I'm chatting with some people with hair loss lately. And I often get questions like:
"Dude I have no time to read this Hair Like A Fox book, can you tell me what the diet looks like."
So this is what I message back, I thought other people that are beginning to put their head around Ray Peat may find this useful:
The most important thing is, to measure you body temperature and pulse. The diet is supposed get your body temperature and pulse back to the levels of a child. Which is around 37.0-37.3 degrees oral temp after lunch. And 36.7-37.0 degrees in the morning. Pulse around 85 bpm.
You can eat anything you want, as long as you have this metabolic rate of a child. In practice, only children and some lucky ones are able to get this metabolic rate while eating anything they want.
So, what he [read: Danny Roddy] recommends, is a high carb, high protein, low fat diet. I feel best with around 450 gram of carb, 150 gram of protein and 40 gram of fat. Some people do better with for example 300 gram of carbs, 150 gram of protein, 80 gram of fat. You have to play around with that.
The optimal carb source is considered fruit and fruit juices from ripe fruit. Most people will end up with at least 1L of orange juice. I drink 3L of OJ. Preferably fresh squeezed from ripe oranges. Personally, I use organic pasteurized orange juice from a local shop.
For proteins, gelatin is considered a very good source of protein. I take 60 grams of gelatin sheets every day. The hard core people would get it from bone broth. Meat is considered a less optimal source, because of the inflammatory amino acid composition, and a too high phosporous/calcium balance. Many people will take at least 1L of skim milk on this diet, because of the favourable calcium/phosporous balance, and good source of protein. I take 2L of skim milk (0.5% fat).
Vegetable oils like sunflower oil, canola oil are considered the worse possible oils, because of the unstable polyunsaturated fats. Coconut oil, and grass fed butter the best sources of fat. I take around 30 gram of coconut oil daily. Also fatty fish are avoided because of the too high amount of PUFAs.
High quality animal foods, such as organic eggs, liver and oysters should be part of the diet, because of the high amount of fat soluble vitamins, B-vitamins, cholesterol and minerals (zinc, copper, selenium). I take 2 soft boiled eggs daily, 2 oysters, and liver once a week.
To make sure you have regular bowel movements, eating a carrot salad, and/or mushroom soup can help.
I think that is basically it, the diet is also high in salt (around 2 teaspoons), and lots of coffee (4-5 cups). I take caffeine supplements instead of coffee personally (400-600 mg).
"Dude I have no time to read this Hair Like A Fox book, can you tell me what the diet looks like."
So this is what I message back, I thought other people that are beginning to put their head around Ray Peat may find this useful:
The most important thing is, to measure you body temperature and pulse. The diet is supposed get your body temperature and pulse back to the levels of a child. Which is around 37.0-37.3 degrees oral temp after lunch. And 36.7-37.0 degrees in the morning. Pulse around 85 bpm.
You can eat anything you want, as long as you have this metabolic rate of a child. In practice, only children and some lucky ones are able to get this metabolic rate while eating anything they want.
So, what he [read: Danny Roddy] recommends, is a high carb, high protein, low fat diet. I feel best with around 450 gram of carb, 150 gram of protein and 40 gram of fat. Some people do better with for example 300 gram of carbs, 150 gram of protein, 80 gram of fat. You have to play around with that.
The optimal carb source is considered fruit and fruit juices from ripe fruit. Most people will end up with at least 1L of orange juice. I drink 3L of OJ. Preferably fresh squeezed from ripe oranges. Personally, I use organic pasteurized orange juice from a local shop.
For proteins, gelatin is considered a very good source of protein. I take 60 grams of gelatin sheets every day. The hard core people would get it from bone broth. Meat is considered a less optimal source, because of the inflammatory amino acid composition, and a too high phosporous/calcium balance. Many people will take at least 1L of skim milk on this diet, because of the favourable calcium/phosporous balance, and good source of protein. I take 2L of skim milk (0.5% fat).
Vegetable oils like sunflower oil, canola oil are considered the worse possible oils, because of the unstable polyunsaturated fats. Coconut oil, and grass fed butter the best sources of fat. I take around 30 gram of coconut oil daily. Also fatty fish are avoided because of the too high amount of PUFAs.
High quality animal foods, such as organic eggs, liver and oysters should be part of the diet, because of the high amount of fat soluble vitamins, B-vitamins, cholesterol and minerals (zinc, copper, selenium). I take 2 soft boiled eggs daily, 2 oysters, and liver once a week.
To make sure you have regular bowel movements, eating a carrot salad, and/or mushroom soup can help.
I think that is basically it, the diet is also high in salt (around 2 teaspoons), and lots of coffee (4-5 cups). I take caffeine supplements instead of coffee personally (400-600 mg).
