Rinse & rePeat
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"I have previously discussed the use of antibiotics (and/or carrot fiber and/or charcoal) to relieve the premenstrual syndrome, and have mentioned the study in which the lifespan was extended by occasionally adding charcoal to the diet. A few years ago, I heard about a Mexican farmer who collected his neighbors' runt pigs, and got them to grow normally by adding charcoal to their diet. This probably achieves the same thing as adding antibiotics to their food, which is practiced by pig farmers in the US to promote growth and efficient use of food. Charcoal, besides binding and removing toxins, is also a powerful catalyst for the oxidative destruction of many toxic chemicals. In a sense, it anticipates the action of the protective enzymes of the intestinal wall and the liver." -Ray Peat
Recently a bottle of charcoal in my cabinet reminded me of a particular night in one of my late teen years. I had taken my evening shower and was drying my hair, when my brother came in with a bite of something on a fork, saying "Taste this", and I did. Immediately I spit it out, asking what it was and why it tasted so bad. He said it was sauerkraut, and that he wasn't sure if he should eat it, because when he punctured the can, to open it, soapy looking bubbled started foaming out of the can. I knew what that meant and ran to my mom to tell her about it. She panicked and loaded up my teenage brother and disappeared down our dirt road and into the night, while I was left at home to watch my little brother and sister. The hospital was an hour away so I busied myself on the phone talking to my girlfriend, waiting to hear about my brother. Later my mom called in, in a panic, telling me to eat a piece of burnt toast, drink some strong black tea and a glass of milk. It was suppose to help remove, ir neutralize the botulism that was about to wreak havoc on, or even kill, me. I followed the directions, and actually enjoyed the burnt toast. For years after that I would slightly burn my toast. Well long story short my brother was brought back home, having had his stomach pumped and i was handed a bottle of Epicac, which had me vomiting until the sun came up.
Funny how a long ago memory can have significance so many years later. Looking at the bottle of activated charcoal in my cabinet the other day, I thought about Ray Peat's recommendations with caffeine, milk and charcoal. I thought how interesting it is that that night of eating burnt toast, drinking milk and black tea, I was being sort of "Peaty". How interesting it is that a protective emergency recommendation to save a life from dying is an everyday recommendation to be healthy via Ray Peat? I hadn't really though about milk being protective in that way, but rather just nourishing. Reading lately that milk removes heavy metals from the body, and of course caffeine blocking iron too, it really has had me thinking.
I have let that bottle of activated charcoal sit in my cabinet for a couple of years, now wondering if I have been passing up some health benefits. Does the charcoal particles pass through the intestines into the blood stream? Does it slow down transit time? Does it have contaminants from how it is made or what it made from? I know I have heard burnt meat is carcinogenic and now burnt toast too. Is this a "Peaty" thing to do a carrot salad's job when carrots aren't around or tolerated? Why is everybody choosing to use antibiotics to remedy bacterial issues when charcoal seems to have some power to eliminate the overgrowths? So many charcoal questions?
Recently a bottle of charcoal in my cabinet reminded me of a particular night in one of my late teen years. I had taken my evening shower and was drying my hair, when my brother came in with a bite of something on a fork, saying "Taste this", and I did. Immediately I spit it out, asking what it was and why it tasted so bad. He said it was sauerkraut, and that he wasn't sure if he should eat it, because when he punctured the can, to open it, soapy looking bubbled started foaming out of the can. I knew what that meant and ran to my mom to tell her about it. She panicked and loaded up my teenage brother and disappeared down our dirt road and into the night, while I was left at home to watch my little brother and sister. The hospital was an hour away so I busied myself on the phone talking to my girlfriend, waiting to hear about my brother. Later my mom called in, in a panic, telling me to eat a piece of burnt toast, drink some strong black tea and a glass of milk. It was suppose to help remove, ir neutralize the botulism that was about to wreak havoc on, or even kill, me. I followed the directions, and actually enjoyed the burnt toast. For years after that I would slightly burn my toast. Well long story short my brother was brought back home, having had his stomach pumped and i was handed a bottle of Epicac, which had me vomiting until the sun came up.
Funny how a long ago memory can have significance so many years later. Looking at the bottle of activated charcoal in my cabinet the other day, I thought about Ray Peat's recommendations with caffeine, milk and charcoal. I thought how interesting it is that that night of eating burnt toast, drinking milk and black tea, I was being sort of "Peaty". How interesting it is that a protective emergency recommendation to save a life from dying is an everyday recommendation to be healthy via Ray Peat? I hadn't really though about milk being protective in that way, but rather just nourishing. Reading lately that milk removes heavy metals from the body, and of course caffeine blocking iron too, it really has had me thinking.
I have let that bottle of activated charcoal sit in my cabinet for a couple of years, now wondering if I have been passing up some health benefits. Does the charcoal particles pass through the intestines into the blood stream? Does it slow down transit time? Does it have contaminants from how it is made or what it made from? I know I have heard burnt meat is carcinogenic and now burnt toast too. Is this a "Peaty" thing to do a carrot salad's job when carrots aren't around or tolerated? Why is everybody choosing to use antibiotics to remedy bacterial issues when charcoal seems to have some power to eliminate the overgrowths? So many charcoal questions?
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