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 […]
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Energy, structure, and carbon dioxide: A realistic view of the organism
by Ray Peat, PhD “But the philosophy of Causes & Consequences misled Lavater as it has all his Contemporaries. Each thing is its own cause & its own effect.” W. Blake, c. 1788 What could be more important to understand than biological energy? Thought, growth, movement, every philosophical and practical issue involves the nature of […]
– April 23, 2011
Mitochondria and mortality
by Ray Peat, PhD Diet, exercise, and medicine, damaging or repairing respiratory metabolism MAIN IDEAS AND CONTEXTS Lactic acid and carbon dioxide have opposing effects. Intense exercise damages cells in ways that cumulatively impair metabolism. There is clear evidence that glycolysis, producing lactic acid from glucose, has toxic effects, suppressing respiration and killing cells. Within […]
– April 23, 2011
Stress and Water
by Ray Peat, PhD The biological idea of stress refers to the difficulty of adapting, and this involves energy, structure, and insight/orientation. Given enough energy, we can often adjust our structure to achieve full adaptation, and with insight, we can minimize the amount of energy and structural change needed, for example just by a change […]
– April 23, 2011
Homemade Custard Easy Style
Homemade Custard Easy Style Posted: April 17, 2011 by vvfitness Remember back in the day schools dinners sucked! well apart from the sticky toffee puddings and custard! oh those were the days, nowadays pre-made custards are packed with additives and preservatives when really it should just contains a few nutritious and simple ingredients such as milk! […]
– April 18, 2011
What if there was a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and No One Knew?
WHAT IF THERE WAS A CURE FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND NO ONE KNEW? A Case Study by Dr. Mary Newport July 22, 2008 There is a growing epidemic of obesity, type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and predictions that 15,000,000 people in the United States alone will have Alzheimer’s Disease by the year 2050. In 2001, […]
– March 4, 2011
The Perils of PUFA: Oxidative Stress
Excerpt from Precious Yet Perilous by Chris Masterjohn The Perils of PUFA: Oxidative Stress In 1985, the lipid researcher Hugh Sinclair gave a pre-banquet speech on his seventy-fifth birthday before the Second International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids, Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes in London, in which he described the deleterious effects of one hundred days on an […]
– January 18, 2011
Recipe: Chocolate Gelatin Bars
Chocolate Gelatin Bars Ingredients: 3+ T non-hydrolyzed gelatin (buy from Great Lakes Gelatin) ¾ c cold water 1 c boiling water ⅓ c granulated sugar 2 c chocolate chips (Enjoy Life recommended) Instructions: 1. Put gelatin and cold water in blender and let stand for 5-6 minutes. 2. Add boiling water and sugar. 3. Blend […]
– January 17, 2011
The Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver in Hypothyroidism
The Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver in Hypothyroidism Sanjeev M. Wasan Joseph H. Sellin Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin The sluggish and slow response characteristic of the patient with hypothyroidism in general marks the major gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of hypothyroidism: sluggish intestinal motility ranging from mild obstipation to paralytic ileus and intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Hypothyroidism most often afflicts elderly persons, […]
– December 22, 2010
Roy Walford, 79; Eccentric UCLA Scientist Touted Food Restriction
Roy Walford, a gerontologist who wrote about extending the human life span to 120 years by caloric restriction, spent 30 years limiting his diet to about 1600 calories, with little animal protein, almost no saturated fat–fish once or twice per week, poultry or beef about once, and a fat free milkshake for breakfast–and after about […]
– December 19, 2010
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 […]
– December 16, 2010
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 […]
– October 13, 2010
Chemistry Experiment: McDonalds
Let’s take a look at what’s in the food at good ole’ McDs. I’m a big guy so I can eat quite a bit. See how many times you can spot trans fats, MSG, vegetable oils, corn, soy, and grain! Here is my order for breakfast. 1 – Hotcakes and Sausage w Syrup & Margarine […]
– September 24, 2010
Chemistry Experiment: Subway Foods
What’s for lunch today in America? Let’s eat at Subway! How about a Cold Cut Combo with american cheese, lettuce, olive, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, light mayo, and red wine vinaigrette on Italian Herbs and Chesse Bread. Bread ITALIAN HERBS & CHEESE BREAD Subway® Italian Bread, Monterey Jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, artificial color), […]
– April 25, 2010
