I just wish I knew if it really works on others or not, Vison! When I'm
telling him I'm trying out stuff like this on him, he always says it helps, but that could be psychosomatic, of course. He could be doing the healing himself, or my actions could have been hypnotizing him into
thinking it was helping- but just suppressing symptoms.
I just can't measure it. I don't have the tools. I know that his triglycerides have been up since the weekend, when he drank 5-6 beers at my boss's party. He didn't get drunk (it was spread over about 5 hours) but alcohol pumps up triglycerides and he already has a problem with them.
Triglycerides interfere with oxygen transport, so that when they are up, and he does physical exercise or work, he's essentially doing in anaerobically-- the metabolic shortcut that leaves sore muscles-- because there just isn't enough oxygen to do what he wants to do. The symptoms are massive sweating, quick fatigue and feeling quite ill after exertion. And of course, being sore all over. He can get around this by taking a supplement called dimethyl glycine (DMG) which increases the oxygen transport capacity of the blood. Some Olympic athletes do this as a legal trick to give them a competitive edge. Anyway, when he knows he's going to be working hard, he takes a DMG first.
Sunday, the day after the party, he ran the log splitter thinking it didn't count as exercise. However, after just an hour or so, he was exhausted, with all the other symptoms. Normally this level of exertion wouldn't have bothered him, but this time he should have taken a DMG. Monday, when he got back from Judo, I asked him how he felt. He'd taken a DMG, but still felt wiped out- like it wasn't enough.
So, that's why I think his triglycerides are up again.
And that's why I was trying to help him yesterday.
But ... there isn't a home test kit for triglycerides that I know about. So, the only way we can check them is a doctor ordered blood test. We do that once a year- but that isn't much help for day-to-day things.
And even if he does better in Judo tomorrow, it won't mean that I helped him with an energy transfer. It could be that it's just been long enough since the beers for his levels to get back to what's normal for him. (way high for anyone else, though)
I haven't told him any of this this time- just hadn't got around to it. I think I
won't tell him at all until after tomorrow and he tells me how Judo was. Not that that will really tell me anything.
It's really an inconvenience being interested in the stuff, and having a scientific background.
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I want tangible *proof*! I want numbers! I want a controlled double blind study with before, during and after blood tests! And MRIs of my brain and whole body. And CAT scans. And Kirlian photography! (Whatever that is.)
Instead, I feel like a kitten dabbling her paw at the reflection in the water dish.