#41

What is the dosage of protein for the protein shake you hate to take?

#42

Coffee is a decades long ritual for me. I prefer real coffee, but could drink decaf if I had to. Hot coffee with a strong coffee aroma and slightly bitter taste is what I need in the early morning so I can relax and contemplate as I read news.google for an hour or two. A glass of water or some other drink just would not do! Itā€™s about the ritual as much as it is about the caffeine. But, I do like to get a bit wired up in the morning to help with my exercise routine after breakfast which among other things may include a 1.25 mile non-stop swim or a 3 mile jog which Iā€™ve never seen other seniors in my category do ā€“ I think itā€™s the caffeine. Now, I can do the swim or the jog without caffeine, but caffeine makes it easier by giving me the feeling that I must get up and move. So, I donā€™t think thereā€™s anything wrong with me that needs to be fixed. I just like that caffeine buzz in the early morning

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#43

Galantamine has worked wonders for my fatherā€™s sleep. Instead of waking up 3-4 times a night, he only wakes up once now.

And the lucid dreams are a nice side effect!

Iā€™m going to try it myself starting this summer.

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#44

DeStrider, what is his dosing schedule ā€“ how many grams and when does he take it? What brand does he use?

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#45

He takes 4 mg right before bed. He uses the brand Maulik provides. I think itā€™s from Sun Pharma.

#46

@JuanDaw ,if you are asking how much protein I put in, I use 2 scoops of pea protein powder (26g) which is 22 grams of protein. I hear whey tastes better but I am vegan so donā€™t use it.

Iā€™ll then add some almonds and water (turns it into almond milk) and sometimes a little vanilla and cinnamon, and then frozen berries and a touch of frozen banana. Sometimes Iā€™ll add cacoa

If i add my glycine and lysine, I then need to add some dates in order to help me mask the taste, and even then itā€™s not great.

I just received my order of Kachava today in the hopes itā€™s more yummy taste will help mask some of this stuff better for me. If i can do that, Iā€™ll order some other supplements in powder form to try.

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#47

I was going to suggest Siggiā€™s no fat skyr (Icelandic yogurt) 16 grams protein. But you are vegan.

I take 15 gams of nutritional yeast spread on a piece of bread with EVOO. But that only provides 5 grams of protein. Doubling it gives ten, still below your 22 grams.

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#48

Thank you for the potential suggestion! And yes, sigh, Iā€™d much rather never have a protein shake again, but itā€™s an easy way to get my targetā€¦ and to make sure I get enough leucine.

I love nutritional yeast but have never looked at the protein content. Good to know! There are some great cashew cream and nutritional yeast recipes that turn veggies and beans into creamy goodness.

I do like to make soy yogurt for breakfast (with other things that have a little protein) and have my ginormous soy latte, so that takes care of 20 + grams there.

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#49

Same question for @desertshores who, IIRC, uses galantamine. dose, schedule, brand and source?? Thank you!!

#50

Were I vegan, I would go with soy milk (8 grams per cup). Though not vegan, I tried it once. Not bad.

For non-liquid, tempeh gives you 15 grams protein per half cup.

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#51

I appreciate this. You are incredibly thoughtful, so thank you!

I like tofu and edamame, but am thoroughly sick of both right now, hence the need for more regular protein shakes!, I think this is my sign that I need to work on my tempeh game! Iā€™ve had excellent tempeh, but Iā€™ve just never been able to make it myself. I think this has to be my upcoming food goalā€¦ thx for the encouragement.

#52

The science of making coffee:

Lindseyā€™s team recently analyzed the relationship between coffee beansā€™ chemical and physical attributes through various roasting and brewing scenarios. While their trial focused on only natural and washed processed Ethiopian beans, researchers examined five varieties of roasts across brew times of one, two, and ten minutes using a machine with a 15:1 water-to-coffee ratio.

ā€œWhen selecting a brew method, the main goal was to implement a procedure that could consistently produce brews within a wide range of extraction yields by only varying the brew time,ā€ said Lindsey.

The results, published in the journal Scientific Reports, offer a detailed look at 30 unique coffee combinations on microscopic and chemical levels. Lindsey and colleagues used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to assess molecular makeup of soluble compounds like caffeine and chlorogenic acids. In this process, a brewā€™s compounds are separated according to their interactions with a standard material to measure concentration. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaged whole and ground beans to provide observers with a close look at porosity and grain size, thereby better highlighting how roasting physically affects coffee.

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#53

Thats interesting- I take taurine (with some magnesium) after dinner to help with sleep.

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#54

Really relate to a lot of this!

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#55

ā€œYou donā€™t always need the dark roast.ā€

Nothing to do with anything. I donā€™t have a preconceived prejudice for or against or for any particular roast. I drink dark roast because it tastes best to me. It may not be the optimal roast for maximum benefits.

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#56

Itā€™s true you donā€™t need dark roast. Dark roast beans are overheated and contain less caffeine for that reason. If you like strong coffee, light roast is the best. Anything overcooked (burnt), including coffee is not healthy imo.

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#58

I am one of those guys who like specialty coffee too. And it is a ritual to indulge in when I wake up, I usually make a double or triple espresso. Grinding between 18 - 23 grams on my Eureka Specialita grinder. I usually try to find light roasts with a full body, sweet and creamy mouthfeel. I use low temperature when making the espresso and have the pressure at about 8 bar. I use a large open basket so I ger a clear view of how the coffee and its solids are coming out of the portafilter. I buy coffee from all over the world. Right now, I have used coffee from a small farm in Kenya.

Before my coffee, I take 4-5 gr of Kreatin in the Kre-alkalyn form. Since a few days, I have also take 20ā€“30 mg of lutein together with olive oil.

Every other morning, about 10 -15 minutes after my coffee, I take 10 gr of Taurine which I alternate the next morning with Quercetin + EGCG which is followed by curcumine after about an hour.

But the sad thing is that I have developed a quite extreme coffee sensitivity. My DNA test showed that I have poor capacity to metabolize caffeine. So one or two days a week I need to stay a way from my beloved espresso.

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#59

How did you find out, did you start to feel too edgy? What about decaff, true enough some people do not like it.
By the way, I have an espresso machine as well (a superauto) used above all by my wife, another avid consumer of specialty coffee. We have different tastes though.

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#60

The healthiest coffee is the lightest roast. This is due to the fact that many good polyphenols are destroyed at higher heat. The worst brand is Starbucks as their roasting process destroys all the good stuff leaving only caffeine. Personally I go for a medium roast as it is almost as good as the light roast.

And I dump so many powders in my coffee, all the roasts taste the same now. :wink:

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#61

This might be a dumb question, but are we sure that itā€™s ok to add all this stuff to streaming hot coffee? Are we sure thereā€™s no risk of denatured amino acids or other types of heat related degradation? I would never add anything to actual hot coffee for that reason alone.

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