20 Questions With Ray Peat -- Discussion Thread

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I want to say thank you to Ray Peat for doing this and I am looking forward to the submissions that come in. This is a unique opportunity we have here.

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Great job, Charlie.
How did you obtain this favor from Ray, if i might ask ?
 
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burtlancast check your pm.

Well it seems like everyone is posing a group of questions. So lets try and keep a group of questions to one post in the submission thread.

Example, If you ask something about carrots, and then have a couple of questions that go along with carrots, then go ahead and post the group. However, don't post a question of carrots and then post another group of questions about coffee in the same submission.
 
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First two questions submitted to Ray.

When you are writing the question to Ray, you are the one asking him. All I am doing is passing it along. :)
 

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Thought I would amplify my question since I've been researching it. The test I mentioned was mine, of course.

The science at the pages at this site seemed both accurate and understandable.

The sympathetic nervous system/ SNS is the well known "fight or flight" reflex and uses mostly andrenergic neurotransmitters/NTs, epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine. Epinephrine used to be called adrenaline, as most know.

The parasympathetic nervous system/ PSNS is the less known "rest and digest" reflex and uses mostly the cholinergic NT, acetylcholine.

Most organs and glands are innervated by both systems and both systems are always active. The current state of any particular organ is a balance of the influence of the two systems. For example, the SNS alone produces constipation and the PSNS alone produces diarrhea, normal bowel function is a balance.

My thinking is that if the cholinergic system can really be flat-lined then the body wouldn't let the andrenergic system run at full strength because it would be too extreme. So the symptoms of "adrenal fatigue" might really be cholinergic fatigue and the low adrenal function is a protective mechanism rather than adrenal gland dysfunction.

Maybe it would make a difference on how one approaches insomnia, for example. Or maybe I just think too much.

This pdf discusses different aspects of the PSNS and has some ideas on how to stimulate it.
 

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embs2001 said:
I think it would be cool to get a better idea of how "strictly peat" he is himself. For example how often do you eat potatoes, rice, corn, or even bread? Do you eat out much?


I can answer, because I've asked him the same question sometime ago. He doesn't eat potatoes or rice.He eats masa harina, occasionally when he is in Mexico.
 

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johns74 said:
Did you eat a lot of PUFA before realizing scientifically that they were bad? When did you find out they were bad?

I believe he has already answered that question in one of the audio interviews.
He mentioned during his PhD research he became aware of danger of PUFA.
After completing PhD he dig dipper into PUFA and it's history.
He got his PhD in 1972. In another place he mentioned that he started
strict avoidance of PUFA after sometime he realized how bad it is.
He also mentioned that he takes long time to ponder about things
before he implement it in his life. I do not remember if he gave the exact
year he started avoiding PUFA diligently.He started his newsletter in 1981.
My guess it's in between 1972 to 1981.
 

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Mittir said:
johns74 said:
Did you eat a lot of PUFA before realizing scientifically that they were bad? When did you find out they were bad?
He mentioned during his PhD research he became aware of danger of PUFA.
After completing PhD he dig dipper into PUFA and it's history.
He got his PhD in 1972. In another place he mentioned that he started
strict avoidance of PUFA after sometime he realized how bad it is.
He also mentioned that he takes long time to ponder about things
before he implement it in his life. I do not remember if he gave the exact
year he started avoiding PUFA diligently.He started his newsletter in 1981.
My guess it's in between 1972 to 1981.

Excuse the guess/estimate. It is always best to hear Dr. Peat directly. Broda Barnes mentioned unsaturated fat problems in one of his books about thyroid & the heart
(Solved: the Riddle of Heart Attacks [1976]. (The other Barnes book is on the related topic is "Heart Attack Rareness in Thyroid-Treated Patients" [1972]).

It is discussed on pages 70 to 74. Here are a few passages:

"If the literature is canned for evidence of toxicity of unsaturated fats in the diet, one report precedes the cholesterol theory. In 1945, Raush at the University of Wisconsin noted that adding corn oil to the diet of rats increased their susceptibility to tumours. This observation alone should have called for a thorough investigation of this group of compounds before they were applied to humans."

"In 1968 Carrol in Canada produced more mammary cancers in rats fed corn oil than in those fed coconut oil. In 1968 in the New England Journal of Medicine Ritchie reproted seven premature babies suffering from edema, hemolytic anemia, and abnormal blood cells. Because of the propaganda about saturated fats, they had been started on pre-diluted, skimmed cows' milk, vegetable oils, and iron. They responded to large doses of Vitamin E."

