Durey
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- Aug 28, 2014
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Hi everyone!
I'm a 33-year-old woman and discovered Ray Peat's work six months ago via a beauty blog, where I was looking for information about retinol and skin aging. There was a blog post about PUFAs and Ray Peat and it blew my mind. When I started reading Peat's articles my mind was blown even more.
I've never felt healthy in all my adult life and I've been suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, lack of energy, insomnia and emotional instability since my teen years. The last couple of years were extremely hard on me and I went through the most stressful, emotionally and physically draining time of my life. The stress was eating me up from the inside, I felt that I was aging prematurely and reached an all-time low. I had no energy and no appetite and spent many of my days in bed, thinking and crying. I drank a lot of alcohol and was severely hungover several times a week. Because I ate so little, I was constipated all the time, which my haemorrhoids apparently didn't like. So I ate loads of fibre, whole grain stuff, vegetables and the likes. My haemorrhoids got worse - surprise! Some months ago I started having heart problems (heart beating too fast and irregularly), then pain in my legs and feet. Also the veins on my hands and feet started to bulge and there were LOTS of them visible, where previously you couldn't see any veins at all. I went to my doctor and a phlebologist and apparently my heart, veins and arteries are fine and I should do some exercise. Thanks for nothing.
So I tried vitamin D (doctor prescribed), went for a walk every day, tried to reduce stress (which is not easy for a freelancer with debilitating mood swings), took some supplements, reduced PUFAs (not really peating yet), quit drinking, quit smoking (discovered e-cigarettes however), ate more. The heart thing got better, but the rest not so much. Plus, I was cold all the time, even when it was hot outside. Six weeks ago - I weighed only 41kg (I'm 5'2") and had begun feeling dizzy and nauseous on a regular basis - I began researching Peat again. I also read Matt Stone's book "Eat for Heat" and knew I needed to change something.
Since then I've eaten a Peat-inspired diet. Only when I'm at my boyfriend's place and he's doing the cooking, I eat whatever he's prepared, mostly something meat-based or homemade pizza or pasta. At home I have milk, cheese, OJ, eggs, beef, seafood, potatoes, lots of sugar and salt, honey, coffee, cocoa, white fish, rice, sometimes a slice of bread, gelatin, coconut oil, butter, raw carrot... I take epsom salt baths, baking soda and aspirin whenever I feel the need. I've ordered vit K and niacinamide and I'm planning on making my own eggshell calcium. I stopped drinking lots and lots of plain water, since in the past 15 years or so drinking loads of water has neither made my skin less dry nor given me more energy or better bowel movements. And I was wondering why I was craving salt all the time...
So far I've gained some weight and after starting peating I had some really good weeks, mood-wise, but the last couple of days I felt like ***t. But eating more and on a regular basis, instead of skipping breakfast and eating hardly anything before dinner, gives me more energy and better sleep. Having some milk with salt and sugar before going to bed keeps the nightly adrenalin rush away. I hardly ever felt really hungry before but now I crave food all the time.
What do I hope to achieve? Better mood and less depression (getting my thyroid tested soon), more energy - mental and physical, better skin (less dry and itching, less crepey around the eyes), normal-looking veins, no pain in my feet (the gelatin has helped a lot already) and not feeling cold and stressed all the time. By the way, my haemorrhoids got a lot better as soon as I cut out all the grains and fiber.
Well, that's a large chunk of my story so far. I'm happy to have found this forum, and Ray Peat of course, and I hope I'll be able to share some positive changes in the future. I'm still overwhelmed with all the information and it's nice to know that there are like-minded people with similar issues who are as fascinated by Ray Peat as I am.
I'm a 33-year-old woman and discovered Ray Peat's work six months ago via a beauty blog, where I was looking for information about retinol and skin aging. There was a blog post about PUFAs and Ray Peat and it blew my mind. When I started reading Peat's articles my mind was blown even more.
I've never felt healthy in all my adult life and I've been suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, lack of energy, insomnia and emotional instability since my teen years. The last couple of years were extremely hard on me and I went through the most stressful, emotionally and physically draining time of my life. The stress was eating me up from the inside, I felt that I was aging prematurely and reached an all-time low. I had no energy and no appetite and spent many of my days in bed, thinking and crying. I drank a lot of alcohol and was severely hungover several times a week. Because I ate so little, I was constipated all the time, which my haemorrhoids apparently didn't like. So I ate loads of fibre, whole grain stuff, vegetables and the likes. My haemorrhoids got worse - surprise! Some months ago I started having heart problems (heart beating too fast and irregularly), then pain in my legs and feet. Also the veins on my hands and feet started to bulge and there were LOTS of them visible, where previously you couldn't see any veins at all. I went to my doctor and a phlebologist and apparently my heart, veins and arteries are fine and I should do some exercise. Thanks for nothing.
So I tried vitamin D (doctor prescribed), went for a walk every day, tried to reduce stress (which is not easy for a freelancer with debilitating mood swings), took some supplements, reduced PUFAs (not really peating yet), quit drinking, quit smoking (discovered e-cigarettes however), ate more. The heart thing got better, but the rest not so much. Plus, I was cold all the time, even when it was hot outside. Six weeks ago - I weighed only 41kg (I'm 5'2") and had begun feeling dizzy and nauseous on a regular basis - I began researching Peat again. I also read Matt Stone's book "Eat for Heat" and knew I needed to change something.
Since then I've eaten a Peat-inspired diet. Only when I'm at my boyfriend's place and he's doing the cooking, I eat whatever he's prepared, mostly something meat-based or homemade pizza or pasta. At home I have milk, cheese, OJ, eggs, beef, seafood, potatoes, lots of sugar and salt, honey, coffee, cocoa, white fish, rice, sometimes a slice of bread, gelatin, coconut oil, butter, raw carrot... I take epsom salt baths, baking soda and aspirin whenever I feel the need. I've ordered vit K and niacinamide and I'm planning on making my own eggshell calcium. I stopped drinking lots and lots of plain water, since in the past 15 years or so drinking loads of water has neither made my skin less dry nor given me more energy or better bowel movements. And I was wondering why I was craving salt all the time...
So far I've gained some weight and after starting peating I had some really good weeks, mood-wise, but the last couple of days I felt like ***t. But eating more and on a regular basis, instead of skipping breakfast and eating hardly anything before dinner, gives me more energy and better sleep. Having some milk with salt and sugar before going to bed keeps the nightly adrenalin rush away. I hardly ever felt really hungry before but now I crave food all the time.
What do I hope to achieve? Better mood and less depression (getting my thyroid tested soon), more energy - mental and physical, better skin (less dry and itching, less crepey around the eyes), normal-looking veins, no pain in my feet (the gelatin has helped a lot already) and not feeling cold and stressed all the time. By the way, my haemorrhoids got a lot better as soon as I cut out all the grains and fiber.
Well, that's a large chunk of my story so far. I'm happy to have found this forum, and Ray Peat of course, and I hope I'll be able to share some positive changes in the future. I'm still overwhelmed with all the information and it's nice to know that there are like-minded people with similar issues who are as fascinated by Ray Peat as I am.