All protocols

Use hypnosis or focused distraction with children during shots, blood draws, dental work, or imaging procedures to reduce fear and pain. This can include advance training in self-hypnosis with the parent the week before and using personalized pleasant-place imagery based on where the child likes to be.

Hypnosis can be done collectively in groups, including therapeutic support groups, with participants discussing the experience afterward.

If trying to stimulate appetite, ingesting more fruit may be advantageous.

He mentions a hard run as a context after which sweet foods like mango may be better tolerated and used efficiently.

If trying glutamine to reduce sugar cravings, increase the amount gradually because it can cause gastric distress.

Mentioned as a substance that can augment the glucose-lowering effects of berberine via AMPK pathways; framed as a very potent, sharp-blade tool.

Talk to a physician before adding or changing anything in your diet or supplementation regimen, especially salt intake, to arrive at an intake that supports mental and physical health and performance.

Use blood pressure status and symptoms to determine whether to increase or decrease salt intake. If you have low blood pressure, orthostatic symptoms, orthostatic hypotension, or POTS, evaluate with a physician whether increasing sodium could improve blood pressure and reduce dizziness and related symptoms.

For certain orthostatic disorders/POTS-like syndromes, cited recommendations ranged from 6,000-10,000 mg salt/day, with 10,000 mg/day specifically mentioned by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society; this corresponds to roughly 2,400-4,000 mg sodium/day.

If your salt levels are low and you crave salt, salty beverages, or salty foods, generally follow that craving until it subsides, but do so in the context of healthy, non-processed foods and avoid foods or drinks with unhealthy additions.

Regardless of dietary pattern, limit processed and highly processed foods, especially when trying to dial in sodium intake or follow salt appetite accurately.

If feeling anxious, especially if related to low blood pressure or stress, slightly increasing sodium intake may help; do this through cleaner sources such as a little sea salt in water or salting food more, not processed foods or salty-sweet foods.

Low-carbohydrate diets increase water excretion and likely sodium and potassium loss, so make sure you get enough of both electrolytes.

If exercising fasted after drinking caffeine, replenish fluids and electrolytes including sodium before, during, and after exercise.

A recommendation relayed from James DiNicolantonio was 8-12 g salt/day, corresponding to 3.2-4.8 g sodium/day or about 1.5-2 teaspoons of salt per day, barring specific health issues.

General magnesium target of 400 mg/day; noted that many people are deficient in magnesium.

Avoid very high salt intake; health risks appear to rise substantially past about 6–7 g sodium per day.

If something tastes overly sweet, a sip of water with a little lemon juice or vinegar can quickly reduce that overly sweet sensation.

If exploring increasing or decreasing sodium intake for health or performance, do so against a relatively pure, unprocessed-food background and use clean salt sources rather than salty processed or salty-sweet foods; some people find this also reduces sugar cravings.

Notice how you feel at different times of year, including summer vs. winter, and whether changes in day length, sunlight exposure, being indoors too much, or late-evening artificial light correlate with feeling more aggressive or irritable.

Reduce caffeine if trying to lower aggressive impulsivity, since caffeine increases autonomic arousal and can increase impulsivity.

Can be worn to help raise shell and core temperature during movement/exercise as an alternative heat protocol; quote mentions using it with a hoodie.

Approach heating cautiously: hydrate, do not overheat, and avoid excessive hyperthermia because heat stroke and death are possible. Check with your doctor first, especially if pregnant, nursing, heat-sensitive, or otherwise medically vulnerable.

After evening or nighttime sauna, take a brief warmish, warm, cool, or cold rinse shower—mainly to rinse off sweat—then get ready for sleep. This may help leverage the cooling phase for easier sleep onset.

If someone is hypothermic, covering them with a blanket is fine, though warming glabrous skin surfaces such as the bottoms of the feet, hands, and upper half of the face was described as more ideal for rewarming the core.

If fever goes above 103°F, start getting concerned; at 104°F, cooling methods and urgent medical care may be needed to prevent hyperthermia.

Local hyperthermia therapy was described as heating a local patch of skin to 41°C (105.8°F) without damaging the skin to promote browning of white fat and systemic metabolic effects. Human protocol described: expose the supraclavicular fat deposits/upper shoulders-upper back area to 41°C heat for 20 minutes, three days per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) for five weeks total.

Make sure you are hydrated before trying to learn, because hydration supports brain and body function.

Consume plants to obtain hormetic compounds such as polyphenols and flavanols that activate beneficial stress-response pathways.

If fish oil is in ethyl ester form, including prescription omega-3s like Lovaza/Vascepa, take it with food because absorption is otherwise poor.