"An editorial by Pinckney in the June 1973 issue of the American Heart Journal reviews evidence that the unsaturated fats hasten the aging of the skin, are toxic to both animals and man, and furthermore, that the use of such diets has not prevented heart attacks."

IIRC, Dr. Peat both read Dr. Barnes's work and communicated directly with Barnes. This fits with the time frame described by Mittir. Dr. Peat finds many resources. The Broda Barnes thoughts may have contributed to formative thinking about PUFA, or shared common sources.
 
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Wilfrid said:
Why did he use to recommend sardines, a fatty fish loaded with PUFA, in his book " Nutrition for women" as a good protein source that should not interfere with thyroid function for people with inflammatory disease?
What would be the reason to avoid it now?

I believe that book was written in the 1970's.
 

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Wheat&PUFAs said:
Wilfrid said:
Why did he use to recommend sardines, a fatty fish loaded with PUFA, in his book " Nutrition for women" as a good protein source that should not interfere with thyroid function for people with inflammatory disease?
What would be the reason to avoid it now?

I believe that book was written in the 1970's.

You think that in the 70's Ray didn't know that sardine was a fatty fish rich in omega 3 ?
And that omega 3, particulary from fish, was a strong thyroid inhibitor ( according to his own research) ?
I truly hope that it wasn't the case.
Because in this same book, he mentioned how detrimental unsaturated fatty acids are to the thyroid.
 

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aguilaroja said:
Mittir said:
johns74 said:
Did you eat a lot of PUFA before realizing scientifically that they were bad? When did you find out they were bad?
He mentioned during his PhD research he became aware of danger of PUFA.
After completing PhD he dig dipper into PUFA and it's history.
He got his PhD in 1972. In another place he mentioned that he started
strict avoidance of PUFA after sometime he realized how bad it is.
He also mentioned that he takes long time to ponder about things
before he implement it in his life. I do not remember if he gave the exact
year he started avoiding PUFA diligently.He started his newsletter in 1981.
My guess it's in between 1972 to 1981.

Excuse the guess/estimate. It is always best to hear Dr. Peat directly.

Its good to hear from him directly. Someone asked him the almost exact
same question. He mentioned several authors name he came across
when he was working on PhD. He also mentioned that he later found out
that there were old literature from early 1900 that showed dangerous
side of PUFA in animal studies. In that answer somewhere he also mentioned
Broda Barnes name. I wish i could remember the name of audio interview.
Probably someone else can remind us which interview was it.
But, it is ok to ask the same question again. We will probably get a more
detail answer.
 

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aguilaroja said:
Mittir said:
johns74 said:
Did you eat a lot of PUFA before realizing scientifically that they were bad? When did you find out they were bad?
He mentioned during his PhD research he became aware of danger of PUFA.
After completing PhD he dig dipper into PUFA and it's history.
He got his PhD in 1972. In another place he mentioned that he started
strict avoidance of PUFA after sometime he realized how bad it is.
He also mentioned that he takes long time to ponder about things
before he implement it in his life. I do not remember if he gave the exact
year he started avoiding PUFA diligently.He started his newsletter in 1981.
My guess it's in between 1972 to 1981.

aguilaroja said:
Excuse the guess/estimate. It is always best to hear Dr. Peat directly.

Its good to hear from him directly. Someone asked him the almost exact
same question. He mentioned several authors name he came across
when he was working on PhD. He also mentioned that he later found out
that there were old literature from early 1900 that showed dangerous
side of PUFA in animal studies. In that answer somewhere he also mentioned
Broda Barnes name. I wish i could remember the name of audio interview.
Probably someone else can remind us which interview was it.
But, it is ok to ask the same question again. We will probably get a more
detail answer.
 
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Questions submitted to Ray. :hattip
 
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Just so you know I am not holding out on the rest of the answers. I sent Ray the first two questions, and then when I saw that the questions were coming in so fast I waited till the rest were voted in and then I sent the final 18 questions. And as soon as I get them in my inbox I will post them up. :)
 

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Charlie said:
Just so you know I am not holding out on the rest of the answers. I sent Ray the first two questions, and then when I saw that the questions were coming in so fast I waited till the rest were voted in and then I sent the final 18 questions. And as soon as I get them in my inbox I will post them up. :)

I'm glad you cleared that up Charlie, I was getting awfully suspicious you had kidnapped the answers and were going to ask for a ransom soon enough. Maybe a kilogram of Pregnenolone? A CO2 contraption? A pound of aspirin? :twisted:
 
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Well, now that you mention it. A CO2 contraption sounds really good. :mrgreen:
 
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8 more answers posted up. We are halfway through! :P

Feel free to discuss answers here or make another thread if you like. :hattip
 

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