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I recently learned about this guy called Dr. Ray Peat who over the last 50 years did countless research on our metabolic systems.
Well, as it turns out, he has a cult following, and I am now doing the "Ray Peat diet" and it's incredible. Essentially, if ASR aims to get truly unopinionated hifi audio, then Peat's thesis of bioenergetic living is like truly unopinionated hifi health. It is based entirely in research and zero old wives tales and yet is still the contrarian view to the mainstream like ASR is in audio.
So how does it work? The basic idea is this: Peat discovered that the root cause of most ailments and aging is a slow metabolism. So how do you increase your metabolism? There are lots of ways, but the best way is a diet consisting of high amounts of simple carbs (like sugar), a moderate amount of protein, and low fat (especially no PUFAs [seed oils, nuts, fish]). You also cannot combine fats and carbs together because of something called the Randle Cycle where carbs receive digestive priority, leaving fats to go directly onto your body.
But a high carb low fat diet is only scratching the surface. He also emphasized the importance of vitamin intake and hormone management, and for some, that means going nuts with supplements including regular vitamins but also real exogeneous hormones too.
So why isnt this more popular? Simple. His work is entirely in decades of academic research papers and newsletters and emails to readers and the various Ray Peat forums, and because the mainstream is nearly illiterate, only those going scorched earth with health have shown interest. It's very similar again to ASR where the mainstream shows almost zero interest in research based approaches to hifi audio.
Since joining the Ray Peat club a couple weeks ago I have suddenly had an insane amount of energy every day. For some reason I have needed hours of napping every day since last year but not anymore! Also I have put on incredible amount of muscle and am almost bodybuilder status.
Well, as it turns out, he has a cult following, and I am now doing the "Ray Peat diet" and it's incredible. Essentially, if ASR aims to get truly unopinionated hifi audio, then Peat's thesis of bioenergetic living is like truly unopinionated hifi health. It is based entirely in research and zero old wives tales and yet is still the contrarian view to the mainstream like ASR is in audio.
So how does it work? The basic idea is this: Peat discovered that the root cause of most ailments and aging is a slow metabolism. So how do you increase your metabolism? There are lots of ways, but the best way is a diet consisting of high amounts of simple carbs (like sugar), a moderate amount of protein, and low fat (especially no PUFAs [seed oils, nuts, fish]). You also cannot combine fats and carbs together because of something called the Randle Cycle where carbs receive digestive priority, leaving fats to go directly onto your body.
But a high carb low fat diet is only scratching the surface. He also emphasized the importance of vitamin intake and hormone management, and for some, that means going nuts with supplements including regular vitamins but also real exogeneous hormones too.
So why isnt this more popular? Simple. His work is entirely in decades of academic research papers and newsletters and emails to readers and the various Ray Peat forums, and because the mainstream is nearly illiterate, only those going scorched earth with health have shown interest. It's very similar again to ASR where the mainstream shows almost zero interest in research based approaches to hifi audio.
Since joining the Ray Peat club a couple weeks ago I have suddenly had an insane amount of energy every day. For some reason I have needed hours of napping every day since last year but not anymore! Also I have put on incredible amount of muscle and am almost bodybuilder status.
