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Quotes: Thyroid, Estrogen, Menstrual Symptoms, PMS, and Infertility

Also see: Estrogen, Progesterone, and Fertility PUFA, Estrogen, Obesity and Early Onset of Puberty Benefits of Aspirin Ray Peat, PhD on the Menstrual Cycle Ray Peat, PhD on Thyroid, Temperature, Pulse, and TSH But the problem remains two fold: the need for recognition that low thyroid function very often can provoke menstrual problems, and the […]

Anti-Serotonin, Pro-Libido

Also see: Enzyme to Know: Tryptophan Hydroxylase Omega -3 “Deficiency” Decreases Serotonin Producing Enzyme Linoleic Acid and Serotonin’s Role in Migraine Gelatin > Whey Thyroid peroxidase activity is inhibited by amino acids Whey, Tryptophan, & Serotonin Tryptophan, Fatigue, Training, and Performance Carbohydrate Lowers Free Tryptophan Protective Glycine Intestinal Serotonin and Bone Loss Hypothyroidism and Serotonin […]

180 Nutrition Program Testimonial: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Client – 35 year old male, Illinois Benefits of the Program I had recently (6 months prior to the Program) been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).  My symptoms started out typical I guess, first the fingers of the hand and then the near the toes of the feet (on and off for a while).  After […]

The Randle Cycle (Glucose-Fatty Acid Cycle)

Also see: Master List – Ray Peat, PhD Interviews Ray Peat, PhD on Low Blood Sugar & Stress Reaction Aldosterone, Sodium Deficiency, and Insulin Resistance Ray Peat, PhD Quotes on Therapeutic Effects of Niacinamide Diabetes: Conversion of Alpha-cells into Beta-cells Errors in Nutrition: Essential Fatty Acids Women, Estrogen, and Circulating DHA Insulin Inhibits Lipolysis PUFA […]

Sodium and Mortality – An Inverse Relationship

Also see: Aldosterone, Sodium Deficiency, and Insulin Resistance The Randle Cycle Free Fatty Acids Suppress Cellular Respiration Aldosterone as an endogenous cardiovascular toxin Aldosterone and Thrombosis Sodium Deficiency and Stress Low Sodium Diet: High FFA, Insulin Resistance, Atherosclerosis “One way of looking at those facts is to see that a lack of sodium slows metabolism, […]

Sugar (Sucrose) Restrains the Stress Response

Also see: PUFA Promote Stress Response; Saturated Fats Suppress Stress Response Ray Peat, PhD on Low Blood Sugar & Stress Reaction Thumbs Up: Fructose Theurapeutic Honey – Cancer and Wound Healing Carbohydrates and Bone Health Carbohydrate Lowers Exercise Induced Stress Carbohydrate Lowers Serotonin from Exercise HFCS – More to it than we thought Protection from […]

High Cholesterol and Metabolism

Also see: Ray Peat, PhD on Thyroid, Temperature, Pulse, and TSH Thyroid Status and Cardiovascular Disease Protect the Mitochondria PUFA Promote Cancer The Cholesterol and Thyroid Connection High Blood Pressure and Hypothyroidism A Cure for Heart Disease Hypothyroidism and A Shift in Death Patterns The Truth about Low Cholesterol Thyroid Status and Oxidized LDL Inflammatory […]

Errors in Nutrition: Essential Fatty Acids

Also see: Charts: Mean SFA, MUFA, & PUFA Content of Various Dietary Fats Unsaturated fatty acids: Nutritionally essential, or toxic? by Ray Peat, PhD “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Fat Deficient Animals – Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase Anti-Inflammatory Omega -9 Mead Acid (Eicosapentaenoic acid) Protective “Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency” Cholesterol and Thyroid […]

Unsaturated Fats and Lung Function

Also see: Fish Oil Toxicity Arachidonic Acid’s Role in Stress and Shock Estrogen’s Role in Asthma Phospholipases, PUFA, and Inflammation Protective “Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency” “Unsaturated fats are slightly more water-soluble than fully saturated fats, and so they do have a greater tendency to concentrate at interfaces between water and fats or proteins, but there […]

Low Carb Diet – Death to Metabolism

Also see: Sucrose substitution in prevention and reversal of the fall in metabolic rate accompanying hypocaloric diets Sugar and body weight regulation. rethink how you exercise: An interview with Rob Turner – Part 1 rethink how you exercise: An interview with Rob Turner – Part 2 Low carb + intensive training = fall in testosterone […]

Progestin and Cancer

Also see: Hormonal profiles in women with breast cancer PUFA Increases Estrogen Radiation Increases Breast Cancer Incidence PUFA Inhibit Glucuronidation PUFA Promote Cancer Maternal PUFA Intake Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Female Offspring Estrogen and Bowel Transit Time Progestin and Cancer Study: Acquired Breast Cancer Risk Spans Multiple Generations Ray Peat, PhD on Thyroid, Temperature, […]

Precious Yet Perilous: Understanding the Essential Fatty Acids

Precious Yet Perilous Health Topics – Know Your Fats Understanding the Essential Fatty Acids by Chris Masterjohn George and Mildred Burr traversed the long roads leading from California to Minnesota in a Model T Ford Roadster in 1928, smuggling their two cages of Long-Evans rats into hotel rooms under overcoats to keep them safe from the […]

A Common Finding – Altered Breathing Patterns

Also see: Adverse Effects of Mouth Breathing Hyperventilation and Breathe-More Myth GOOD BREATHING, BAD BREATHING Carbon Dioxide Basics Protective Altitude Chronic hyperventilation; have you got it, what is it, and how do you fix it? Phospholipases, PUFA, and Inflammation Estrogen’s Role in Asthma Unsaturated Fats and Lung Function Bohr Effect and Cells O2 Levels: Healthy […]