Achilleus

[Cooking with Chris @coookwithchris]

The GUT is the control center to your health

Whether you're dealing with:
-Inflammation
-Metabolic issues
-Immune issues
-Skin issues
-Poor mental health

You NEED to be addressing the state of your gut

Here's how it affects each:

INFLAMMATION:

Gut Barrier Function: The gut lining prevents harmful bacteria, toxins, and undigested food from leaking into the bloodstream. If it weakens ("leaky gut"), this can trigger an immune reaction and inflammation in the whole body.

Microbiome Influence: Gut bacteria help regulate the immune response. A balanced gut produces anti-inflammatory compounds like short-chain fatty acids that reduce inflammation throughout the body. An imbalanced one (dysbiosis) causes inflammation.

Immune System: 70% of your immune cells live in the gut, where they learn to distinguish threats from harmless substances. This affects how the immune system responds to inflammation in areas like joints, skin, or the brain.

Nutrient and Signal Pathways: The gut absorbs nutrients that reduce inflammation, linking diet directly to full body inflammation.

METABOLISM

Microbiome and Energy: Gut bacteria break down food components like fiber into usable energy sources (short-chain fatty acids), influencing how many calories your body extracts and stores, which affects the metabolic rate.

Hormone Regulation: The gut produces hormones like GLP-1 and ghrelin that signal the brain to control appetite, insulin release, and blood sugar levels, which all help regulate metabolism.

Nutrient Absorption: Responsible for absorbing vitamins, minerals, and macronutrients, a healthy gut ensures delivery of fuel for metabolic processes throughout the body. An imbalanced gut leads to deficiencies that negatively affect the metabolism.

Inflammation and Metabolic Health: Gut health modulates low-grade inflammation that can disrupt metabolism. A balanced gut promotes anti-inflammatory effects that support efficient energy use and fat storage.

IMMUNE SYSTEM

Microbiome Training: Gut bacteria help "educate" immune cells to recognize harmful vs. harmless substances, building tolerance and preventing overreactions like allergies or autoimmune issues.

Barrier Protection: The gut lining blocks pathogens and toxins from entering the bloodstream. A strong barrier reduces immune activation and chronic inflammation throughout the whole body.

Immune Cells: Over 70% of immune cells live in the gut, where they produce antibodies and signaling molecules that support immune responses.

Anti-Inflammatory: Beneficial gut microbes produce short-chain fatty acids that improve excessive immune activity, helping maintain balance and fight infections effectively.

SKIN HEALTH

Microbiome Balance: A healthy gut reduces systemic inflammation, which can prevent skin conditions like acne, eczema, or psoriasis triggered by immune reactions.

Nutrient Absorption: The gut absorbs key nutrients (like vitamins A, C, E, and zinc) that are essential for skin repair and collagen production.

Gut-Skin Axis: Imbalances can lead to "leaky gut," allowing toxins to affect the skin, causing breakouts or dryness.

Hormones: Gut health regulates hormones that impact oil production and stress responses, supporting clearer, more resilient skin.

MENTAL HEALTH

Gut-Brain Axis: The gut communicates with the brain and produces neurotransmitters like serotonin (95% made in the gut), influencing mood and reducing anxiety or depression.

Microbiome Mood Modulators: Beneficial bacteria produce compounds that calm brain inflammation and support cognitive function; dysbiosis can worsen stress or brain fog.

Nutrient Absorption: Efficient gut absorption of B vitamins, omega-3s, and magnesium fuels brain health, while poor absorption links to fatigue, irritability, or brain fog.

Inflammation: Chronic gut issues can trigger inflammation that affects the brain, contributing to conditions like depression.

[Pamela @PamelaBies]

Glycine + magnesium + Vit B6 before bed and you're basically living a second life at night

[Cooking with Chris @coookwithchris]

COLLAGEN VS GELATIN

& why balancing amino acids is necessary for optimal health

(Thread)

[Zygomatic @Zygomatic03]

Been feeling a bit estrogen heavy recently, bloated, brain fog, off track on goals

Deploying my spin on Ray Peat’s carrot salad until the issue is fixed

Couple raw carrots
Raw apple cider vinegar
Coconut oil
Dash of olive oil
Heavy salt
Greek oregano

Adiós estrogen!

[Cooking with Chris @coookwithchris]

Organic yellow watermelon blended with lime juice, spring water, ice cubes, sea salt, electrolyte concentrate and a pinch of raw honey

Loaded with vitamin C and a full spectrum of electrolytes

Perfect for hot Florida days🔥

[Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 @AlpacaAurelius]

the ocean is ancient medicine

in 500 BC hippocrates prescribed saltwater baths to cleanse wounds and heal.

seawater matches 98% of our blood plasma, and when you're in it, you absorb many essential and trace minerals we require.

the waves crashing creates negative ions that boost immune function and lower inflammation.

the ocean carries earth electrical negative charge and lowers our inflammation, protects us form EMFs.

there's a reason your skin clears up, energy boosts and mood increases every time you go on a vacation to the beach.

