crX
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- Oct 13, 2012
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Hi everyone. I am really thankful for this forum. I've basically embarked on Peat-eating on my own and I'm really not sure what I'm doing, so it's useful for me to see others' Peat experiences. I've decided to start a log to track my experience which I think will be helpful for me at least, even if I am just blathering to the wind. :)
I initially found Peat while researching some tendinitis issues that I was having. First I read what he had to say about gelatin. Then I read (with skepticism) The Great Fish Oil experiment, and what he had to say about fats and oils. I bought the gelatin right away, and after a while I slowly phased out the PUFA's that I used in cooking. However, as someone who had been taking fish oil supplements for over 10 years, it was really hard for me to get it through my head that these things might actually be doing me some harm.
So I made some changes, but a lot of what I had read I took with a grain of salt. Then I started hearing bits of research and so on, differing opinions that seemed to support many of the things that I remembered Peat saying. On some subconscious level a seed had been planted, and it became increasingly difficult to swallow the conventional health wisdom which I could now see was more the product of media and industry than any kind of real science. A lot of us have been brainwashed for many many years.
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Lately I am noticing how much I react to ordinary table sugar. I'm not sure honey has the same effect, and I'm sure that fruit sugar doesn't. With even just small amounts (a teaspoon or less) I'm getting really ramped up, body heat up, heart rate up, and just feeling wired and jittery. I don't like it. Not sure if this is a metabolism boost or just an adrenaline rush, but think I'll stick mostly to fruits and a little bit of honey. Also considering adding some small amounts of starches back in, as I really miss them and don't think I feel quite right without them.
To be continued....
I initially found Peat while researching some tendinitis issues that I was having. First I read what he had to say about gelatin. Then I read (with skepticism) The Great Fish Oil experiment, and what he had to say about fats and oils. I bought the gelatin right away, and after a while I slowly phased out the PUFA's that I used in cooking. However, as someone who had been taking fish oil supplements for over 10 years, it was really hard for me to get it through my head that these things might actually be doing me some harm.
So I made some changes, but a lot of what I had read I took with a grain of salt. Then I started hearing bits of research and so on, differing opinions that seemed to support many of the things that I remembered Peat saying. On some subconscious level a seed had been planted, and it became increasingly difficult to swallow the conventional health wisdom which I could now see was more the product of media and industry than any kind of real science. A lot of us have been brainwashed for many many years.
~~~
Lately I am noticing how much I react to ordinary table sugar. I'm not sure honey has the same effect, and I'm sure that fruit sugar doesn't. With even just small amounts (a teaspoon or less) I'm getting really ramped up, body heat up, heart rate up, and just feeling wired and jittery. I don't like it. Not sure if this is a metabolism boost or just an adrenaline rush, but think I'll stick mostly to fruits and a little bit of honey. Also considering adding some small amounts of starches back in, as I really miss them and don't think I feel quite right without them.
To be continued....