Category: Diet

  • What to Do About Your Coconut Oil Intolerance

    I still can’t tolerate coconut oil, even after slowly increasing the amount. Where do you think I should get my fat? Dark chocolate? RAY PEAT FORUM MEMBER RRR, APRIL 14, 2016 Chocolate contains cocoa butter, which contains predominantly saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, but many store brands contains soy lecithin, which acts as an emulsifier…

  • Red Meat Bleeds, White Meat Saves

    Excessive red meat consumption has been associated with an increased prevalence of both cancer and heart disease, particularly in those with poor blood sugar regulation (diabetes); however, smaller amounts of red meat have very little association with either, and white meat consumption appears alongside favorable health outcomes. “Dietary habits play a substantial role for increasing…

  • Eggs and the Thyroid

    This study by Missimer et. al compared the effects of consuming an egg-based breakfast to a certified heart-healthy oatmeal-based breakfast on markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and appetite in healthy young adults.  There were no differences in anthropometric measures or blood pressure between the two breakfasts, but the egg-based breakfast led to an increase…

  • 9000 Calorie White Sugar Experiment

    “Hi! What do you make that you can eat every 45 minutes and still work and do everything? I’d be very interested!” I blend mixtures of milk and sugar until it’s a syrup-like consistency. Then I drink that as much as I can throughout the day. Sometimes I’ll ad OJ or grape juice for flavor.…

  • The Benefits of Dairy Fat

    I’m asking out of curiosity, what is your opinion on dairy fat? In your replies to Westside PUFAs (in your Polynesia thread), you didn’t really disagree on his opinion about dairy fat being fattening, but I somehow got the feeling you don’t think dairy fat is bad.Do you eat any dairy fat? Iirc you eat…

  • How About Frozen Instead of Fresh Orange Juice?

    Such a shame there aren’t any frozen concentrate juices here in my country. They would be such an easy way to reduce water intake. I’ve tried a few normal OJ concentrates, but they taste awful and have some extra crap added to them.My previous question to you was about OJ concentrate, and this time it’s…

  • A Delicious Low-PUFA Diet Template

    8/26/2018 diet update:I drink anywhere from a half gallon to a gallon of low-fat milk daily with about a glass of orange juice daily. I eat large amounts of wheat pasta such as spaghetti and sometimes lasagna, white rice and occasional potatoes, corn tortillas or corn bread, all heavily salted as the aforementioned dishes permit…

  • Dr. Max Gerson’s Therapy Protocol

    Gerson Therapy Protocol:• The treatments consist of salt and water management which holds downthe intake of Na+ [sodium] and increases the intake of K+ [potassium].• A sick person’s metabolism and cell energy production are stimulated bysupplementing with natural thyroid hormone.• Maximum digestibility of nutrients is achieved by hourly drinking fresh,raw vegetable and fruit juices and eating…

  • Starch Does Not Make You Fat

      By themselves, starches do not cause weight gain, and increased sugar consumption tends to cause more weight gain than starch. Other problems with starch consumption include the starch feeding bacteria in the intestine, which leads to endotoxin and subsequent inflammation, and also presorption of the starch particles through the intestinal wall. “Intake of a…

  • Milk and Tryptophan Depletion

    Q: “Goat milk protein depleted tryptophan.  I drink a gallon of cow’s milk per day, and according to CRON-O-meter, this has a large amount of tryptophan (1.6 g).  Would the fact that this protein is saturated with tryptophan mitigate the effect that interferes with the absorption of the dark triad of amino acids (tryptophan, cysteine,…