Peata
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You guys are making me hungry for a float!
But how are you doing now, 4PS?
But how are you doing now, 4PS?
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natedawggh said:You need fruit and sunshine! Peat often emphasizes the importance of fruit. Orange juice is usually treated with enzymes to make it any degree of pulp/no pulp, which destroys the integrity of the raw fruit (OJ is not bad, though, just not enough by itself). Unless you're getting fresh squeezed OJ, you should totally add tons of other fruit to your diet, especially non-starchy fruits.
You also didn't list coconut oil. Are you taking it? That or cocoa butter or palm oil are extremely beneficial in the diet and can counteract/heal the damage that estrogens and stress cause and can even alleviate menopause (I've read in Peat articles, as I am not female and don't know for myself).
And again, Sunshine! Lots of it, if you can. The light advice so far is right on but no one mentions sunshine, even though Peat emphasizes it often. That may or may not help with insomnia, but it definitely cures depression in the presence of sugar and saturated fat!
natedawggh said:Unless you're getting fresh squeezed OJ, you should totally add tons of other fruit to your diet, especially non-starchy fruits.
Mittir said:RP has explained many times how to drink coffee. Either with meal or with added fat and sugar.
aquaman said:Doesn't work for me. People are individuals. He also mentions that in some circumstances coffee can be stressful. Once I go a few days without coffee my sleep improves. Only issue is i LOVE the taste and mental effect of coffee!
The vision impairment was not an effect of "Peating." If anything, finding out that I was hypothyroid and begining to eat along the some of his dietary guidelines has allowed my vision to not get any worse. The vision problem and the cascade of symptoms that struck as I entered menopause is the result of living for five decades with undiagnosed hypothyroidism.leo said:4PEATSAKE: Did you ever find out what was causing your vision disturbance? I have noticed also I am having problems lately. REally having to squint to read my iphone, when just a few months ago I was fine. I had my eyes checked just prior to beginning Peat, but everything was fine then. This started about 2-3 weeks into Peating.
Did yours go away on its own or did you change anything in your diet and notice a change?
Thank you.
Ray Peat said:The eyes and the lungs are sensitive tissues that are easily harmed by inappropriate environmental exposure. They are especially sensitive in infancy and old age.
For 60 years there have been controversies about the cause of retinopathy of prematurity, which has blinded tens of thousands of people.
Degeneration of the retina is the main cause of blindness in old people. Retinal injury is caused by ordinary light, when the eyes are sensitized by melatonin, prolactin, and polyunsaturated fats. Bright light isn't harmful to the retina, even when it is continuous, if the retina isn't sensitized.
Melatonin and prolactin are induced by stress, and darkness is a stress because it impairs mitochondrial energy production.
The polyunsaturated fats which accumulate in the brain and retina damage mitochondria.
Iron, which accumulates prenatally, and then again with aging, reacts with unsaturated fats during stress to destroy cells.
The popular supplements melatonin, tryptophan, fish oils, St. John's wort, and the various omega -3 oils, all increase the risk of retinal light damage and macular degeneration. Serotonin uptake inhibiting antidepressants are suspected to be able to cause it.
Processes similar to those that damage the over-sensitized retina can occur in other cells, as a result of stress. The substances that sensitize the retina to light-damage, can also increase the incidence of new or metastatic cancers.
Iron supplements and the use of supplemental oxygen, especially with a vitamin E deficiency exacerbated by excessive unsaturated fats in the diet, are still commonly used exactly when they can do the most damage.
Charlie said:K2 has been reported to cause sleep issues and I think it causes sleep issues with me but I haven't gotten that nailed down yet.
natedawggh said:I know this is long past your post... but after a bout with the flu and taking anti-histamines, I realized that ALL of my sleep problems have been related to histamine. I now am taking benadryl nightly and switched to goats milk (which doesn't contain BCM-7, a powerful histamine producer in most cow's milk), and I sleep soundly EVERY NIGHT from 11 pm - 8 am, and other skin blemishes and a particularly bad white tongue situation has all cleared up. Peat has a lot to say about antihistamines you can read on his articles.