I can understand that.
I found it really helpful to keep reading the reasons Peat holds his views, and his explanations for why they sometimes conflict with mainstream medicine and 'health' culture. It may also help to read some others who explain things at a deeper level. The more of a grasp you get of physiology, the more chance you have to assess conflicting claims. Not that anyone can learn everything, and know it all for certain, but it can help a bit. You don't have to take anything on blind faith. You can also try things and see what effect they have for you personally.
Yep. I've been going back through the authors Peat mentions too—so far Hans Selye, Gerald H. Pollack, and Carl Rogers, but not yet Broda Barnes who I understand is the dude when it comes to metabolism research.
I'm quite satisfied with the explanations given, but it's frustrating when you're treated as a naive by your primary care physician. I had to push to get a prolactin test, because I'm a guy, and even then when it came back elevated, the GP told me it was pretty normal. I was told by another doctor that "some people just have high prolactin", as if that's a reasonable excuse. How can I have a conversation with my GP about my concerns over my metabolism, when we're each using a different standard for what's acceptable?
I'm writing this with a big blob of MB on my hand! >:)