Diet and Nutrition

Hack the diet. I can’t really change all these other variables if my diet is wildly swinging from oreos to broccoli. I’m doing a modified low carb thing that takes less thought than actively trying to measure keto. Or cook. I have enough to think about already.

• limiting carbs
• veg – and greens every day for leutein
• eggs or tuna, but usually not meat (both for the world and my wallet)
• no weird oils, avoid processed food except..
• some protein powder?
• fiber if needed

Exercise and Movement

I have a routine I try to get through every day. I suck at both repetitive exercise and schedules, so I’ve come up with something that is under half an hour and incorporates most of the list below:

• Meditation / mindful breathing / qigong
• Juggling / Hackysack (learning)
• Movement routine a la Ido Portal
• Qigong Tapping
• Vibration platforms
• Yoga
• Cardio
• Weights for strength (alternating days)
• Abs/core (alternating days)
• Balance training
• Capoeira/dance

Other Things

• Light – green and blue and/or sunshine in the morning, red and dimmed screens at night
• Temperature (neurohackers are going for saunas and cold showers, there’s lots to try that sounds relatively painful, tbh)

Supplements and Medications

First, minimize current supplements and medications

• Lexapro/Escitalopram (HD) Prescribed for HD for anxiety and irritability.
• Zyrtec/Cetirizine (seasonal allergies + asthma) Over 10 years of experience with this. After a decade, I finally remembered to start taking it *before* I am dead-ass tired every single day of allergy season.

Experiment with these supplements – do a trial of each while keeping relatively stable diet/exercise/other routines.

• Melatonin (I need it.)
• 5-HTP (Helps me control carbs / blood sugar.)
• Glucosamine (My joints like it.)
• Creatine (No noticeable effects.)
• CoQ10 (Improves my HD symptoms a bit on high dosages.)
• BCAAs (Allowed me to workout longer and harder.)
• GABA (in progress)
• Probiotics
• Leutein (Are increasing vision problems related to the corresponding reduction as I havn’t been able to access my source (diet:greens) in traveling)
• Thymus and possibly other organ supplements
• Maybe nicotine, but I was addicted to it for 15 years. So maybe.
• Other nootropics?

(FYI, I found in doing research for experiments that benadryl may not be a good choice if you have cognitive issues.)

Some of the list items presumably help with cognition and HD symptoms. Others reduce pain, mitigate joint problems, or correct known imbalances in my body that aren’t (directly) related to Huntington Disease.

Your body will have its own things to say about these.