Hey all, I thought I'd share some things that had me confused forever, but now make sense to me after studying Dr Peat.
-Growth hormone is a stress hormone, not an androgen.
Many an "expert" has stated that GH is an androgen. Ways in which one can increase GH include sauna, cold showers, high intensity training programs (such as German volume training), and taking high doses of singe amino acids (which Ray has mentioned is stressful). I always wondered why an androgen would increase by putting the body under stress, it just never made sense. Now it does.
In the Poliquin camp, they take high doses (I'm talking 20 - 30 grams) of glutamine upon waking to increase growth hormone. They also use glutamine's sweet taste to try to curb sugar cravings. Winning lol
-Estrogen is not a sex hormone.
Im sure you guys have heard about "xeno-estrogens". I always pondered why hundreds of these chemicals would all mimic "female" hormones, yet none of them mimic male hormones. It makes zero sense. They don't mimic sex hormones, they're just stressful because they're toxic. This should have been obvious, but hey, I'm no Ray Peat lol
A couple of other things...
-Some companies that sell fish oil will vigorously deny that the PUFA's are unstable, yet always put antioxidants in their products, and recommend storing them in the fridge.
-Some guru's will tell you that you should avoid vegetable oils and use mostly saturated fats, yet still insist you get your omega 3's. What? Or, they go on about the omega 3 to 6 ratio...
Sorry, I know I'm posting like a man possessed at the moment, but I'm just so excited about this whole thing
Curt
-Growth hormone is a stress hormone, not an androgen.
Many an "expert" has stated that GH is an androgen. Ways in which one can increase GH include sauna, cold showers, high intensity training programs (such as German volume training), and taking high doses of singe amino acids (which Ray has mentioned is stressful). I always wondered why an androgen would increase by putting the body under stress, it just never made sense. Now it does.
In the Poliquin camp, they take high doses (I'm talking 20 - 30 grams) of glutamine upon waking to increase growth hormone. They also use glutamine's sweet taste to try to curb sugar cravings. Winning lol
-Estrogen is not a sex hormone.
Im sure you guys have heard about "xeno-estrogens". I always pondered why hundreds of these chemicals would all mimic "female" hormones, yet none of them mimic male hormones. It makes zero sense. They don't mimic sex hormones, they're just stressful because they're toxic. This should have been obvious, but hey, I'm no Ray Peat lol
A couple of other things...
-Some companies that sell fish oil will vigorously deny that the PUFA's are unstable, yet always put antioxidants in their products, and recommend storing them in the fridge.
-Some guru's will tell you that you should avoid vegetable oils and use mostly saturated fats, yet still insist you get your omega 3's. What? Or, they go on about the omega 3 to 6 ratio...
Sorry, I know I'm posting like a man possessed at the moment, but I'm just so excited about this whole thing
Curt