rawmeat
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- Apr 9, 2018
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This is my first post and I agree with these things. Ray Peat is a genius imho. He is old school and basic and that is what works best for me as I've tested his theories and they work very well for me. I discovered him by accident. I discovered that a Coke before bed had magical hormonal benefits for me. I've since switched to Mexican Coke but I never go to bed without drinking a bottle of Mexican Coke. The accident part of the discovery was that I knew I had stumbled on to something (before I had ever heard of Ray Peat) because I felt so good but wanted to research things because I had been told my whole life that sugar was bad for you. That is how I found Ray Peat because he is about the only guy who says that sugar can be a good thing. I am not talking about eating sugar all day long but using it strategically.
Here is my typical day:
Greek Yogurt with some fruit, orange juice, and a glass of milk for breakfast. Drink about 8 cups of milk throughout the day and usually drink another glass of OJ when I get home. Also, use about a gram of Bayer Aspirin per day (e.g., about 3 tablets).
Lunch - a raw carrot and some milk, gelatin, and sometimes some meat or cheese and fruit.
Dinner - found 80/20 hamburgers work the best for my hormones but some type of meat and white mashed potatoes.
Snacks - make my own zucchini flour (from dried zucchini chips) and use that to make zucchini chocolate chip cookies (use Enjoy Life brand chips as they do not contain soy) and zucchini flour carrot cake. Also make my own homemade ice cream as almost all store-bought ice cream contains carrageenan.
Mexican Coke without fail before bed and sometimes with a tablespoon of honey.
Once per week eat liver and/or oysters. Learned these foods from Ray and they are indeed super foods. Also have increased my salt intake and it has helped me increase my body temperature.
Never ever eat:
PUFA except for the residual amounts found in milk-products and meat. Macadamia nuts are the only type of nuts I eat.
Starch - as in flour. The only exception is well-cooked white or sweet potatoes and occasionally white rice. Mostly stick to white mashed potatoes because of the hormonal benefits I've noticed with them.
Legumes.
High Fructose Corn syrup.
Carrageenan.
Raw Vegetables other than carrots and onions.
I've found there are no free lunches out there for losing weight. Ray's diet advice is no doubt a metabolism booster but you cannot eat an unlimited amount and still expect to lose weight. I found that vegan diets, keto, Adkins, Paleo, etc. and so forth will screw-up your thyroid hormone over time. Old school works the absolute best. I learned about Gilbert Ling through Ray and I've begun to read his writings. Gilbert is 98 years old. If people think Ray's writings are somewhat technical and complicated to follow, Gilbert Ling takes it to another level. There is scientific fraud all over out there (due to modern marketing and industrial campaigns) and Gilbert Ling is proof of that. Sorry for the long-winded post but I love the community here. God bless Ray Peat indeed as I've proven to myself his ideas work exceedingly well.
great to hear mate!
Vanilla or Coffee Haagen Dazs ice cream does not have have carrageenan!