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I wanted to call this post Ray Peat's Diet Recommendations and Other Un-Peaty Shockers from his book Nutrition for Women, but that was too long.
As you may have surmised, I finally got my hands on a copy of Ray Peat's Nutrition for Women book and I have to say there were a bunch of surprises in it I wasn't expecting. Of note, at least 2 references to the detriments of refined sugar (p. 85 & p. 88). WHAT?! Yes, I know. I don't understand either.
Was this book written before Peat started advocating white sugar or is our idea of Peat a bit off base?
In any case, in this book Ray Peat writes about the Wisconsin Diet being very effective for weight loss. The Wisconsin Diet consists of 90 g of Protein & 40 g of Carb, with the rest of the calories coming from fat, and requires avoiding all refined carbs. I'm assuming this would include white sugar? Wowza.
He also mentions a typical reference diet for one woman (I'm not sure this is Wisconsin Protocol):
* Upon waking, a piece of fruit.
* Breakfast --> an egg and cereal or toast (pre-soaked grains) with milk on cereal or butter on toast
* 2 Hrs Later --> 1/2 oz cheese & raw carrot
* Lunch --> a tuna salad, fruit or milk if more calories are needed
* Supper --> Oyster stew & salad & potato OR chicken breast with well boiled spinach or broccoli & fruit
* Bedtime --> snack of milk & fruit
As far as calories are concerned, he mentions two numbers - 1250 cals & 1500 cals. The context is that these are roughly the number of calories consumed in areas by people that have the longest life span. He does mention that some women have trouble losing weight on 1000 cals per day or less, but attributes this to other issues (thyroid, etc). He criticizes nutritionists that feel you need more calories than this to get proper nutrition.
If you are on a weight loss plateau, he recommends addition of coffee (but take into account how much you sweeten and cream it), fiber, 2 raw carrots, and/or coconut oil.
The book has left me feeling a little bit, well, lost. It certainly isn't very Peaty in a few of its suggestions, yet its a book written by the man Ray Peat himself. I wonder if some of the ideas we have of Ray Peat are internet folklore gone wild.
It pretty heavily recommends specific supplementation (of course making sure supps are excipient free) - which I will write about in another post.
I'm going to investigate this Wisconsin Diet a bit more (and go back and reread the book) but I wanted to stir the pot on the forum and see what y'all think.
As you may have surmised, I finally got my hands on a copy of Ray Peat's Nutrition for Women book and I have to say there were a bunch of surprises in it I wasn't expecting. Of note, at least 2 references to the detriments of refined sugar (p. 85 & p. 88). WHAT?! Yes, I know. I don't understand either.
Was this book written before Peat started advocating white sugar or is our idea of Peat a bit off base?
In any case, in this book Ray Peat writes about the Wisconsin Diet being very effective for weight loss. The Wisconsin Diet consists of 90 g of Protein & 40 g of Carb, with the rest of the calories coming from fat, and requires avoiding all refined carbs. I'm assuming this would include white sugar? Wowza.
He also mentions a typical reference diet for one woman (I'm not sure this is Wisconsin Protocol):
* Upon waking, a piece of fruit.
* Breakfast --> an egg and cereal or toast (pre-soaked grains) with milk on cereal or butter on toast
* 2 Hrs Later --> 1/2 oz cheese & raw carrot
* Lunch --> a tuna salad, fruit or milk if more calories are needed
* Supper --> Oyster stew & salad & potato OR chicken breast with well boiled spinach or broccoli & fruit
* Bedtime --> snack of milk & fruit
As far as calories are concerned, he mentions two numbers - 1250 cals & 1500 cals. The context is that these are roughly the number of calories consumed in areas by people that have the longest life span. He does mention that some women have trouble losing weight on 1000 cals per day or less, but attributes this to other issues (thyroid, etc). He criticizes nutritionists that feel you need more calories than this to get proper nutrition.
If you are on a weight loss plateau, he recommends addition of coffee (but take into account how much you sweeten and cream it), fiber, 2 raw carrots, and/or coconut oil.
The book has left me feeling a little bit, well, lost. It certainly isn't very Peaty in a few of its suggestions, yet its a book written by the man Ray Peat himself. I wonder if some of the ideas we have of Ray Peat are internet folklore gone wild.
It pretty heavily recommends specific supplementation (of course making sure supps are excipient free) - which I will write about in another post.
I'm going to investigate this Wisconsin Diet a bit more (and go back and reread the book) but I wanted to stir the pot on the forum and see what y'all think.