Favorite Ray Peat Quote on Nutrition

[Gawdawg]

"Nutrition is as complex and open and undefined as metaphysics or cosmology or anything. It’s a process of exploring and learning, and figuring things out. It’s never a closed book; never a finished subject. Everything is always changing, and always individual, and always changed by context. So what’s true for one person today, where they are, will necessarily be somewhat different when they are in a different place doing different things."

This is a quote from one of his interviews with Danny Roddy.

 

[Jennifer]

“I think people shouldn’t eat things that damage them, and should eat things that taste good and that provide the essential nutrients, while making them feel good and function well; is that a diet? Ray Peat

 

[Gawdawg]

“I think people shouldn’t eat things that damage them, and should eat things that taste good and that provide the essential nutrients, while making them feel good and function well; is that a diet? Ray Peat

I think the word "diet" is too often associated with weight loss instead of whatever it is you eat on the daily.

 

[Jennifer]

I think the word "diet" is too often associated with weight loss instead of whatever it is you eat on the daily.

I agree.

 

[David PS]

 

[Peatress]

A LOGICAL DIET - Ray Peat

"Most diets are promoted for a single purpose, such as weight loss or heart protection, and usually they don't work even for a limited purpose. If a diet allows you to adapt to varied activities with a minimum of stress, it will help you to avoid many serious problems. Years ago, a retired...

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[charlie]

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Amen brother.

 

[Greg says]

‘When the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers’. - Ray Peat

 

[Gawdawg]

‘When the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers’. - Ray Peat

I like that.