[Veronica, Collagen Scientist 🇵🇱 @celestialbe1ng]

The anti-alcohol, anti-pleasure, live-off-grid rhetoric is anti-Western culture actually. We shouldn’t aspire to live like the Amish. We should aspire to enjoy the splendour of our civilisation: beautiful architecture, candlelit dinners, intellectual conversation, cocktails with beautiful friends under chandeliers. We didn’t build all this just to retreat back into huts and eat ground meat off wooden chopping boards

[Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 @AlpacaAurelius]

potatoes are superfoods.

the most satiating carbohydrate by far and great for weight loss.

full of vitamin C and potassium, nutrients most people are deficient in.

when cooked and cooled they have resistant starch which helps the gut microbiome.

steak & potatoes is the ultimate diet.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

PEPTIDES MASTERCLASS. A must listen if you’re peptide curious, peptide skeptical, bullish on peptides, or anti. The science, the uses, sourcing, concerns, and much more. @AbudBakri thank you for such an informative discussion.

[Gubba Homestead @GubbaHomestead]

Buying electrolytes is a scam.

You’re tricked into buying synthetic literal poison.

When you can make an electrolyte drink with REAL ingredients that does 100x what any store bought powder can.

Skip the nanobot powder and make your electrolyte drink at home.

[Cooking with Chris @coookwithchris]

If you’re going to use flour it’s important to use the best quality possible

These are 2 of my favorite brands

-Soft wheat (less gluten)
-Non fortified (no inflammatory added iron)
-Organic (no glyphosate)

[⚡️🌞 Sol Brah 🌞🐬 @SolBrah]

Clear stagnant energy from your home:

- Open windows for fresh air
- Burn sage or another cleansing herb
- Play frequency music or nature sounds
- Spring water and essential oils in mister

Fresh energy removes unwanted negativity and makes room for new things ⚡️

[Achilleus @Xuxulo1980]

@morellifit HAIR

[raf ❁ @rafdelafuente]

People need to realize how much our bodies actually need magnesium.

It’s one of the most important things we should be supplementing on a daily basis.

Anxiety? Magnesium
Stress? Magnesium
Inflammation? Magnesium
Muscle cramps? Magnesium
Migraines or headaches? Magnesium
Cramps? Magnesium
PMS? Magnesium

Magnesium is basically a magic supplement that is multipurpose lol (magnesium glycinate OR also liquid natural magnesium chloride for high absorption of the body).

[PŪNGAO ⚡️🍯 @realpungao]

Simple, yet impactful upgrades/habits for a healthier, happier 2026 (🧵)

[Kyla @cookn_kg]

Gelatin hot chocolate with tempered egg yolk for breakfast 💌
•cocoa powder
•milk
•salt
•vanilla extract
•maple syrup
•egg yolk, tempered
•gelatin
This alone is 29g of protein :) and you’re getting your lovely b12 and calcium in

[Ben Smith @bensmithlive]

I cut my artificial light exposure as much as I could for 3-4 months over the summer.

When I returned to my normal working lifestyle, I saw, for the first time, how toxic a 'normal' indoor light environment is.

Here's my new (& improved) light protocol:

> Outdoor walk within 30 mins waking
> Desk set-up infront of window (max. natural light)
> Flux on desktop set to the warmest tone day-round
> 40-60 min sun bake (daily)
> 12-20 min red light therapy (daily)
> No sunglasses, sun gazing pre-sundown if I'm outdoors
> Gym only during the day: Crazy white light after sun-down
> Post-sunset: Curtains closed, red/deep orange bulbs, blue light blockers, phone screen set to red

Let me know, what's in your protocol ↓

[Veronica, Collagen Scientist 🇵🇱 @celestialbe1ng]

Your nights should feel like a sanctuary, not an operating theatre. Cold blue overhead light in the evening forces the body into stress physiology: cortisol, adrenaline, inflammation, cravings, terrible sleep, insulin resistance, metabolic dysfunction, anxiety and disease.

[Vance 🌞⚡️ @VanceE]

If you are not in perfect health and you are not taking at least one binder then I don't know what to tell you.

You live in a world full of super-physiological sources of toxins that you will be born with, eat, shower in, breathe in, be injected with, and drink.

Detox should be as important as sleep, hydration, nourishment, and movement.

[CowsEatGrass @CowsEatGrassBlg]

Good ways to lower cortisol:
- Sugar (orange juice, milk, honey, white sugar, etc.)
- More salt (experiment)
- Gelatin/collagen/glycine
- Coffee/caffeine with sugar
- Progesterone (supplement)
- Thyroid (prescription)
- Aspirin (+ K2, glycine, bicarb)
- Pregnenolone (supplement or ⬆️ cholesterol metabolism)
- Red light/sunlight
- Bag breathing/CO2
- Magnesium (glycinate/bicarbonate/topical)
- Taurine (scallops, muscles, clams)
- Theanine (white tea)
- Niacinamide (supplement)
- Carbonated Water (CO2)
- Smiling/Laughter
- Splash your face with cold water from an ice bath
- Potassium (potatoes, OJ, banana, cantaloupe)
- Cyproheptadine (see doc)
- Earthing/Grounding