jaketthomas
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The problem I have with the "Peat Approved" Food list, is that a good percentage of people who adhere to them, don't tolerate a number of the foods well at all. Dairy being one, many people have problems with OJ, many people have problems with coffee, heck, some people even have trouble with beef.
I think that any diet should be flexible. The prototypical Ray Peat diet is an orthorexic diet. People obsessing about "safe" foods, instead of paying attention to their body's reaction to the said food. No joke, I have seen people on this diet continue to drink 1-2 quarts of OJ, even though it gives them heartburn and acid reflux.
My "safe list" is to eat any food that agrees with my digestive system. Honestly, I digest chocolate chip cookies better than I digest most cheese. And believe me, I've eaten every kind of "Peat approved", non-enzyme cheese that I could find. Stuff tastes nasty, first off, and secondly, it digests poorly. In ME, that is. I'm sure some of you digest it fine. Which is the beauty of individuality. There is no one sized fits all diet. Which is why you read testimonials for ANY diet out there. Any intelligently constructed diet is going to work for at least SOME people.
Since I have gotten 20 emails about what I eat, here goes: My best diet is a hybrid-paleo diet, with more emphasis on fruit than a normal paleo diet is. Figs are not a "safe" food, but I find them to be perhaps the most balancing food in existence. Occasional dairy is ok, but my milk has to be whole fat, or else, I'm in trouble. I do GREAT with Ezekiel bread and Ezekiel pasta, as well as baby greens and lettuces (no kale, broccoli, sprouts, anything like that). Bottled juices are out. Have a negative reaction to them, except coconut water, which I react fine to. I also do very well with seaweeds and algaes. Wheat is a bad idea, as is rice or potatoes. I don't do well with any of those. Sweet potatoes are ok, in small amounts. Cooked veggies don't really provide any benefit to me.
So, there it is. Fruit makes up half my diet, then I do shrimp, beef, bison, occasional chicken, some spouted grain products, eggs, some milk, minimal cheese (fresh Mozzarella digests very well), occasional mexican coke, occasional salad with baby greens and lettuces, sometimes fresh squeezed OJ and other fruit juices.
I think that any diet should be flexible. The prototypical Ray Peat diet is an orthorexic diet. People obsessing about "safe" foods, instead of paying attention to their body's reaction to the said food. No joke, I have seen people on this diet continue to drink 1-2 quarts of OJ, even though it gives them heartburn and acid reflux.
My "safe list" is to eat any food that agrees with my digestive system. Honestly, I digest chocolate chip cookies better than I digest most cheese. And believe me, I've eaten every kind of "Peat approved", non-enzyme cheese that I could find. Stuff tastes nasty, first off, and secondly, it digests poorly. In ME, that is. I'm sure some of you digest it fine. Which is the beauty of individuality. There is no one sized fits all diet. Which is why you read testimonials for ANY diet out there. Any intelligently constructed diet is going to work for at least SOME people.
Since I have gotten 20 emails about what I eat, here goes: My best diet is a hybrid-paleo diet, with more emphasis on fruit than a normal paleo diet is. Figs are not a "safe" food, but I find them to be perhaps the most balancing food in existence. Occasional dairy is ok, but my milk has to be whole fat, or else, I'm in trouble. I do GREAT with Ezekiel bread and Ezekiel pasta, as well as baby greens and lettuces (no kale, broccoli, sprouts, anything like that). Bottled juices are out. Have a negative reaction to them, except coconut water, which I react fine to. I also do very well with seaweeds and algaes. Wheat is a bad idea, as is rice or potatoes. I don't do well with any of those. Sweet potatoes are ok, in small amounts. Cooked veggies don't really provide any benefit to me.
So, there it is. Fruit makes up half my diet, then I do shrimp, beef, bison, occasional chicken, some spouted grain products, eggs, some milk, minimal cheese (fresh Mozzarella digests very well), occasional mexican coke, occasional salad with baby greens and lettuces, sometimes fresh squeezed OJ and other fruit juices.