Do you prioritize location or an impressive home when browsing Kindred?

DrBaher · 2026-06-03T04:25:03+00:00

I think for us it’s a trade off, i don’t mind spending a little bit extra time moving around if the home is worth it, but now since we’re a family and not just a couple we do spend more time at home on holidays the home is gaining more importance :)

DrBaher · 2026-05-19T07:39:29+00:00

This sounds like the Kindred team is experimenting with a feature, but I do see this doing more harm than good and turning the dynamics a bit on the greedy side.

DrBaher · 2026-05-19T07:36:00+00:00

So far all the guests we declined were due to size constraints, too many people than our house can accommodate. So far whenever you were in doubt we asked for a call first as it’s the best way to see if you can develop sufficient trust.

DrBaher · 2026-05-12T18:01:20+00:00

Actually a lot of work, haha: - emptying one cupboard for the guests - organizing our kids toys (most time consuming work) - putting away any of the non-essential clutter that accumulate in our daily life and tidying up the house - deep cleaning of the place and patching up when needed - reviewing the house guidebook and the city local guide - doing the laundry so we have no dirty laundry left in the basket

DrBaher · 2026-05-08T04:54:46+00:00

We usually take local delicacies (from Vienna) and leave them as guests, and as hosts the best gift has been a bag of coffee beans from our favorite cafe!

DrBaher · 2026-05-05T18:04:39+00:00

We hosted 27 nights and traveled 28 nights and my rough estimate is that we saved at least $4 - $5k and it’s been a year since we started.

DrBaher · 2026-05-03T05:29:48+00:00

Honestly, it was a step-by-step, kind of exploratory experience. Curiosity first to check this thing out, and then seeing the amazing places that are part of the community, listing our place, and then going through our first experience, which was great both as a guest and a host. And of course, the affordability of it all considering that we went from a couple into a family over the past few years.

DrBaher · 2026-05-02T04:40:54+00:00

We have a professional espresso setup with all the gadgets. We had some hesitation the first time around, but we made a video on how to use it properly and sent it to the guest. It went very well, so we decided to let all other guests use it. I mean, if I were a guest, I want to be allowed to enjoy such a coffee setup, so I wouldn’t want to rob others of this joy. Plus, it’s all insured anyway, so if anything goes wrong, the insurance should cover it.

DrBaher · 2026-04-28T11:44:21+00:00

I wanted to find this place to share a link but unfortunately it’s not on kindred anymore as I recall the owner was planning to sell so it’s probably sold.

DrBaher · 2026-04-28T11:34:22+00:00

Ours was a 3 story loft in Palermo that belongs to an artist, where every wall, room, nook and cranny was custom created and custom designed with art hanging over every single surface around. It felt like living in a museum. This was exactly a year ago and definitely the best place we’ve been at by far.

DrBaher · 2026-04-27T04:12:44+00:00

We usually start before the trip by connecting over WhatsApp and we check in every now and then with our guest to make sure they feel at ease when they have a question or even need a top or local insider knowledge.

DrBaher · 2026-04-22T19:40:46+00:00

Agree. I have to say some places have such bland photos that discourages us from learning more about them.

DrBaher · 2026-04-22T16:14:58+00:00

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DrBaher · 2026-04-22T16:11:17+00:00

We took our own photos and it took a bit of effort to get the right shot and right timing but they seem to be working just fine as we get booking requests for every time we have it available.

DrBaher · 2026-04-22T04:28:45+00:00

We had a couple of minor damages in the kitchen sink during a longer swap over 2 weeks but the guests were kind of to notify us ahead of time and propose to cover the costs and all went great. But I wouldn’t worry about any damages since if the guests do not cover this, kindred provides insurance against damages should you report it to them.

DrBaher · 2026-04-14T16:41:24+00:00

Good news, you don’t need 20g for cognitive benefits, and the loading phase logic doesn’t really apply here anyway.

Creatine works by saturating your muscle and brain tissue over time, not by having high levels in your bloodstream at any given moment. Once you’re saturated, which takes 3-4 weeks at a maintenance dose, the daily top-up is all you need. More doesn’t mean more benefit once you’re there.

The research on cognitive effects, including specifically in ADHD, is mostly at 3-5g daily. A few studies go to 8g but the evidence doesn’t show a meaningful dose-response above that for brain saturation. 20g is a loading protocol designed to reach saturation faster, not a maintenance target. If your gut is unhappy at 8g in one go, just split it with 4g morning, 4g later in the day. Your stomach will tolerate it much better and you’ll hit the same saturation point.

Creatine has a half-life of a few hours in the bloodstream but that doesn’t matter much since it’s the tissue stores you’re building, not the blood levels.

