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    Questions about my protocol experience

    Thanks Rich! I actually went Gluten Free/Casein Free my first time around. Don't know why I didn't recall the excitotoxin issue this time around. But I will watch my diet and I actually have some taurine, valerian root and progesterone cream in the house so I will add them in. Thanks so much!!!
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    Lavender Essential Oil- Reduces Cortisol and Oxidative Stress

    Smelling Lavendar oil has been demonstrated to reduce cortisol levels in healthy adults. There is no indication in any study I have ever come across, ever, to suggest that just because something reduces cortisol levels in healthy adults (a good thing) that it will dangerously lower cortisol...
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    Questions about my protocol experience

    I'm a first time poster (loooong time lurker). I tried to find the answers to my questions in all the literature and previous posts first, but was unsuccessful. I'm two weeks into the protocol (this is the second time, first began it two years ago, but abandoned it due to (what I perceived...