Brain Sensitivity / Headache without the pain

[GreenEdge]

As I get older my autism has been getting worse and I've been finding it harder to:

1. Spell words - I'm so bad sometimes I need google to guess what I'm trying to spell.
2. Assemble words into a clear and concise sentence.
   • Selecting the right words and putting them in the right order with none missing.
3. Put sentences in the right order so that others can comprehend.

However, since my recent fasting, I'm a different person, my autism is now obvious to me...
My first response to anything is autistic, then a few seconds later, a more empathetic human response.
I'm having to correct and cover up my autism and social foopahs.
I'm learning and with a little bit of effort, I notice I'm becoming more human.

This morning whilst practicing Tai Chi I had this thought:

Could the reason time passes more quickly as we get older,
be because our lives are less busy (having to cope with a slow brain).​

Sadly, many of us are getting dementia. In today's world its becoming more common.

More car accidents (due to slowing brains) has led authorities to reduce speed limits. I say "slowing", because I don't think it's aging (it doesn't appear to happen to everyone or advance evenly). Speaking of accidents: Last month I had my first in 30 years of driving, it was my fault, there were too may things happening at once.

 

[Violeta]

Seems to be due the polyphenol and mineral content of them, wonder if I had an issue with this which may be why having propolis every morning helps me so much. Wish we could specifically what those components doing this are though because I'm sure the list of helpful foods is much bigger than what we have presented here.

I'm back to looking at the urea cycle, after reading a thread by @Legally Red.

I had forgotten that cheese is on the list of food stuff that process aldehydes. That might be why it helps me with falling asleep at night. A mixture of green and black tea along with a capsule of ginkgo and ginseng helps clear my head of pain in the morning.

I will have to go back to taking andrographis and maybe some other things on the list. I will also look for other food stuff that could possibly help.

I see ammonia and acetylaldehyde are both mentioned in this thread, and I know I have a problem with the urea cycle, so now I am wondering if ammonia and acetyladehyde have a common denominator.

Edit in: L-theanine increases activity of the enzymes alcohol dihydrogenase and acetyl dihydrogenase, speeding up conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde and then acetate.

 

[Dysfunkion]

I'm back to looking at the urea cycle, after reading a thread by @Legally Red.

I had forgotten that cheese is on the list of food stuff that process aldehydes. That might be why it helps me with falling asleep at night. A mixture of green and black tea along with a capsule of ginkgo and ginseng helps clear my head of pain in the morning.

I will have to go back to taking andrographis and maybe some other things on the list. I will also look for other food stuff that could possibly help.

I see ammonia and acetylaldehyde are both mentioned in this thread, and I know I have a problem with the urea cycle, so now I am wondering if ammonia and acetyladehyde have a common denominator.

Edit in: L-theanine increases activity of the enzymes alcohol dihydrogenase and acetyl dihydrogenase, speeding up conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde and then acetate.

I may have something going on there myself, I need to now dig through the biological effects of the main components of cinnamon because since using it on my breakfast on top of my current supplement and herbal stack im having consistent elevations in cognitive energy but with a cost of anxiety being easier to trigger whatever that means. A tiny dose of andrographis before just about floored me so I cant touch that stuff but with such a small amount it may have been a herx.

edit - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32628957/ - The modulatory effects of cinnamaldehyde on uric acid level and IL-6/JAK1/STAT3 signaling as a promising therapeutic strategy against benign prostatic hyperplasia - Ah I found it. Apparently it's through xanthine oxidase inhibition and JAK1 expression reduction.

 

[GreenEdge]

consistent elevations in cognitive energy but with a cost of anxiety being easier to trigger whatever that means.

Let me explain what it means. Plant defense chemicals cause anxiety. The foreign molecules (eg. coffee) embedded in brain tissue cause inflammation which in turn increases blood flow. Increased blood flow helps cognitive performance. Is cognitive performance followed by a slump really worth it? And the cost of anxiety?

Plants create chemical defenses to deter predators from eating them. These toxins are very effective pesticides; if they weren't, they would not survive. Plants can not run and hide so they protect themselves from being eaten by using chemistry to make the predator feel bad. And plants are master chemists because they've had millions of years of evolution to perfect their defenses. The bitter taste you choose to ignore is telling you "do not eat this".

The reason blood flow is poor is because blood glucose spikes has caused damage (glycation) to the non-stick lining of your blood vessels (endothelial glycocalyx) - first step in the development of atherosclerosis. Carbohydrates convert into sugar, that is they break down into glucose. Carbohydrate is the one macro-nutrient that is not essential. Through gluconeogenesis our bodies can make all the glucose it needs...