Help a newbie dad out 😁 · Castore: Built to Adapt

Help a newbie dad out 😁

The TLDR feel like I’m doing “the basics” pretty well but my immunity is still terrible since being a dad - what am I missing?

I’ll try keep this short but realise I need to provide enough info for context… here we go… apologies up front for the length of the post.

Basically I’m a new dad to a 9 month old boy and it seems like every month or so I’m loosing a week to some bug, and then need to take it slow while recovering, get back in the groove for 2-3 weeks and then back in the trenches… pre being a dad I’d maybe be sick enough to impact training 1-2 times a year.

I eat relatively healthy, 2-3 cups of berries a day, healthy fats largely from eggs, avocado, olive oil and supplementing omega 3s (I have a genetic polymorphism that apparently means I do better on monounsaturated vs saturated), plenty of meat, and when I have starches or heavier carbs I try let them have a cool down period first to get cold resistance starches and pair them with vinegar / berberine / cinnamon and / or a walk.

My supplement stack is tailored primarily around addressing common deficiencies as well as personal genetic bottlenecks I have due to gene polymorphisms like MTHFR, and others related to estrogen clearing / troubles generating vitamin d / a / choline

AM empty

alternate CDP choline / alpha-gpc

AM with meal

methylated b vitamin complex
vit d3/k2
Omega 3s
Artichoke extract (EOD)
Additional sublingual b12 (every 3 or 4 days)

tmg
Vit a (every 4 days)
Calcium d glucarate (twice a week)
DIM (twice a week)
Boron
Mag glycinate
Zinc / copper
L-theanine

Also incorporate creatine, PHGG, and high dose taurine and glycine into most days as part of a smoothie…

I try train 3 days strength, 2 cardio a week (when not battling flu), movement snacks through the day, I’m pretty good with sleep hygiene (baby permitting), breath practices, sun exposure, and getting 10k or more steps, intermittent fasting, cold exposure.. again much better at all these things when not sick / recovering and purposefully remove a bunch of them when I am sick so as not to go further downhill..

I’m about to invest in a bunch of peptides to start protocols to address mitochondria, systemic healing and a lot of things talked about in this group… I also have a year to try and pull it all together and bring my best self to my wedding day… my ability to be a good dad and partner, my training, mental health, work life, study, home life, as well as the outcomes I can expect from the investment into the peptides / molecules is being derailed by constant sickness

What am I missing? Or is this just the reality of having a little bundle of love / germs in my arms each day and a higher level of stressors in my life

About to get some bloods done to see if that sheds some light on the situation but thought I’d run it by the tribunal of health wizards

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