If MSG Could Colonize
…the gelatin? <> Many so-called toxic reactions are actually guided by a Hidden Hand — endotoxin. <> According to Ray Peat … “When estrogen overlaps with endotoxin (as it tends…
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Open Phone Friday – Either the glass is half-filled with joy or it’s half-empty with joy. We can only drink our joy one mouthful at a time. – March 1, 2019
…do it. We talk about Ray Peat’s discussion making grains healthy and digestible. Pickling lime (calcium hydroxide) can be done with any grain. Pellagra (niacin deficiency) killed thousands of people…
Atom Bergstrom – There’s a New World Coming, Just Around The Bend, This One is Coming to an End – March 4, 2019
…sugar right before bed or salt right before bed? Are both beneficial Can Adam please explain  Ray Peat  reason for recommending  AspirinAnd does Adam  take aspirin…
Thyroid & Heart In Tandem
…statistics and with only four actually developing, treatment for hypothyroidism produced 94 percent protection.” <> Ray Peat (“Thyroid: Therapies, Confusion, and Fraud,” 2006) wrote … “[Broda] Barnes experimented on rabbits,…
The Higher the Iodine Number
…more iodine. <> According to Ray Peat … “An iodine deficiency can cause hypothyroidism (rare now), but so can an excess. Most goiters now are from estrogen-like effects, but they…
Thyroid Body Language #2
…cancer; and […] administration of thyroid hormone is often observed to slow down cancer growth in the genitals and breasts.” <> Ray Peat (“Breast Cancer,” 2006-2016) wrote … “Estrogen is…
Thyroid the Super Gland
…testes.” <> According to Ray Peat (interviewed by Mary Shomon, Nov. 2000) … “The thyroid gland, which normally produces some T3, will decrease its production in the presence of increased…
Myxedema (Mucus Swelling)
…of cutaneous and dermal edema secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components. The connective fibres are separated by an increased amount of protein and mucopolysaccharides.” <> Ray Peat (PMS…
Dr. Randi Hutter Epstein, MD – Author of AROUSED: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything – July 5, 2018
…some times when supplemental hormones should be administered? How about vitamins ? Do they affect hormones Can Dr. Epstein talk about the role of pregnenolone? Dr. Ray Peat suggests supplementing…
Water & Alkalinity
…mushy or loose bark on the plant stems and molds that appear on the top of the soil are also indicators of overwatering.” <> Ray Peat (“Water: swelling, tension, pain,…
How to Yawn #17
…is a poison that acts on the nervous system? Estrogen too? <> Ray Peat (“Serotonin, depression, and aggression: The problem of brain energy,”2012) wrote … “The number of brain lesions…
Open Phone Friday – Nothing Goes Straight Up: The Markets, Gold, Our Health – February 16, 2018
…There are no individual receptors, according to structured water advocates (Gilbert Ling, Gerald Pollack, Ray Peat, etc.) The entire cell is a receptor. Carbon monoxide is taken up by cells…
Waxy Liver Disease
…slow poisons. Hyped as “essential for the brain,” what they really do is shrink the brain. According to Ray Peat (“The Great Fish Oil Experiment,” 2006-2016) … “In declaring EPA…
All Fat Is Not Created Equal
…the stuff that builds the brain? It SWELLS the brain. Ray Peat (“The Great Fish Oil Experiment,” 2006-2016) wrote … “The products of PUFA decomposition include acrolein, malondialdehyde, hydroxynonenal, crotonaldehyde,…
Omega-3 Barcode = Age Spot
…nutrients. <> Ray Peat (“Suitable Fats, Unsuitable Fats: Issues in Nutrition,” 2006-2016) wrote … “As vitamin research advanced in the 1940s, Roger Williams’ lab at the Clayton Foundation Biochemical Institute,…
Dotage & Yellow Fat Disease
…<> According to Ray Peat … “The ‘little mouse,’ and the experiments of Denckla and Everitt, show that a simple growth hormone deficiency or lack of pituitary function can double…
DHA/EPA/ALA Disease & Horse Meat
…taste (oxidized, rancid fat).” <> Ray Peat (“East West: The Science Behind the Dangers of Polyunsaturated Fats,” audio, Nov. 29, 2014) said … “In the 1930s and 40s they found…
Science Of Human Husbandry?
…physical deformity disrupting locomotion were sterilized.” <> Ray Peat (“Estrogen, memory and heredity: Imprinting and the stress response,” 2009) wrote … “Recent work in several areas of biology is showing…
A Boiled Orange At Spleen Time
…to Ray Peat … “Citric acid itself causes you to lose calcium in your urine. Lactate is another popular supplement. All of those have their anti-calcification effects, causing you to…
Hibernation & Torpidation
Hibernation & Torpidation By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog I’m somewhat north of the cheering section when it comes to Ray Peat’s ideas about sleep and darkness. On…