A poster here has said that it is known that Dr. Peat
disrespects people who write Peat inspired cookbooks
and try to provide general guidelines for eating in a Peat mode:
“I know that Ray Peat has little to no respect for people who write cookbooks with black and white sections for good and bad foods. There is a reason that his work explains a universe and doesn't plainly present you with a to-do and not-to-do-list.”
Now, I take the poster's point
if those cookbooks are stupid and
if by "black and white" the poster means crudely oversimplified.
But, are all efforts to interpret Peat's dietary ideas
automatically doomed to crude oversimplication and stupidity?
More generally, does Peat not want his work disseminated or popularized?
(By "popularized" I don't mean to be made faddish and trite;
I simply mean that his ideas would become more available and understandable and widely known.)
Consider the many lengthy and in-depth radio interviews Peat has done--
for instance with Josh and Jeannie Rubin.
Wonderful interviews, in my opinion, which have been very helpful to me
in understanding Peat.
I see that they have produced a Peatian cookbook.
It is, I would note, only available if you buy it.
And I see that Dr. Peat has written a note of praise about the cookbook.
Does Peat, in the case of Josh and Jeannie Rubin,
have "little to no respect for people who write cookbooks..."?
Does he go on their show for what must now be hundreds of hours for free
while secretly despising and loathing them and all that they stand for?
Or take Danny Roddy,
with his Peat-inspired website,
first (in terms of his Peat-phase) focused upon hair loss,
and now broadened to other strongly Peatian themes.
Roddy too has produced some heavily Peatian "books"
providing general Peatian interpretations and guidelines.
Those books are for sale.
In the case of the last one, he gives Peat a cut.
And here too: Peat has given a note of praise to Roddy on his efforts.
Does Peat, behind Roddy's back,
as he sits, in all-red outfit in the privacy of his Mexican courtyard,
think disrespectful thoughts about Roddy?
In both cases--Roddy and the Rubins--I wouldn't think so.
Conversely, I would tend to think Peat wants his work disseminated and popularized.
I have no doubt that he would want it done sensitively and accurately.
But...I beleive he desires to spread his ideas in appropriate ways.
The corollary to this threads question would be:
does Peat desire that his ideas be, at least to some extent, hidden.
I've probed that angle too, in other threads,
much to the dismay of some posters.
So...I will not go into that again here.
disrespects people who write Peat inspired cookbooks
and try to provide general guidelines for eating in a Peat mode:
“I know that Ray Peat has little to no respect for people who write cookbooks with black and white sections for good and bad foods. There is a reason that his work explains a universe and doesn't plainly present you with a to-do and not-to-do-list.”
Now, I take the poster's point
if those cookbooks are stupid and
if by "black and white" the poster means crudely oversimplified.
But, are all efforts to interpret Peat's dietary ideas
automatically doomed to crude oversimplication and stupidity?
More generally, does Peat not want his work disseminated or popularized?
(By "popularized" I don't mean to be made faddish and trite;
I simply mean that his ideas would become more available and understandable and widely known.)
Consider the many lengthy and in-depth radio interviews Peat has done--
for instance with Josh and Jeannie Rubin.
Wonderful interviews, in my opinion, which have been very helpful to me
in understanding Peat.
I see that they have produced a Peatian cookbook.
It is, I would note, only available if you buy it.
And I see that Dr. Peat has written a note of praise about the cookbook.
Does Peat, in the case of Josh and Jeannie Rubin,
have "little to no respect for people who write cookbooks..."?
Does he go on their show for what must now be hundreds of hours for free
while secretly despising and loathing them and all that they stand for?
Or take Danny Roddy,
with his Peat-inspired website,
first (in terms of his Peat-phase) focused upon hair loss,
and now broadened to other strongly Peatian themes.
Roddy too has produced some heavily Peatian "books"
providing general Peatian interpretations and guidelines.
Those books are for sale.
In the case of the last one, he gives Peat a cut.
And here too: Peat has given a note of praise to Roddy on his efforts.
Does Peat, behind Roddy's back,
as he sits, in all-red outfit in the privacy of his Mexican courtyard,
think disrespectful thoughts about Roddy?
In both cases--Roddy and the Rubins--I wouldn't think so.
Conversely, I would tend to think Peat wants his work disseminated and popularized.
I have no doubt that he would want it done sensitively and accurately.
But...I beleive he desires to spread his ideas in appropriate ways.
The corollary to this threads question would be:
does Peat desire that his ideas be, at least to some extent, hidden.
I've probed that angle too, in other threads,
much to the dismay of some posters.
So...I will not go into that again here.