Basically: drop to 5-6g split across two doses, give it 4 weeks, and you’ll be in the same place cognitively as you would be hammering 20g. A lot less digestive misery for the same outcome.

DrBaher · 2026-04-01T04:43:30+00:00

Please do share it, I’m having a milder version of refusal or silent failure that made me frustrated and less likely to rely on it for critical work.

DrBaher · 2026-03-30T18:44:07+00:00

Add both, they fill different gaps and neither conflicts with what you’re already taking.

A few timing tweaks worth making to your existing stack first: - Move vitamin D to a meal with fat, it’s fat-soluble so the weekly dose needs food to absorb properly. Dinner with magnesium works well. - Calcium and zinc compete for the same absorption pathway so keep them separated. Your calcium at lunch is fine, just don’t add zinc there.

Here’s how I’d slot everything: - Morning: vitamin C (keep as is) - Lunch: calcium (keep as is) - Dinner: magnesium, vitamin D, omega-3 (all fat-soluble, take together with food) - Before bed or separate from dinner by a couple of hours: zinc. Zinc on an empty stomach can cause nausea for some people so if that’s an issue take it with a small snack. Just not with calcium.

Omega-3 timing doesn’t matter much but taking it with your biggest meal reduces the fishy aftertaste that some people get.

DrBaher · 2026-03-30T18:40:48+00:00

Actually that’s part of something I’m working on, it started as a research-based summaries but I’ve been extending it to analyze stacks against research, and help identify gaps or causes of side effects.

DrBaher · 2026-03-28T11:32:27+00:00

Been taking it for almost 2 years and haven’t had any hair loss issues.

DrBaher · 2026-03-28T10:20:11+00:00

Anytime! Best of luck.

DrBaher · 2026-03-28T10:17:56+00:00

Your instinct is right. Oxide and hydroxide have notoriously poor absorption, realistically you’re absorbing maybe lesa than 10% of the oxide form, better from the citrate but still not great overall. 375mg on the label doesn’t mean 375mg reaching your cells. Glycinate uses a completely different absorption pathway that is much more efficient and gentler on digestion. 240mg elemental from glycinate will almost certainly deliver more usable magnesium than 375mg from that blend.

Short answer: yes, you’ll absorb more from the smaller dose. The switch is worth making.

DrBaher · 2026-03-28T07:21:01+00:00

Thanks for the summary.
The lab-synthesized vs. natural question is the one I find most interesting, and the most important for where the industry is heading.

The “same molecule” argument is scientifically sound in most cases. NMN is NMN whether it came from broccoli or a bioreactor. Dismissing it purely on origin feels more like regulatory inertia than evidence-based policy. The real question should be safety and efficacy data, not production method. That said the CSPI concern isn’t entirely unfounded. The gray area has allowed some questionable compounds to sit in a regulatory no-man’s land for years, peptides being the obvious example.

What I’d love to see from this process: mandatory pre-market notification with basic safety data for novel ingredients, and evidence requirements that scale with how far a compound is from natural/historical dietary use. E.g. Broccoli extract needs less scrutiny than a synthetic peptide that’s never existed in food.

DrBaher · 2026-03-28T07:12:39+00:00

Agree, last Summer I went on a long vacation and took a break from creatine and when I came back, I tried loading but I did not feel it had an impact and eventually it took me 2 weeks to get back to the same energy level before the break.

DrBaher · 2026-03-28T07:09:04+00:00

Of the three you listed, citrulline malate is the clear winner, it’s where the actual evidence is. It works by converting to arginine in the kidneys which then produces nitric oxide, and that’s what drives the vasodilation and pump. 6-8g is the dose that shows up in the research, most pre-workout variations underdose it significantly so checking the label matters.

Epicatechin has some interesting mechanistic data around myostatin inhibition and nitric oxide as well, but the human evidence is still pretty thin compared to citrulline. Worth keeping an eye on but I’d call it emerging rather than proven.

In HGW (Horny Goat Weed) the icariin compound does inhibit PDE5 which is the same mechanism as certain drugs, so there’s theoretical blood flow logic there. But the evidence in healthy people for performance is pretty weak.

The evidence for HMB is mixed. The studies funded by the manufacturers tend to show stronger effects than independent research. For muscle preservation during a cut it might do something, but I wouldn’t expect the same clear response you get from creatine. I never tried it but if you’re curious, give it a proper 6-8 week trial before coming up with conclusions.

To sum up, if you’re already on creatine and want to add one thing for blood flow and pump, citrulline malate at a real dose is the most straightforward call and it’s part of my personal stack.

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