I'm interested in following Ray Peat's dietary suggestions, but I will have to tailor them in order to make them work. I have rapid gastric emptying caused by a gastric surgery I had back in 1988. I'm not able to consume any fluids that are high in sugar, and I can't drink anything on top of a carb heavy meal. If I do the sugar will flood into my system and leave me nauseated to the point that I have to lie down and be perfectly still for about half an hour. After that my blood sugar drops rapidly due to the excessive amount of insulin that is released as a result. This means that I can't drink OJ or milk, plus I'm casein sensitive, which rules out all dairy.
How can I follow Peat's suggestions without dairy and still get enough calories? I'm already skinny, and I've tried the paleo diet only to end up losing weight. Meat and fat don't help me gain weight at all. Do I just need to eat a ton of fruit? Dates seem to be the only "Peat allowed" high calorie fruit, but they don't have much to offer nutritionally.
I'm also wondering about Peat's generalization of PUFA's. From everything I have read PUFA's are necessary for many functions in the human body. Wouldn't the PUFA's in raw nuts be healthy? Most nuts contain vitamin E which seems to offset any negative effects of n-6. Doesn't the PUFA in meat and seafood oxidize when it's cooked?
Lastly, Peat's suggestions seem to defy nature in some ways. Greens are high in calcium, but Peat says they are toxic. How would early humans have gotten calcium before learning to milk animals, or discovering bone broth? It seems more logical to me that we should be getting calcium from plants, or possibly insects.
Thanks.
How can I follow Peat's suggestions without dairy and still get enough calories? I'm already skinny, and I've tried the paleo diet only to end up losing weight. Meat and fat don't help me gain weight at all. Do I just need to eat a ton of fruit? Dates seem to be the only "Peat allowed" high calorie fruit, but they don't have much to offer nutritionally.
I'm also wondering about Peat's generalization of PUFA's. From everything I have read PUFA's are necessary for many functions in the human body. Wouldn't the PUFA's in raw nuts be healthy? Most nuts contain vitamin E which seems to offset any negative effects of n-6. Doesn't the PUFA in meat and seafood oxidize when it's cooked?
Lastly, Peat's suggestions seem to defy nature in some ways. Greens are high in calcium, but Peat says they are toxic. How would early humans have gotten calcium before learning to milk animals, or discovering bone broth? It seems more logical to me that we should be getting calcium from plants, or possibly insects.
Thanks.