u/KewpieHour

I picked up this Marumo brand 生姜粉末 ginger powder during my last trip to Tokyo and it’s ruined every other ginger powder for me. Made from 100% Kochi Prefecture ginger, it’s so potent I’ve never had anything remotely like it. It makes me sneeze every time I open the bag.

Every ginger powder I’ve tried in the US and UK since has been chalky and rank by comparison.

Does anyone know where to find this specific brand (Amazon JP doesn’t ship) or something equivalent in North America? online retailers, or anything brick and mortar in NYC tri state area. Happy to import and pay tariffs if there’s a reliable source. Cheers.

What are we buying (if anything) from TJ in 2026? What are we avoiding?

I personally would never buy EVOO in a plastic sriracha bottle, but I get these are popular for convenience.

I love proper Italian EVOO but I don’t want to accidentally get saddled with a mafioso-adulterated bottle of rapeseed oil so looking forward to your recommendations (I’ve blown through my last Black Friday olive oil stash from olive oil lovers so I need some new affordable (<$20) options)

I'm feeling demoralized and not well and hoping for some success stories from LDN patients who have been dealing with severe illness for decade+

Several weeks ago, I started LDN at 0.1mg. (My immunologist wanted to begin at 1.5mg, but I scored 30 points on the Kim LDN Optimal Dose Questionnaire, so I thought that 100 mcg was already pushing it)

After a week, I titrated up to 0.2mg without incident, aside from mor evivid dreams (i take my LDN in the morning). But the following week, at 0.3mg I hit a wall: dysautonomia flare, extreme panic, limb tingling and numbness, confusion, and transient hearing disturbance. So per the mods guide, I skipped a dose and went back down to 0.2mg. I now have some lingering itching and hives, which tells me there was some sort of mast cell destabilization, but pain-wise i am otherwise as I was before.

My most bothersome disease clusters are Stage IV deep infiltrating endometriosis, MCAS, dysautonomia, and fibromyalgia, among other dx.

For the people who have been sick for 10+ years and eventually found pain relief from LDN, where did you end up (dosage wise)? How long did it take you to get there?

I'm feeling a lot of shame and disappointment that I've been derailed this quickly. I feel like this drug is a reminder of how little resilience my body has, so it would be great to read some accounts from people who have started from a similar place. Thanks.

Earlier this afternoon I lost my eyeglasses somewhere near the M15 SBS stop at 2nd Ave & 79th. They’re François Pinton “REDAKTION 2” frames in black and tortoise.

They’re very distinctive and I’ve worn them for ~15 years, so they’re extremely sentimental and hard to replace…

If anyone happened to pick them up or has seen them, I would be incredibly grateful if you could DM me. Happy to offer a reward.

Thank you so much.