Sunday, February 1, 2015

Mexican coke is unlikely to be superior to regular coke (HFCS vs. sugar debate)

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Background   There is a widely known passage in one of Peat's articles on the actual energy content of high fructose corn syrup-(HFCS...
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Higher metabolism, temperature and pulse and lower TSH associated with higher mortality

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Background A central topic of peatarianism is to focus on increasing the metabolic rate using various methods. It is hypothesized that th...
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The daily raw carrot is not antiseptic, it increases bacterial growth in the gut

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Background Ray Peat's daily raw carrot is one of the most popular peatarian recommendations. Yet, it is among the recommendations tha...
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Exercise at reasonable doses is beneficial to health

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Background Even though you never specifically read him say "Exercise kills you", there is a distinct undertone in his writings...
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Tocotrienols and red palm oil have more beneficial effects than expected

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Background Toc otrienols are the unsaturated versions of vitamin E.  Ray Peat is not very fond of them as he wrote: "The un...

Eating more frequently not necessarily better than eating less frequently

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Background According to Peat, people with metabolic problems should eat more frequently.  Frequent meals are helpful during hypothyroidi...

High salt intake can increase catecholamines and blood pressure in certain contexts

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Background The previous article talked about the calcium-excreting effects of high salt intake which can be problematic for people on low-...
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High salt intake increases urinary calcium loss

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Background Peat supports adequate salt intake. He has plenty of reasons to do so, given that salt restriction increases aldosterone, whi...
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Neither coffee, milk or vitamin C affects heme-iron absorption from meats

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Background Peatarians frequently recommend drinking coffee and milk with a meal of meat to inhibit iron absorption. It is also recommended...
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Starch is not more fattening than sugar

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Background Ray Peat repeatedly claims that starch is more fattening than sugar. He bases this argument on differences in insulin/glucose...
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Yogurt does not deplete the liver's energy stores

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Background "A spoonful or two of acidic yogurt isn't harmful, but a cupful of the acidic type can be enough to deplete the li...
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Neither milk, nor calcium increases the metabolism

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Background One thing that you'll hear often in response, when people report that dairy caused acne, that "milk/calcium increases...
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