_lppaiva
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For some context.
I am 18 years olds, 132lbs, 5'7".
I was introduced to Ray Peat through Danny Roddy and my hair loss. I was surprised at how low my temperature and blood pressure, and even after some months of Peating still is. It's usually around 55-65BPM/96°-97,5°F, and sometimes I can raise my BPM to 85 tops.
I've always had chronically cold hands, feet and low blood pressure, so much so my nickname in high school is "Corpse" (Defunto). But I only found it might be a "symptom" of something after Ray Peat.
My theory is that I am eating too much protein. I feel this because Whenever I try to aim for a 1:2, 1:3 ratio in a meal, my hands instantly get cold. Since I am young and haven't followed any extreme diets, I am both hypersensitive to some things and resistant to others. For example, I have a hard time accessing if something is bad, as I have "good health", meaning I don't get meaningful bad reactions to PUFA, Starch, etc, but I am sensitive/aware enough to feel changes in blood temperature, energy, mood, etc. It's just never an extreme reaction.
Today I accidentally messed up the metrics and ended up putting a lot of sugar in my coffee, 2 oz for 7oz of coffee. That's double what I usually do. I instantly felt warmer. Ie thought it might be the coffee's temperature, but I also had a papaya, milk and OJ smoothe (Recommend it, delicious) later that day, with a 1:10 ratio protein to carbs (50g of sugars to 5g of the milk protein, but I also added 10g of collagen powder, so perhaps 1:4 would be a better estimate) and felt the warmth as with coffee.
On the otherhand, I had some potatoes with lean Steak for lunch, and having a 1:2 ratio, my hands and feet got extremely cold.
Might my theory of protein:carb ratio be correct? What else may cause these cold hands and feet. I honestly can't explain just how cold they get, but shaking hands with me is like putting your hand in cold water.
My diet today, an "ideal" day: around 50g of starch from potatoes or white sweet potatoes (we don't have the red ones where I live), 200g+ of sugar, 100g added. 55-65g of fats, being 4-5g from PUFA and 25 from SFA, 120g of protein.
Morning, some oranges with eggs. For snack at school 14-16oz of sugared whole milk. Potatoes with butter and Steak for Lunch or preferable dinner, as they are slow releasing carbs. Evening, Either papaya, OJ and Milk Smoothie or Seedless Guavas and Eggs/local cheese with a 5:1 of calcium to phosphate, awesome. At around 6:30pm I drink coffee with my carrot salad (I know I know I eat it too late, but it's what I can do). I have increasingly reduced my rice intake in favour of potatoes. If my lunch was potatoes, at dinner I'll eat some fruit and more meat. And if I am still hungry I drink some more milk with sugar and salt. I throw in 10+15g of not tested for heavy metals collagen throughout the day, and some bone broth when available. The only vegetable I consistently eat is Kale, for K1. I supplement Magnesium bisglycinate for a 700mg RDA, and take aspirin if having a higher PUFA meal (Chicken Hearts for Zinc)
I am 18 years olds, 132lbs, 5'7".
I was introduced to Ray Peat through Danny Roddy and my hair loss. I was surprised at how low my temperature and blood pressure, and even after some months of Peating still is. It's usually around 55-65BPM/96°-97,5°F, and sometimes I can raise my BPM to 85 tops.
I've always had chronically cold hands, feet and low blood pressure, so much so my nickname in high school is "Corpse" (Defunto). But I only found it might be a "symptom" of something after Ray Peat.
My theory is that I am eating too much protein. I feel this because Whenever I try to aim for a 1:2, 1:3 ratio in a meal, my hands instantly get cold. Since I am young and haven't followed any extreme diets, I am both hypersensitive to some things and resistant to others. For example, I have a hard time accessing if something is bad, as I have "good health", meaning I don't get meaningful bad reactions to PUFA, Starch, etc, but I am sensitive/aware enough to feel changes in blood temperature, energy, mood, etc. It's just never an extreme reaction.
Today I accidentally messed up the metrics and ended up putting a lot of sugar in my coffee, 2 oz for 7oz of coffee. That's double what I usually do. I instantly felt warmer. Ie thought it might be the coffee's temperature, but I also had a papaya, milk and OJ smoothe (Recommend it, delicious) later that day, with a 1:10 ratio protein to carbs (50g of sugars to 5g of the milk protein, but I also added 10g of collagen powder, so perhaps 1:4 would be a better estimate) and felt the warmth as with coffee.
On the otherhand, I had some potatoes with lean Steak for lunch, and having a 1:2 ratio, my hands and feet got extremely cold.
Might my theory of protein:carb ratio be correct? What else may cause these cold hands and feet. I honestly can't explain just how cold they get, but shaking hands with me is like putting your hand in cold water.
My diet today, an "ideal" day: around 50g of starch from potatoes or white sweet potatoes (we don't have the red ones where I live), 200g+ of sugar, 100g added. 55-65g of fats, being 4-5g from PUFA and 25 from SFA, 120g of protein.
Morning, some oranges with eggs. For snack at school 14-16oz of sugared whole milk. Potatoes with butter and Steak for Lunch or preferable dinner, as they are slow releasing carbs. Evening, Either papaya, OJ and Milk Smoothie or Seedless Guavas and Eggs/local cheese with a 5:1 of calcium to phosphate, awesome. At around 6:30pm I drink coffee with my carrot salad (I know I know I eat it too late, but it's what I can do). I have increasingly reduced my rice intake in favour of potatoes. If my lunch was potatoes, at dinner I'll eat some fruit and more meat. And if I am still hungry I drink some more milk with sugar and salt. I throw in 10+15g of not tested for heavy metals collagen throughout the day, and some bone broth when available. The only vegetable I consistently eat is Kale, for K1. I supplement Magnesium bisglycinate for a 700mg RDA, and take aspirin if having a higher PUFA meal (Chicken Hearts for Zinc)