Browsing articles from "October, 2011"
by Ray Peat, PhD Since I am trying to discuss a complex matter in a single article, I have separately outlined the essential technical points of the argument in a section at the beginning, then I explain how my ideas on the subject developed, and finally there is a glossary. If you start with “Short-day [...]
by Ray Peat, PhD A review of the use of estrogens reported in J.A.M.A. (only up to 1987) found nearly 200 different “indications for its use. (Palmlund, 1996.) Using the conservative language of that journal, such use could be said to constitute wildly irresponsible “empirical” medical practice. More appropriate language could be used. Pollution of [...]
by Ray Peat, PhD When I started graduate school in biology at the University of Oregon, cell “membrane” research was a thriving business, almost as lucrative as genetics. Years earlier, I had been intrigued by Linus Pauling’s suggestion that anesthetics might act by “structuring” the water in nerve cells, and in trying to understand the [...]
R231C mutation in KCNQ1 causes long QT syndrome type 1 and familial atrial fibrillation. Bartos DC, Duchatelet S, Burgess DE, Klug D, Denjoy I, Peat R, Lupoglazoff JM, Fressart V, Berthet M, Ackerman MJ, January CT, Guicheney P, Delisle BP. Heart Rhythm. 2011 Jan;8(1):48-55. Epub 2010 Sep 17. Zoledronic acid improves femoral head sphericity in [...]
by Ray Peat, PhD Several years ago, George Crile, of the Cleveland Clinic, observed that his clinic had removed only 11 thyroids that year, and that they had done more than 5000 thyroidectomies annually in the 1920s. The reason for the change was that they found that there was rarely any reason to remove the [...]
Is iodine supplementation safe and, if not, is there a safe amount of supplemental iodine? Dr. Peat: “A dosage of 150 mcg (micrograms, not milligrams, e.g., ug not mg) is a safe amount of iodine. There are excellent references describing the effect of a moderate iodine excess (even below a milligram per day) on the [...]
Steve Jobs had a liver transplant and died from complications due to pancreatic cancer. I don’t point this out this case to be condescending in any way, but if you don’t learn from the experience of others you are bound to repeat the same. -FPS Brian Caulfield, 07.24.08, 6:00 AM ET BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Is [...]
Brian Caulfield, 07.24.08, 6:00 AM ET BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Is Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs sick? Apple calls his health a “private matter.” But is he losing weight? Definitely. And in an industry where so many leaders resemble talking sides of beef, Jobs’ trim figure is noticeable. What’s his secret? The skinny, so to speak, [...]
Posted on August 17, 2011 by DODIE3905 ARE YOU AN OMNIVORE? Of course you are. An omnivore is a creature that eats ‘all’ (or ‘omni’) of the foods available. Carnivores eat meat, which means they have to live near prey animals to survive. Herbivores eat vegetable matter, which means they usually wander and migrate to [...]
Posted on April 27, 2011 by DODIE3905 Before the Bubble Humans have spent the vast portion of their time on earth as hunter-gatherers, not as farmers and especially not as industrialists. That’s why it is important to learn about our food legacy of hunting and gathering prior to the complete transformation our food supply over [...]
