Ginger
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- @nootropicguy · 2025-10-02 original
Author lists a supplement stack, saying it will double testosterone in one month, with no supporting detail. The post ends with 'Do what you will with this information'.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-10-12 original
The author lists substances and practices that he claims lower or block serotonin, including aspirin, L-theanine, thiamine, glycine, taurine, T3, ginger, cyproheptadine, vitamin E, magnesium, DHEA, progesterone, testosterone/DHT, lysine, and avoiding seed oils. The quoted context is a Ray Peat line about serotonin overproduction and hibernation.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-10-23 original
Author shares a quoted excerpt, with PMID 31757552, reporting that BPA reduced T3 and T4 and raised TSH in rats with thyroid tissue damage. Ginger extract alleviated these changes, and the excerpt attributes this to antioxidant action via Nrf-2/HO-1. The embedded lowmegatron post quotes Ray Peat on environmental estrogens such as BPA altering development and DNA methylation across generations.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-10-23 original
Author claims negative ion generators lower serotonin and histamine, and that oceans and waterfalls naturally produce negative ions. Bullets and a Ray Peat quote say positive ions raise serotonin and negative ions reduce brain serotonin and histamine. The embedded lowmegatron post lists substances and practices said to lower or block serotonin.
Source summary and thread relationship - @nootropicguy · 2025-11-02 original
The author lists ten supplements and lifestyle measures as an alternative to Adderall for ADHD, with claimed comparisons to Ritalin, and asserts it is almost impossible not to notice benefit.
Source summary and thread relationship - @nootropicguy · 2025-11-02 own thread
nootropicguy says Notable Focus contains Sabroxy, Thai Ginger (enXtra) and Ginkgo, and that Notable also sells the 'strongest saffron on the market'. He recommends science bio or swisschems for bromantane (for research purposes), and Swanson for catuaba and Muira Puama, saying he was 'insanely impressed' by catuaba. A link is included.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-11-06 original
The post shares a Ray Peat quotation on minimizing the harmful effects of serotonin through diet, light and specific agents. The quoted lowmegatron post lists compounds and practices said to lower or block serotonin.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-11-08 original
The author lists changes with ginger in hypothyroidism: lower TSH, body weight, waist circumference and fasting blood sugar, plus improved symptoms including cold intolerance and constipation. The dose given is 500 mg ground ginger twice daily for 30 days (PMID 35096113). The embedded quoted post (lowmegatron) describes a rat study in which ginger extract alleviated BPA-induced thyroid damage.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-11-11 original
The post claims aspirin can boost dopamine and may help in Parkinson's. It says aspirin increases tyrosine hydroxylase, which is needed to make dopamine, and that this was shown in lab-grown brain cells and live mice. The embedded lowmegatron post lists substances and practices claimed to lower or block serotonin.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-11-13 original
Author says ginger decreases fat cell creation, possibly through anti-serotonin effects, and quotes a review abstract (PMID 29193411) listing possible anti-obesity mechanisms. The embedded lowmegatron post reports ginger in hypothyroidism with lower TSH, body weight, waist circumference and fasting blood sugar, and symptom improvements (PMID 35096113).
