Derek said:post 109561tara said:post 109489I think this is the opposite of what Peat says.Derek said:post 109410 Calcium suppresses metabolism/thyroid, ...
But he does recommend eating regular oyster to ensure adequate zinc, and getting the other co-factors too.
Yes, but zinc and the other co-factors need to be properly balanced with calcium and that's not really possible when you consume many grams of it! 2 quarts of milk = 2.4g calcium. You need a 1:1 of Ca:Mg in most cases, it's not really possible to get more than 2g Mg from diet. Also, it's not possible from supplementation, it wouldn't even be tolerable. And even if you could consume that much somehow, or supplement it; it wouldn't be retained because Calcium is suppressing your thyroid, depleting you of zinc, and inhibiting your ability to retain Mg. That's why people here need to take progesterone/pregnenolone/vitamin E. They are suppressing their thyroids with too much calcium/copper and need to take all these pro thyroid substances to try and balance it out. And from what I see here, in most cases that isn't working for people very well. And I guess if you consume a stack of oysters everyday that may be enough zinc, but again that isn't realistic to think people are going to eat that amount of oysters. Also, eating that many oysters would overload you with copper and heavy metals!
I can't think of a more effective way to suppress metabolism/thyroid than consuming 2 quarts of milk daily and high copper foods like liver.
And I'm not necessarily criticizing that way of eating. If consuming 2-4g of calcium and eating oysters/liver and fruit/OJ work, then that's great. However, those people seem to be a minority. I am speaking more about the people that this way of eating doesn't work for.
HI Derek,
In the interests of helping people to learn about Peat's views, it would be helpful if you would make it clear when you are presenting your own ideas, and when you are presenting Peat's. Unless you spell it out, some people - especially newcomers - may be mislead into to thinking that your posts represent Peat's views.
If you haven't yet read/listened to enough of Peat's articles/interviews to know when you differ from him, maybe you could read some more, and in the meantime flag such posts to let people know you don't yet know what Peat says about it?
I understand you are trying to help, and I'm not saying you are necessarily wrong - I just want us to keep this difference clear for readers. :)
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