Jun 1, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It’s time for the Ray Peat finale. Yeah I know, it’s a day late. I moved out of my apartment yesterday and didn’t have enough mojo left to work on it. Anyway, we’ll pick up where we left off in the last Peat article. If you know anything about Peat, know that he has a vendetta against polyunsaturated fat ? which could very well be his greatest scientific contribution...
May 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
?One of my recurring objects of thought has been the slowness with which raw knowledge is assimilated. For example, I have been thinking about Broda Barnes’s work on the prevention of heart disease with thyroid extract. He did solve much of ‘the riddle of heart attacks,? but recent statements by the Heart Association show that the dominant forces in the health business haven’t...
May 7, 2011 | Uncategorized |
?Vegetarians often notice temporary exhilaration when they stop eating meat, probably because their thyroid has been suppressed. But a more serious hypothyroid state often follows, from a low protein inadequate vegetarian diet. Low protein diets definitely interfere with the liver’s ability to detoxify estrogen and other stressors. ?A few years ago, most of the nutritional problems that I...
May 5, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I have already introduced one of Peat’s great quotes that illuminates a philosophy very near and dear to my heart ? and I assume to the hearts of many of the readers of this blog who enjoy the pursuit of health as an exploration instead of a regurgitation or defense of a limited viewpoint. ?Once we accept that knowledge is tentative, and that we are probably going to improve our knowledge...
May 3, 2011 | Uncategorized |
While we’ll be interrupting “Ray May” for a guest post by Brock Cusick later this week on the role of TXNIP in body weight and glucose regulation – today is the official start of Ray May. So kick back and let’s?eat some hay, sit by the bay, we just may, whaddya say? I asked the peanut gallery if they would be interested in a month of Ray Peat immersion, scrutiny,...