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-12-02 own thread
lowmegatron gives a list of claimed ways to lower serotonin. He says PUFAs, estrogen, vitamin E or B1 deficiency and elevated free fatty acids raise it. He says zinc, niacinamide, aspirin, creatine, gelatin/glycine, vitamin E, vitamin D, L-theanine, inosine, coffee with food, calcium, magnesium, aged cascara sagrada, quinine, lysine and ginger lower it or help. He names antiserotonin drugs lisuride, cyproheptadine, memantine and famotidine.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-12-04 original
The author says the 5-HT3 blocker ondansetron reverses learned helplessness in rodents, but only at low to moderate doses. The author says ginger compounds are also 5-HT3 antagonists and that serotonin is elevated in learned helplessness and hypothyroidism. The post quotes a rat study abstract.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2025-12-27 original
The author claims ginger reduces lipogenesis, fat mass and waist circumference and shifts metabolism toward fuel burning, and that it improves thyroid markers and lowers serotonin. The post supports this with excerpts from two meta-analysis/clinical papers and one rodent study, plus a quoted post from lowmegatron making similar claims about ginger and fat cells.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-01-13 original
Gut serotonin increases blood sugar and insulin resistance through lipolysis and hepatic gluconeogenesis; anti-serotonin agents like ginger may improve these conditions. Multiple cited studies on serotonin's role in glucose metabolism and antidepressant use association with diabetes risk.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-01-15 original
Animal model evidence: thyroparathyroidectomy causes learned helplessness (escape deficit) in rats. Low T3 increases brain serotonin correlating with helplessness. Embedded post on serotonin 5-HT3 antagonism (ondansetron, ginger) reversing learned helplessness in rodents.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-01-20 original
6-shogaol, a ginger component, decreases neuroinflammation and memory impairment in animal dementia models; ginger consumption associated with reduced dementia risk and improved cognitive markers in observational study.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-02-25 original
Ginger has anti-serotonin and anti-endotoxin effects that may improve insulin sensitivity and HbA1c; meta-analysis shows significant reductions in HbA1c and fasting blood glucose in type 2 diabetes patients; animal studies show ginger improves glucose homeostasis and reduces endotoxin in obese mice.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-02-27 original
Ginger compounds inhibit the same 5-HT3 serotonin receptor as ondansetron, explaining ginger's traditional anti-nausea and anti-diarrheal effects; gingerols and shogaols weakly inhibit M3 and 5-HT3 receptors.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-03-09 original
Author explains sleep restriction causes insulin resistance via elevated free fatty acids (NEFA), describes Randle cycle mechanism, and quotes a study showing NEFA correlation with reduced insulin sensitivity. Embedded post by lowmegatron discusses gut serotonin role in glucose dysregulation and lipolysis.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-03-25 own thread
The post text is only links. Its quoted post by lowmegatron lists claimed ways to address endotoxin, including cascara sagrada, minocycline, aspirin, cocoa, coffee, DHEA, ginger, glycine, sleep, naringenin, orange juice, pregnenolone, progesterone, probiotics, sugar, taurine, several vitamins, mushrooms and zinc, and notes PUFA-rich high-fat diets may raise endotoxin.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-04-15 original
Bacterial endotoxin (LPS) lowers both TSH and thyroid hormones, creating misleading thyroid test results. Multiple dietary and supplemental compounds may reduce endotoxin burden or its effects.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-04-23 original
Ginger 2g powder helps arthritis and muscular pain via inhibition of arachidonic acid conversion to inflammatory mediators; Danish study of 56 patients reported 75% improvement in arthritis pain/swelling and 100% improvement in muscular discomfort with no adverse effects; case reports document sustained relief.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-05-27 original
Excess gut serotonin causes nausea and diarrhea; ginger blocks the 5-HT3 serotonin receptor via the same mechanism as ondansetron (Zofran). Ondansetron is selective for this receptor; ginger has broad anti-serotonin effects and low-dose ondansetron reverses learned helplessness in animals.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-05-27 original
Ginger reduces anxiety and GI symptoms when used alongside SSRIs in generalized anxiety disorder patients. Ginger compounds (6-gingerol, 6-shogaol) show antidepressant effects in animal models of chronic stress, bacterial endotoxin exposure, and traumatic brain injury via anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective mechanisms.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-06-01 original
Practical tips for lowering prolactin and serotonin through thyroid optimization, nutrient status, dietary fat composition, light exposure, supplements, and specific compounds; includes embedded quote on cyproheptadine mechanism for SSRI sexual dysfunction.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-06-04 original
Ray Peat explains how serotonin and histamine excess from hypothyroidism and parasympathetic overactivity causes intestinal contraction and diarrhea. Author notes serotonin blockers (ondansetron, ginger, lysine, cyproheptadine) and DAO supplementation are effective treatments.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-07-21 original
Cites research on ginger supplementation improving fasting blood sugar, HbA1c, insulin resistance, ALT levels in NAFLD/MASLD, and metabolic markers in diabetic hemodialysis patients; references four systematic reviews and meta-analyses; embeds lowmegatron post on ginger's lipogenesis inhibition and weight loss effects.
Source summary and thread relationship - @lowmegatron · 2026-08-23 original
Ginger and vitamin B1 (thiamine) improve specific hypothyroid symptoms; ginger reduces TSH and improves multiple symptom domains at 500 mg twice daily; thiamine 600 mg daily reduces fatigue in Hashimoto's patients, with treatment claims of partial/complete regression within hours to days.
Source summary and thread relationship - @1immortals1 · 2026-09-24 original
Ginger reduces muscle pain by 25% and matches ibuprofen for osteoarthritis relief in head-to-head trials; acts via dual COX-2 and 5-LOX pathway inhibition without damaging stomach lining; used 5,000 years in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine.
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