The Off Topic Thread...

Sapsorrow

Ah that's great, glad to hear you're on the mend!

Just had a mega sunday morning brekkie: coconut flour + rose water pancakes topped with greek yoghurt, strawberries, 85% dark chocolate chips and flaked almonds and with crispy streaky bacon on the side

El_Dangeroso

Sapsorrow wrote: »

Ah that's great, glad to hear you're on the mend!

Just had a mega sunday morning brekkie: coconut flour + rose water pancakes topped with greek yoghurt, strawberries, 85% dark chocolate chips and flaked almonds and with crispy streaky bacon on the side

Thanks! Feeling human again at least. Brekkie for me was far less exotic. Fried potatoes and scrambled eggs.

Currently reading Chris Masterjohn's series on choline, wonderful stuff. I love that when he initially wrote his critique of the China study Colin T. Campbell dismissed him saying he wasn't a scientist. So he went off and got a Phd and became one! We have Colin T. Campbell to thank for his recent series of excellent posts on the benefits of egg yolk and liver.

metamorphosis

i made cocnut macaroons and am eating one in work right know - good old coconut macaroon - thank you xylitol

Sapsorrow

Posted this in another thread but thought folks here might find it useful..

Just finished making tomorrows lunch for me and the boyf..

Masses of cocktail sticks with various combinations of: garlic and herb gouda, feta, St Andre (a mild and very buttery creamy french cheese), german smoked ham, parma ham, cold streaky bacon, avocado, basil leaves, honeydew melon, gherkins, apple, red pepper, cucumber and tomato.

Easiest packed lunch in the world!

Oh did I mention that my severe intolerance to avocados has suddenly disappeared after years of deprivation!? I've been in a good mood for days because of my discovery and have eaten sooo many avocados... mmm... they make bacon even better! I mean, who would've thought that was even possible! :pac:

Renn

Just received the following in the post:

Natural Calm magnesium sup
Thorne Vitamin K2 sup

Nice.

El_Dangeroso

Oh oh! Take the natural calm right now and tell me you don't feel instantly more relaxed.

Renn

Took it five mins ago. If I'm not asleep in 15 mins this product is going back!

El_Dangeroso

Renn wrote: »

Took it five mins ago. If I'm not asleep in 15 mins this product is going back!

Ha! I hope that was a joke or else you'll be sorely disappointed! Are you at least relaxed?

brianthebard

http://iamglutenfree.blogspot.com/

some of you coeliacs/'faux' coeliacs might like this blog if you haven't seen it already.

Renn

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Ha! I hope that was a joke or else you'll be sorely disappointed! Are you at least relaxed?

Slept it in for the first time in 3 years...

El_Dangeroso

Renn wrote: »

Slept it in for the first time in 3 years...

LOL! Is that a good thing? Law of unintended consequences and all that

rubadub

Speaking of sleep, I was reading more about the melatonin in that lullaby milk I mentioned. Seems 5-HTP is sort of related to it and looking up 5-HTP it did show results for helping sleep, also mentioned it helps alcoholics get better non-fragmented REM sleep. Also good for fat loss, not boosting metabolism but an anorectic.

I forgot I even had the stuff, had it last night and slept pretty well.

metamorphosis

5 - HTP has also been shown to be good for depression/SAD hasn't it? I think you have to get it online now as it's illegal to sell in shops here now, you need a prescription or am i wrong?

I thought horny goats weed was illegal to sell here too but then saw it in H&B last week.

El_Dangeroso

rubadub wrote: »

Speaking of sleep, I was reading more about the melatonin in that lullaby milk I mentioned. Seems 5-HTP is sort of related to it and looking up 5-HTP it did show results for helping sleep, also mentioned it helps alcoholics get better non-fragmented REM sleep. Also good for fat loss, not boosting metabolism but an anorectic.

I forgot I even had the stuff, had it last night and slept pretty well.

5-HTP is a pre-cursor to melatonin, you need a little insulin to get it across the brain blood barrier so needs to be taken with some carbs.

I've taken melatonin, you can get it in pharmacies in Italy but not over the counter here for some reason. It gave me ca-razy nightmares and made me unbelievably groggy the next day, which is probably a sign I manufacture enough of it already, though you do lose the ability to produce it as you age.

In any case, since it is a hormone and we don't really know the long term effects of supplementation, you wouldn't take testosterone or estrogen casually so I wouldn't use it for anything other than a short-term sleep aid.

