I have little doubt in my mind that Peat hasn't at least reviewed Kempner's protocol of white rice, fruits, fruits juice, and cane sugar. Though I haven't read anything from Peat about it so far. Obviously, the diet couldn't be sustained in the long term due to nutritional deficiencies. But I wonder if Kempner stumbled upon a convenient way to induce EFA deficiency and stimulate mead acid production, perhaps. He was allegedly reversing several degenerative illnesses with his protocol. I think Kempner's work was about 10 years before Broda Barnes's discovery of how important thyroid metabolism was to preventing all sorts of illnesses. But I can't help but think Kempner likely discovered, accidentally perhaps, a way to encourage glucose oxidation to it's fullest extent thus allowing complete usage of thyroid hormone. Interesting dots to connect nevertheless.