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I’ve been familiar with Ray Peat for awhile but my mental health has been very bad since the beginning of 2020 up until now. I eat all the “peat” foods, followed by binge eating junk filled with pufa, and alcohol consumption to escape. Im cutting out alcohol and processed foods. I’m finally...
Is it a good idea to exercise for fat loss? Yes and no...
Check it out and I'd love to hear your thoughts and experience with this topic.
https://men-elite.com/2021/08/02/exercise-and-fat-loss-can-exercise-make-you-gain-fat/
How frequently have you heard: "Build muscle to lose fat." Implying that muscle mass has a very high metabolic rate and will burn up all your adipose tissue the more muscle you have.
In this article, I set the record straight and also show you what's really important for increasing energy...
Mitochondrial uncoupler BAM15 reverses diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice
Obesity is a health problem affecting more than 40% of US adults and 13% of the global population. Anti-obesity treatments including diet, exercise, surgery and pharmacotherapies have so far failed to...
This is a frequent topic on the forum. What about fat loss and fatty acid oxidation, glucuronidation, cortisol, thyroid, etc? All are discussed in the article.
How to lose fat safely while Peating
This article is not all about bashing fat burners, but elaborates on the concept of metabolic rate, fat and glucose oxidation and common misconceptions when it comes to fat burners.
https://men-elite.com/2021/03/05/the-only-thing-fat-burners-burn-is-your-wallet/
Let me know your thoughts.
This case report showed that coconut oil supplementation reduced this man's insulin requirements (he's a type 2 diabetic by was given insulin as well) dramatically. And when we did use insulin at his normal dose, he often experienced hypoglycemia.
The shows that coconut either improves glucose...
I'm asking this question with my wife's interests in mind.
At the end of 2012, about 18 months into us dating, she went on the pill. Within a few months she had developed a hard bloat in her lower abdomen, whereas prior to this she had always had a flat abdomen and small waist. The visual...
What is 5-AMINO-1MQ
This compound is a small, selective membrane permeable molecule that blocks the NNMT enzyme. As fat cells grow larger, they begin to overproduce an enzyme called NNMT.
NNMT = Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase.
This enzyme acts to slow down fat cell metabolism (fat burning)...
So dear all - questions questions questions....theories theories theories....don't we all just love em!!!
Would really appreciate any help and input here from any and all who find the topics around Peat, Fat gain, and metabolism interesting.
A bit of background.
I come from a varied past of...
Hey there all,
Names Harry - First-time thread-er but long time reader...god I enjoy this stuff and would have been posting much much earlier were it not for my two mad kiddies! - little spare time to put it mildly!
Anyway - for now - I have been doing a lot of reading lately on Tryptophan and...
Hi all
I am trying to increase my low low T in hopes to shed some needed fat? Can anyone help with dose and how to take guidance? Is it topical or you drink in some juice? Cant find a lot of info.
Has anyone had any success with the help of CorTinon 8:1 and fat loss or muscle gains?
I am a...
A neat study, albeit lasting much longer (about 1.5 years) than most other intervention studied with vitamin D. What makes this study particularly interesting is that it only used high doses vitamin D (60,000 IU once weekly) initially until blood levels rose into the normal range. It did not...
About 2 years ago, I posted a controversial rat study which showed that the addition of large amounts of sucrose to the diet of rats did not lead to any weigh gain.
Drinking Coke Freely Quadruples Calorie Intake WITHOUT Weight Gain
The diet in the rat study above can be considered a high-carb...
I would like to get everyone's thoughts on the best styles of training that people have experienced to cause muscle gain and fat loss without damaging the metabolism.
Right now I'm doing 3 lifts a week, 1 hour a session, 20 sets a workout, 2 - 2.5 minutes rest between sets, 1 lower and 2 upper...
The study used healthy subjects and one should be careful when transferring the findings of such studies to the general population. However, it was a human study and the conclusions are well in line with Peat's opinion - caloric restriction for weight loss is bad and eating more (of the right...