Also, on the weight loss front, melatonin is more likely to make you gain weight rather than lose it. :eek:

So maybe 5-HTP would be a safer option as the body has a say in how much it converts to melatonin, unless of course the problem is with converting it in the first place.

rubadub

ULstudent wrote: »

5 - HTP has also been shown to be good for depression/SAD hasn't it?

Yes, it affects serotonin.

Not sure on its legality, got mine ages ago. It is on myprotein, and holland & barrett have info but no product is showing.

http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/categories.asp?cid=137&searchterm=5-htp&rdcnt=1

Renn

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

LOL! Is that a good thing? Law of unintended consequences and all that

Bad thing was that I was an hour late for work.

Good thing was that it worked

Sapsorrow

I lived on melatonin supps when I was doing my leaving cert, you could only get 5 or 6 hours sleep and wake up feeling amazing afterwards which suited me being in a noisy boarding school where everyone went to sleep at 3am every night The only thing is you have to be all ready and in bed as soon as you take it, if you're still up and about 15 or 20 mins after taking it it seems to have to opposite effect and give you a very wakeful, nervous nights sleep. I've taken 5HTP in the past, it's really nice if you're going through a stressful period and works as a mild anti-depressant too. My mum was feeding it to my dad for years whilst telling him it was a multivitamin, mellowed him right out (he's a grumpy old b*stard usually) which was funny :pac:

El_Dangeroso

On the weight gain front, I should add that this info is largely anecdotal, we have a few rat trials showing it might prevent weight gain, but there was a craze for taking melatonin a while back on forums I frequented that resulted in many alarmed 'WHY have I gained 5lb in a week?' posts. There were enough to make me suspicious that the melatonin was the culprit.

Sapsorrow, I love the lack of ethics in that story! I know on the clubbing scene a lot of people took 5-HTP a for few days after in an attempt to avoid 'Suicide Tuesday'.:D

itsallaboutheL

You people have no idea how to use an off-topic thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMa6u91Th5A

El_Dangeroso

Nah, we're just used to a more intellectual level of chit chat over here. Other -lesser- forums have clearly dulled your mind. :P

Renn

Wow, that natural calm stuff really does give you a deep sleep.

itsallaboutheL

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Nah, we're just used to a more intellectual level of chit chat over here. Other -lesser- forums have clearly dulled your mind. :P

My mind was never all that sharp to begin with.

metamorphosis

Is hemp known to irritate the gut? Im blaming it for giving me the ****s anyway!

Renn

I'm blaming 300ml of double cream + teaspoon of magnesium for mine

El_Dangeroso

lol.

eclectichoney

Just noticed Tesco have 20% off Lindt 90% and 85% - so €1.59 for a 100g bar which is great value (and nyom!) May be of interest to nutrition-minded folk

metamorphosis

Yeah - i bought about a dozen 90% bars on Thurs when i saw that and im loving the G&B's 70% with Espresso at the moment too.

By 7.30am this morning, i had ran the couple miles to work, scrubbed and squeejed the pool deck, had brekkie, opened up. Dead quiet since. Have a programme at 1.30 booked in. Thank god as that will keep me busy for the last hour.

Then got to go over to another Gym i freelance in and sort out a tour de france cycle im doing on the 22nd for members there. Lot sof interest, members want to do damage limitation for crimbo.

Im hanging for a coffee and waiting for my friend to drop some in and food too.

There's currently some annoying Brit girl shouting at me as she has to pay for a swim cap. FML. Im pretending to note her annoyance on our 'customer comment computer database' as i type this :pac:

rubadub

eclectichoney wrote: »

Just noticed Tesco have 20% off Lindt 90% and 85% - so €1.59 for a 100g bar

Damn, I missed that, I live next door to one, staggered out at 4am last night with a kilo of quality streets, never shop drunk & hungry!

I was eating roasted cocoa beans in work a few weeks ago, pretty tasty, dunno where they came from.

eclectichoney

rubadub wrote: »

Damn, I missed that, I live next door to one, staggered out at 4am last night with a kilo of quality streets, never shop drunk & hungry!

I was eating roasted cocoa beans in work a few weeks ago, pretty tasty, dunno where they came from.

According to the label the offer runs till the end of the month I think - so plenty of time to stock up But don't be stealing all the bars from DL on me Rubadub!

El_Dangeroso

Argh, just managed to spill a crapload of iodine (the stuff you put on cuts) on myself, it stings like a mofo.

Just spent the last hour furiously scrubbing (no avail) and googling 'acute transdermal iodine toxicity'. I think I'll live, if medical advice off the internet is reliable that is, ha! But if I don't post again, you'll know why.

Sapsorrow, why you no blog no more? Getting withdrawal symptoms from the food porn ova heee.