One does hear about Peat eaters experiencing various ups and downs,
of all different kinds.
I'm very interested in that general phenomenon.
In other words,
is it to be expected that sometimes,
for those beginning a Peat diet...
do things get worse before they better?
Are there transient negative reactions to be expected?
In many other dietary regimes
there are often caveats and explanations attached
which anticipate possible negative reactions.
For instance,
in many diets there is a kind of generalized "cleansing" phase
which is predicted,
where the new diet causes release of bad stuff:
a good thing (putatively) in the long term and necessary,
but painful or negative in the short term.
I've never really heard of some comparable phenomenon in a Peat diet,
or, I guess I should say, in those beginning a Peat diet.
Peat does not seem big at all on the diet being conceived of as "cleansing,"
which a lot of modern, alternative diets do (conceive of themselves as).
Well, let me adjust that:
Peat de-emphasizes diet as "cleanser" in some ways.
He definitely says one of the main (if not the main) goals
if to get rid of PUFAs,
so that could definitely be seen as a cleansing.
But Peat is emphatic that this process should take place over time, slowly.
Because getting rid of the PUFA quickly (or perhaps trying to)
does (Peat says) cause damage to cells and "the organism."
And one doesn't find the typical "cleansing" elements or techniques
in a Peat diet or lifestyle,
like saunas or sweat-lodges or exercising (to heat and cleanse),
or like eating techiques to supposedly cleanse or purge.
I wonder if PUFAs are often released rather suddenly and plentifully
in those starting a Peat diet,
causing intermittent discomfort, side effects...?
I'd be interested to hear posters' experiences in this regard....
of all different kinds.
I'm very interested in that general phenomenon.
In other words,
is it to be expected that sometimes,
for those beginning a Peat diet...
do things get worse before they better?
Are there transient negative reactions to be expected?
In many other dietary regimes
there are often caveats and explanations attached
which anticipate possible negative reactions.
For instance,
in many diets there is a kind of generalized "cleansing" phase
which is predicted,
where the new diet causes release of bad stuff:
a good thing (putatively) in the long term and necessary,
but painful or negative in the short term.
I've never really heard of some comparable phenomenon in a Peat diet,
or, I guess I should say, in those beginning a Peat diet.
Peat does not seem big at all on the diet being conceived of as "cleansing,"
which a lot of modern, alternative diets do (conceive of themselves as).
Well, let me adjust that:
Peat de-emphasizes diet as "cleanser" in some ways.
He definitely says one of the main (if not the main) goals
if to get rid of PUFAs,
so that could definitely be seen as a cleansing.
But Peat is emphatic that this process should take place over time, slowly.
Because getting rid of the PUFA quickly (or perhaps trying to)
does (Peat says) cause damage to cells and "the organism."
And one doesn't find the typical "cleansing" elements or techniques
in a Peat diet or lifestyle,
like saunas or sweat-lodges or exercising (to heat and cleanse),
or like eating techiques to supposedly cleanse or purge.
I wonder if PUFAs are often released rather suddenly and plentifully
in those starting a Peat diet,
causing intermittent discomfort, side effects...?
I'd be interested to hear posters' experiences in this regard....