Im gonna go out on a complete limb here, but I've been researching Arachadonic acid recently...and am beginning to wonder. Almost everything about Peats suggestions fit like pieces of a puzzle that all fit when everything is included. The one exception to this is his stance on Arachadonic Acid (Omega 6). Consider if breastmilk from a healthy mother was a good referance point for general nutritional requirements (this is what I've relied on most of the time, from everything from nutrient ratios to macronutrient ratios, and ideal osmotic fluid pressure) Literally almost everything Peat recommends pan out to near ideal ratios and meet all the nutrient requirements if you translated breastmilk out to your daily calorie consumption (even to the reduced iron content, calcium to phosphorus ratios, ect)...and just say Omega 3 fats were in fact necessary...surprisingly a Peat based diet would provide enough! The one exception to this is Omega 6, of which a Peat diet unless you ate a lot of eggs or certain meats, there would be no way to even get close to what's present in breastmilk (you might get half). Basically, I'll try to sum this up and keep it short...but the one thing against Omega 6 fats is that they 'can promote inflammation', but after doing research, it turns out they have multiple pathway options and in fact can be anti-inflammatory under the right conditions, are present in almost every cell, are necessary to produce anandamide in the brain (just like THC or in chocolate...clearly something that is not inflammatory) and are necessary to rebuild muscle tissue....so I'm thinking, what if its like cholesterol...in the sense that the messenger gets blamed for the problem just because its at the scene of the crime. If you needed to fight an infection or break down and resynthesize a cell in the case of a damaged or worn out cell, you would need at least a slight inflammation...it might be uncomfortable, but it is probably in fact necessary for the healing process, and by taking out the Arachadonic Acid you're body wouldn't be able to produce the necessary inflammation to fight the infection or heal so the pain and swelling would go down, but the issue would remain....I realize this is totally anti Peat but to me it makes sense and I just don't see why breastmilk would contain the quantity of Arachadonic Acid that it does, regardless of where the mother lives or eats (so long as they are not sick). Naturally, Omega 6 would be harder to come by and therefore probably more valuable than omega 3, and I wonder why the entire eastern half of the world has always relied on sesame seeds and sesame oil, to this day, and have always considered them anabolic healing foods (as in Ayurveda)
(runs and hides)
Im sorta hoping to get thrashed and debunked so I can at least clear my mind
(runs and hides)
Im sorta hoping to get thrashed and debunked so I can at least clear my mind