A Peat-Inspired Transition Diet?

[oldfriend]

Sorry if there's already a thread for this topic, but I haven't found one in my searches.

It seems a lot of people find it difficult to take a 100% Peat approach to diet at the beginning, and found that things like like low fluid, less sugar, and moderate starch are helpful while transitioning.

What are some meal ideas, staples, and general advice from folks that had to take a less than ideal approach while healing metabolism, normalizing blood sugar, and improving liver function?

 

[oldfriend]

Didn't want to bog down the OP with personal information, so here it is:
My GP tole me I was pre-diabetic at my last visit, and I've had problems with high estrogen, and hypoglycemia for years so this makes sense. I've concluded that I need to focus on improving liver function before going full Peat.

I've made some gains in the last few months, but it's been hard to find a happy medium for fat, carbs, and fluid. My blood sugar felt stable when I was drinking lots of whole milk and avoiding starch, but energy and GI motility could be described as sluggish. If I contrast that with the less fluid, low-fat dairy, and occasional starch approach I'm taking now I can see that while my energy has improved, my BG, glycogen storage, and high cortisol problems are being exacerbated. GI motility is better some days, others it's the same. I suspect that this is probably due to taking more fluids, and less nutrient dense foods.

Stress hormones usually hijack my mornings. I usually have some decaf with milk, gelatin, BCAA, and sugar or honey and some OJ or AJ, but I don't think it's enough. My stress hormones are usually elevated until lunch time.

 

[theLaw]

For glycogen stores, I've found that strained fruit juice (fresher the better) sipped throughout the day are best.

Haidut has posted a ton of strategies for reducing estrogen. Here are a few:

Caffeine Is A Potent Anti-estrogen; Can Block Estrogen "receptor" Completely

TocoVit - Liquid Vitamin E From Wheat Germ Oil

11-keto DHT (11-keto Androstanolone) - Ketosteroid For Lab/research Use

Niacinamide Is Anti-estrogenic

Basic Macros overview

Optimal diet for increasing lifespan


Then Haidut's Summary of Pufa is an excellent place to start (link below):


+ Clean the Liver

Caffeine Reverses Stress, Insulin Resistance, Hypertension

High Protein Diet Prevents & Reverses Fatty Liver Disease (steatosis)

+ Fix Digestive Issues

Amino Acid Supplementation For People With Poor Digestion

Ray Peat Potato Protein Soup (RPPPS)

Cyproheptadine - A Wonder Drug?

+ Reduce PUFA in Tissues down to almost nothing

PUFA Depletion Can (probably) Be Accomplished In 30 Days!

Haidut's Summary Of PUFA

VoS uncoupling thread

Cheers!

 

[oldfriend]

Thanks! I'm really hoping to get some practical advice (i.e. meal ideas) for diet.

 

[theLaw]

Thanks! I'm really hoping to get some practical advice (i.e. meal ideas) for diet.

A few ideas:

To Haidut : What Do You Usually Eat In A Day?

A List Of Peat(ish) Junk Foods

My Theory on Digestion

Danny Roddy

You might want to consider just trying to find foods that are low pufa, low liquid, and limited starch while trying to tackle issues like liver and digestive health.

There have been several threads on food ideas, but probably nothing that you're not aware of already.

Also, keep in mind that sometimes perfect is the enemy of good with this diet. Cheers!

 

[EIRE24]

That "my theory on digestion" link is brilliant. Some great advice in there.

 

[Westside PUFAs]

@theLaw

You may want to just link to your obligatory "Clean the Liver, Fix Digestive Issues, Reduce PUFA in Tissues" post instead of spamming every thread with it.

 

[theLaw]

@theLaw

You may want to just link to your obligatory "Clean the Liver, Fix Digestive Issues, Reduce PUFA in Tissues" post instead of spamming every thread with it.

Hey Westside,

My posts apparently aren't for you, so please ignore in the future.

Cheers!

 

[Westside PUFAs]

Hey Westside,

My posts apparently aren't for you, so please ignore in the future.

Cheers!

Not the point. You're breaking forum rules by spamming.

 

[theLaw]

Not the point. You're breaking forum rules by spamming.

Then it's best that you take it up with Charlie. Last I checked, it was his forum. Cheers!

 

[Dessert_All_Day]

A simple transition diet might involve drinking coffee, Coca-Cola, orange juice, milk, Red Bull, etc. instead of water.

 

[Cari Poindexter]

A simple transition diet might involve drinking coffee, Coca-Cola, orange juice, milk, Red Bull, etc. instead of water.

So like, no water? Isn't this extremely degydrating?

 

[Dessert_All_Day]

So like, no water? Isn't this extremely degydrating?

Yep, no water! I can't speak for others, but for me it's not dehydrating.

 

[oldfriend]

So like, no water? Isn't this extremely degydrating?

I think that drinking water is akin to the empty calories idea. Most people here get their fluid in the form of juice, coffee, milk, broth, Coca Cola, etc. which all have nutrients in addition to water (sugar, protein, calcium, magnesium, b vitamins, etc.)