Star-Anise
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Hi everyone, I have noticed this quite a few times & was interested to see if anyone had any feedback.
It used to be that I could not drink alcohol at all. Not sure if from general stress, or major hypoglycemia I would get.
Anyhow, over the past year I have been able to enjoy the occasional drink of alcohol, and what I have noticed the next day is really quite interesting!
Background information: I have had quite a lot of success with adding methyl agents via B12, and methylfolate.
I'm currently @ 2000mcg of B12/day (slowly dissolved sublingually), and 400mg methylfolate. Some days I can manage another dose of methyl B12/folate bringing me up to 3000mcg/600mg respectively.
My question: After a rare night of having 1-3 drinks of alcohol (usually gin), I feel absolutely amazing the next day! The energy is just wonderful, clarity of mind excellent. I have read that certain alcohols are methyl donors, and this has got me thinking. I'm not able to push the B12/folic acid much more, and when I do I don't get positive results (quite a bit of increased fatigue - detox reactions). Should I be supplementing with some other known methyl donor like DMG (dimethylglycine), or TMG (trimethylglycine), I'm sure if I take up drinking alcohol more regularly the cons will outweight the pros, ha ha ha... I see some people have excellent results with DMG or TMG, and some don't. Does anyone have any feedback about these supplements? Or my interesting results from drinking?
I'm thinking if it isn't the methyl, maybe it's from some increased cortisol from the stress of alcohol? I do have underlying adrenal fatigue...
Thanks for any feedback that you can throw my way....
xoxo
It used to be that I could not drink alcohol at all. Not sure if from general stress, or major hypoglycemia I would get.
Anyhow, over the past year I have been able to enjoy the occasional drink of alcohol, and what I have noticed the next day is really quite interesting!
Background information: I have had quite a lot of success with adding methyl agents via B12, and methylfolate.
I'm currently @ 2000mcg of B12/day (slowly dissolved sublingually), and 400mg methylfolate. Some days I can manage another dose of methyl B12/folate bringing me up to 3000mcg/600mg respectively.
My question: After a rare night of having 1-3 drinks of alcohol (usually gin), I feel absolutely amazing the next day! The energy is just wonderful, clarity of mind excellent. I have read that certain alcohols are methyl donors, and this has got me thinking. I'm not able to push the B12/folic acid much more, and when I do I don't get positive results (quite a bit of increased fatigue - detox reactions). Should I be supplementing with some other known methyl donor like DMG (dimethylglycine), or TMG (trimethylglycine), I'm sure if I take up drinking alcohol more regularly the cons will outweight the pros, ha ha ha... I see some people have excellent results with DMG or TMG, and some don't. Does anyone have any feedback about these supplements? Or my interesting results from drinking?
I'm thinking if it isn't the methyl, maybe it's from some increased cortisol from the stress of alcohol? I do have underlying adrenal fatigue...
Thanks for any feedback that you can throw my way....
xoxo