I'm new to the forum. Here's my dilemma. Following Ray Peat's dietary guidelines, such as they are, I had some striking positive results (e.g., a tendinosis or chronic inflammation of my right knee and a minor inflammatory tendency in my right pinkie both disappeared within 3 days and have not returned now in a couple of months). I am, however, averse to taking any supplements. Have been healthy (until this probably age-linked inflammatory tendency) all my life. Have not been to a doctor in 40 years. Never took so much as an aspirin. I prefer to do what I need to do for my body entirely through diet or behavior (sunlight, outdoor work). My pulse is only 60 bpm and even my temps are slightly below normal, but I feel fine. So why bother with supplements? I sense that my cellular metabolism is not anaerobic at this point and is not creating lactic acid or other proinflammatory substances.
What really prompted this posting is my use of salt to sleep better at night and being struck at how uncharacteristically sleepy I can get even during the day if I overdo the salt. This fascinates me and I'm trying to understand it. I understand that it is increasing my blood volume and so turning off the renin and the adrenal gland. So is this sleepiness my natural metabolic state, without the stress hormones? But if my energy depends on the stress hormones, why the low pulse rate? Again, once I cut back the salt a bit, my energy levels are normal and fine for me.
It is an interesting question and I think it goes to the heart of Ray Peat's work.
A secondary question: The high CO2 Ray advocates seems to produce a lower heart rate in yogis and cave-dwelling animals. (I lived in India for over 10 years and practiced meditation for decades, though not pranayam, and I think I probably have a high CO2 level in my body.) How does this jibe with the high metabolism and high pulse that Ray Peat seems to advocate?
Perhaps I should be running this questions by Ray Peat himself, but I thought I'd run them by the forum first.
What really prompted this posting is my use of salt to sleep better at night and being struck at how uncharacteristically sleepy I can get even during the day if I overdo the salt. This fascinates me and I'm trying to understand it. I understand that it is increasing my blood volume and so turning off the renin and the adrenal gland. So is this sleepiness my natural metabolic state, without the stress hormones? But if my energy depends on the stress hormones, why the low pulse rate? Again, once I cut back the salt a bit, my energy levels are normal and fine for me.
It is an interesting question and I think it goes to the heart of Ray Peat's work.
A secondary question: The high CO2 Ray advocates seems to produce a lower heart rate in yogis and cave-dwelling animals. (I lived in India for over 10 years and practiced meditation for decades, though not pranayam, and I think I probably have a high CO2 level in my body.) How does this jibe with the high metabolism and high pulse that Ray Peat seems to advocate?
Perhaps I should be running this questions by Ray Peat himself, but I thought I'd run them by the forum first.