Captain_Coconut
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But it's quite clear he's in favor of carbohydrate based (hence plant based) diets.
He is pro animal protein in that you will find many quotes from him on the anti thyroid qualities of beans etc and dangers of starchy foods. I agree with most of RP’s general ideas, but certain specifics like beans being bad or tons of liver and crustaceans being good I find somewhat odd. I’m also not sure if his proposed potato water truly is a decent way to get protein... The more I have looked in to it myself I think foods that do not spike an endotoxic response are the most valuable. I get a much worse response from meats than beans. I think it must have to do with the difference in iron availability to gram negative bacteria throughout the body. I think heme iron is more bioavailable and therefore more dangerous in promoting chronic inflammation. Add to that the way that high saturated fat messes up gut permeability and promotes the growth of gram negative bacteria. Low fat dairy is a better source of protein because of this, and high in calcium which blocks iron, which is part of why RP mentions low fat dairy so frequently. The more I have researched the issue myself, I see diets high in polyphenols and fiber and low in saturated fat as being far superior in benefiting gram positive bacteria and lowering the prevalence of endotoxin producing bacteria. I have also found that there are certain foods which inherently have higher amounts of endotoxin in them, mainly creams, aged cheeses, and meats. In my mind beans and low fat milk are almost equals in their overall value, with beans you have poor bio available iron and anti nutrients which act to chelate iron and various minerals which balance the gut ph in favor of the good bacteria, with low fat milk you get low iron and the iron blocking and ph balancing of calcium. Both are similarly gut friendly. I prefer rice and beans over milk as a major protein source for various reasons, largely I do not have to worry so much about the freshness / how long it sat in a truck on the way to the store, and I think the added fiber is a good thing. I’m fine taking supplemental calcium. RP is pretty much against fiber, seeing it as promoting both good and bad bacteria equally which I think is poorly informed. There is a quote somewhere from RP saying something along the lines that if one starves candida from sugar, the candida will grow so hungry that they leave the intestine and start infecting other organs and therefore you want to keep them happy with sugar so they do not do major damage elsewhere. I think the same logic should apply therefore to keeping the lower gut bacteria happy with starch.
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