#361 Must Have Supplements, Does Too Much Exercise Increase Mortality and More - Q&A

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Using it with syrup, I don't know, especially how you make syrup, or I don't know the entire steps of making syrup, but it does involve high temperature heating as well. So I would maybe be less careful or more careful with that.

And I would try to like just add it into maybe teas or coffees. Next question, is whey protein safe for autoimmune?

So, of course, you need to consult your doctor or other medical provider because autoimmune issues are very specific and very context dependent, depends a lot on the individual and what's their specific autoimmunity and what is triggering it, what is the cause of that. So generally, there is some potential for whey protein and any other dairy protein to trigger actually autoimmunity, especially casein. So casein is more dangerous for autoimmunity than whey protein. But whey protein also has some of these beneficial compounds and, let's say, immunoregulatory compounds and proteins as well. So actually, whey protein at least helps with diabetes in certain extent by helping to produce insulin. And it may have some immunoboosting effects as well. But yeah, the autoimmunity is just a complex situation and very context dependent. So it depends on you as an individual and whether or not dairy triggers you, like whether or not dairy does trigger your autoimmunity. So I wouldn't like say a specific answer if it is safe or not. So it depends a lot on you specifically. If you want to truly know the state of your health and disease risk, then check out Insight Tracker. Insight Tracker is an at home biomarker service that you can use to test up to 43 different biomarkers like lipids, liver enzymes, inflammation, sex hormones, and much more. The process is simple. You order the test kit to your home, use the little finger prick device to give your blood, send it back, and you get results to your online dashboard or app. You can get a 25% discount of all their tests if you head over to siimland.com forward slash Insight Tracker. That's in one word. And you can use the code Siimland at checkout. How much carbohydrate needed for creatine absorption after workout? So, yes, carbohydrates do help with creatine absorption, and a lot of the creatine supplements may have actually added carbohydrates in there, like dextrose and stuff like that. I think that you don't necessarily need to add carbohydrates. Like salt is actually also one of the transporters for the creatine absorption. So, yeah, like you don't need to even add carbohydrates. You can just take like a little bit of salt as well, if you prefer that way. I think that like adding dextrose probably isn't the healthiest way to get the creatine in, and you don't necessarily need to do that. You can even take creatine before the workout, and that's going to be fine. You can take creatine like any other time as well. It doesn't have to be immediately after the training, although the research suggests that it's the most optimal way to do so. I personally take the creatine in the morning before my workout, after the workout, like the amount of carbohydrates. It probably doesn't have to be a lot. You just need to like raise insulin to help with that. So like even like five or ten grams would probably suffice. Next question, is morning sunlight through a window as good as direct exposure?