Rinse & rePeat
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"In the resting state, muscles consume mainly fats, so maintaining relatively large muscles is important for preventing the accumulation of fats."-Ray Peat
Upon reading this Ray Peat quote my brain really perked up. We all know that protein feeds muscle. I think I learned that in 8th grade and certainly throughout high school. I think the only ones who don't know that are still stuck on that very old food pyramid, where eight servings of grains were recommended first, in a day. I am sure that is how they all stayed so twig-like back then. Now reading this Ray Peat statement gives muscles a life of their own, gobbling up my steak, milk and shrimp during the day and savoring the fat at night as we would a bowl of ice cream.
Some muscles get theirselves drug to the gym, to work like a horse plowing a field. Then they get stuffed with so much protein that they expand like full bellies. Other muscles get to live the life of leisure, doing as they please, busily helping with daily chores and happy when they get to soak up some vitamin D.
Nevertheless knowing how muscles live their lives, it makes more sense why, as Ray Peat says, "keeping fats relatively low", can make muscles seek out the fat they need (from our body) if it isn't conveniently there to have like some smorgasboard. The moral of the story sounds to me like "Eat your dinner (protein) or no dessert (fat) for you!"
"Protein deficiency creates an inflammatory state, and since stress causes tissue proteins to be destroyed and converted into sugars and fats, it's common to underestimate the amount of protein needed. One of the functions of sucrose in the diet is to reduce the production of cortisol, and so to spare protein."-Ray Peat
Upon reading this Ray Peat quote my brain really perked up. We all know that protein feeds muscle. I think I learned that in 8th grade and certainly throughout high school. I think the only ones who don't know that are still stuck on that very old food pyramid, where eight servings of grains were recommended first, in a day. I am sure that is how they all stayed so twig-like back then. Now reading this Ray Peat statement gives muscles a life of their own, gobbling up my steak, milk and shrimp during the day and savoring the fat at night as we would a bowl of ice cream.
Some muscles get theirselves drug to the gym, to work like a horse plowing a field. Then they get stuffed with so much protein that they expand like full bellies. Other muscles get to live the life of leisure, doing as they please, busily helping with daily chores and happy when they get to soak up some vitamin D.
Nevertheless knowing how muscles live their lives, it makes more sense why, as Ray Peat says, "keeping fats relatively low", can make muscles seek out the fat they need (from our body) if it isn't conveniently there to have like some smorgasboard. The moral of the story sounds to me like "Eat your dinner (protein) or no dessert (fat) for you!"
"Protein deficiency creates an inflammatory state, and since stress causes tissue proteins to be destroyed and converted into sugars and fats, it's common to underestimate the amount of protein needed. One of the functions of sucrose in the diet is to reduce the production of cortisol, and so to spare protein."-Ray Peat
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