Hi people.
I have been trying the RayPeat diet for a few months now. I'm a male, 6ft, 78kg (very skinny looking, but my figure also looks very anabolic - despite the fact i don't work out).
One thing I have noticed, since starting this diet, is how my sex drive has completely hit the shitter. I am starting to believe that perhaps high carb, low fat is not an optimal way for me to live.
Carbs - roughly between 500g - 1000g per day. Mostly dates, oranges, watermelon. I don't eat starch at all. Endotoxins upset hormonal balance, so Ray says.
Protein - between 70-120g per day. I don't tolerate meat, or milk (all the sugar and gelatin in the world doesn't help me with these foods). I get between 40-60g of protein from all the fruits I am eating, and the extra 60g from gelatin. In theory, my protein approach is going to be low tryptophan - another good thing for health/hormones/sex drive/testosterone, apparantly.
Fat - 20g per day (at most). This includes two raw egg yolks, so I know this isn't an issue of lack of cholesterol (to build sex hormones).
Why is my fat low? Because I have bought into the RP hypothesis that restricting fat is going to be better for you (metabolically) in the long run. I mean, I feel fine in myself. I notice that I have more energy on HC, than on HF. But libido is a joke.
What else do I do
I eat my carrot salad EVERY DAY. Without fail. Garnished with salt, coconut oil and apple cider vinegar.
I take zinc at night (20mg). I supplement cacium in the morning, now I have given up dairy (1000mg).
My calories on a day usually hit at least 4,000g. So this isn't an issue with lack of calories.
My sleep architecture is pretty good. I dream; I wake up feeling rested.
Out of desperation, I have even tried stuff like Minocycline as I thought that perhaps this might be some sort of virus that is screwing my immune system over. Minocycline, taken over a period of days, had a moderate mood lifting effect, but did nothing else.
Honestly, I feel like I have the sex drive of a Grandpa. When I was high fat, low/moderate protein, low/moderate carb my libido was a lot better (although, still garbage).
I have read countless studies on the internet about how sugar completely batters your testosterone (you hear it all the time from Mercola, and co), and yet, I have persisted with this diet in the hope that Ray Peat is correct (protein and sugar gets your metabolim going, burns PUFAs, etc).
So, where am I going wrong?
I have been trying the RayPeat diet for a few months now. I'm a male, 6ft, 78kg (very skinny looking, but my figure also looks very anabolic - despite the fact i don't work out).
One thing I have noticed, since starting this diet, is how my sex drive has completely hit the shitter. I am starting to believe that perhaps high carb, low fat is not an optimal way for me to live.
Carbs - roughly between 500g - 1000g per day. Mostly dates, oranges, watermelon. I don't eat starch at all. Endotoxins upset hormonal balance, so Ray says.
Protein - between 70-120g per day. I don't tolerate meat, or milk (all the sugar and gelatin in the world doesn't help me with these foods). I get between 40-60g of protein from all the fruits I am eating, and the extra 60g from gelatin. In theory, my protein approach is going to be low tryptophan - another good thing for health/hormones/sex drive/testosterone, apparantly.
Fat - 20g per day (at most). This includes two raw egg yolks, so I know this isn't an issue of lack of cholesterol (to build sex hormones).
Why is my fat low? Because I have bought into the RP hypothesis that restricting fat is going to be better for you (metabolically) in the long run. I mean, I feel fine in myself. I notice that I have more energy on HC, than on HF. But libido is a joke.
What else do I do
I eat my carrot salad EVERY DAY. Without fail. Garnished with salt, coconut oil and apple cider vinegar.
I take zinc at night (20mg). I supplement cacium in the morning, now I have given up dairy (1000mg).
My calories on a day usually hit at least 4,000g. So this isn't an issue with lack of calories.
My sleep architecture is pretty good. I dream; I wake up feeling rested.
Out of desperation, I have even tried stuff like Minocycline as I thought that perhaps this might be some sort of virus that is screwing my immune system over. Minocycline, taken over a period of days, had a moderate mood lifting effect, but did nothing else.
Honestly, I feel like I have the sex drive of a Grandpa. When I was high fat, low/moderate protein, low/moderate carb my libido was a lot better (although, still garbage).
I have read countless studies on the internet about how sugar completely batters your testosterone (you hear it all the time from Mercola, and co), and yet, I have persisted with this diet in the hope that Ray Peat is correct (protein and sugar gets your metabolim going, burns PUFAs, etc).
So, where am I going wrong?