. Get a blood pressure meter (or ask elderly neighbours to borrow theirs). Check couple of youtube videos on how to use it properly. Record the values for a few days. If your blood pressure is 10-20...

@daddyhurst We have better food standards than Americans, yet the sad truth is that no country does this right. Calories on food labels are bogus figures.

@daddyhurst As I've said - I've got several years of experience in new product development in FMCG and QSR, I know how food labels are made (not by the book - freeze-drying, crushing into pellets, and burning in a bomb calorimeter - but using some sort of century-old Atwater reference, or a...

@daddyhurst No. It works just as homeopathy "works". Of course, overpriced sugar balls don't have any effect, it is simply the patient after talking to a "doctor" begins to take care of his/her health, becomes conscious about food and lifestyle. If you get a habit of logging every food item...

@daddyhurst Most references on calories are outdated; all good apps for tracking food are American-centric and don't include other cuisines. Most people can't reliably weigh the portions. A majority of labels on food are plain wrong. Source: I worked for huge multinational FMCG companies and a...

@clevimartin1 Thanks. I've considered intermittent fasting, it looks like a good "hack" to limit calories without counting them (which, turns out, is useless). Will definitely give it a try. I took allergen-specific immunotherapy for birch pollen and got rid of hay fever, thankfully, but looks...

@ankit I am using a popular /r/Fitness/ "linear progression - based PPL program with some tweaks - I do it 6 days a week + back excercises on the 7th. In contrast to a full-body workouts it provides 2 days of rest for each muscle group and allows much more gym days each week. I am seeing...

Hi. I am a 40 y.o. male who has long suffered from seasonal hay fever and developed mild asthma due to it. Due to the COVID lockdowns I have gained weight and need to lose about 25 kg to return to a proper body mass index. I am taking all the prescribed medications for asthma and don't have...

@jonathanedwards Try lying on the couch the whole day, you'll still get hungry as well. We need certain amount of calories to breathe, pump blood and maintain body temperature regardless of activity. What prof. Ponzer (a guy who's actually pioneered the most accurate method to measure how we...

@jonathanedwards Science is very straightforward: exercising doesn't help to lose weight, period. Activity levels don't affect the amount of calories a human body burns on average. If you typically burn 3000 kcals and start doing exercise that requires 500 cals, you won't be burning 3500. Your...