Fall Asleep instantly with this sleep stack and blue light blocking glasses
I've found this to be the best sleep stack and routine. I fall asleep basically as soon as my head hits the pillow.
4 hours before bed:
- wear blue light blocking glasses
- use amber light bulbs
30 minutes before bed:
- 400mg L-Theanine
- 200mg Magnesium Glycinate
- 50mg Apigenin
- 1000-2000mg Glycine
Take the supplement stack at least 30 minutes before bed as I've found that magnesium right before lying down causes horrible acid reflux.
Does creatine cause hair loss? Maybe.
High DHT levels lead to hair loss.
There is one study that showed a significant increase in DHT from creatine . It's never been replicated because nobody has tried to replicate it, because supplement studies are funded by supplement companies, and they don't want to fund a study that will prove the one downside of creatine. There are too many anecdotes, including myself, where hair loss started at the exact moment someone started taking creatine; I literally woke up with clumps of hair on my pillow the first week I started taking creatine.
My guess is that creatine does raise DHT, but only a certain percentage of men, who are also predisposed to male pattern baldness experience an influence from the increase that creatine creates. For example maybe 30% of men predisposed to male pattern baldness will also see hair loss from the DHT increase, so it's probably about 5-10% of people who do experience hair loss from creatine, and many of those are going to go bald anyways, so it's hard to discern causality.
Honey, I shrunk the allergies!
I have the worst allergies of anybody I've ever met. Any and every pollen, dust, dander, mold, relationships, you name it, I'm allergic to it. This year, the first two days of "The Pollening" in North Carolina were awful for me. Clogged stuffy nose, itchy throat, and the exhaustion that comes with my immune system being in hyperdrive. I remembered that there is some evidence that eating local honey can improve allergies. I had some "Raw (Southeast) Honey" from Costco that I'd bought, and decided to start adding 1.5 servings to my morning smoothie. Since adding the raw (semi-local) honey to my diet, my allergies became a lot better, and better than in past years. This could be a coincidence, but I think it may have worked for me.
Here's a relevant article: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/does-local-honey-help-allergies#does-it-help
I swear jumping rope is the most metabolically healthy activity you can do along with lifting weights. Even better if you can do it outside in the sun. I have a mat from CrossRope I use if there's a good spot for me to do it outside when it's warm enough.