[What are the factors to consider when trying to tolerate coffee, avoiding jitters?]

"Thyroid, sugar, calcium, vitamin D; cream with it is very important." Ray Peat, PhD

[Do you think there is any problem with UHT milk on the long run?]

"Over a period of years it could make a difference, because of being more oxidized." Ray Peat, PhD

[What kind of problems?]

"Nothing established for milk, but some kinds of highly oxidized food can contribute to gradual accumulation oxidized proteins in tissues." Ray Peat, PhD

"In 1974, when I decided to write Nutrition for Women, I was motivated by the awful treatment I saw women receiving, especially during pregnancy, from physicians and dietitians."

Ray Peat, PhD

[Is optimal health from a cellular metabolic perspective achievable in today’s society with the lack of availability of optimal foods and with all the toxins and pollution in the environment?]

"If optimal means the best possible under bad circumstances, yes, otherwise, no. Optimal health requires optimal food, and a change of society." Ray Peat, PhD

"Milk & meat are a major source of Vitamin C. It turns out that all animal tissues contain lots of Vitamin C. They [scientists] were simply not measuring the right material. Vitamin C, the reductant, is not the biologically effective intracellular Vitamin C. Dehydroascorbate functions as an oxidant, not an antioxidant, in our cells, and you have to use a different procedure for measuring the oxidant form of Vitamin C which is intracellular. So if you use the wrong technique, you are blind to the amount of actual Vitamin C in our foods. All the official agencies are still deliberately staying blind to the amount of Vitamin C in our diet." Ray Peat, PhD 2021-09-21

[HOMEMADE ICE CREAM RECIPE]

"I blend an egg (warmed to 40 degrees C) with a cup of sugar (also warmed) and a cup of coconut oil until it's smoothly emulsified, and maybe half a cup of powdered milk for extra texture, then add milk to fill the blender (total volume a little over a liter), with strong coffee or orange juice for flavor, or other fruit or vanilla, etc. The high oil content, and powdered milk, make it freeze without crystallizing, so the ice cream machine isn't necessary." Ray Peat, PhD

[IS GLYCOL SAFE?]

"Ethylene glycol is toxic, propylene glycol is safe in small amounts." Ray Peat, PhD

[LANGUAGE QUESTION]

"I think it takes months of exclusive saturation in a language to use it like a native, but the accumulation of knowledge in other languages doesn’t detract anything from the language that’s actively used. The vocabularies of English and French are so similar that they reinforce each other." Ray Peat, PhD

"Our cow, in southern Oregon, grazed on half an acre of grass, and each milking, morning and evening, produced nearly five gallons. While milking, she got a treat of a quart of ground grains with some minerals, and a slab of alfalfa or other hay. I think the main problem in Mexico is that the small producers seldom recognize the plants that give the milk bad flavors. If you pinch a leaf of a smelly weed in the pasture, you can recognize it in the milk and cheese." Ray Peat, PhD

Happy Birthday Ray. You keep giving.

"The lockdown of the mental world seems to be succeeding in containing the virus of critical thinking. This is increasing the likelihood that the Great Reset will succeed. With its success, the Qualified people might achieve their dream of eternal life in a technological paradise (if necessary, in orbit around a dead Earth); all their imagined scenarios include artificial intelligence as the survival factor.

Accepting their assumptions, the possible outcomes are as predictable as the entropic death of the universe; however, if their assumptions about the nature of life, mind, and the universe are wrong, their plans and expectations are wrong. Sensing that their arbitrary assumptions are indefensible, they must prevent criticism." Ray Peat, PhD (2020)

Some Effects of Progesterone in Men Copyright 2021 - Ray Peat, PhD

Classifying progesterone as a “pregnancy hormone” and a “female sex hormone” has seriously limited understanding of its function in both men and women. It is a stabilizer of cellular structure and function in all organs, similarly in men and women. This stabilizing effect is especially important in the nervous system, where it is protective against stress. In both men and women, a progesterone deficiency is associated with problems including seizures and bipolar disorder, irritability/elation, aggression, and depression, as well as sex-related problems.

In the 1970s, an acquaintance told me that he had become impotent following his vasectomy. I was familiar with the progesterone deficiency produced in women by tubal ligation and by intrauterine contraceptive devices, and I had seen a study of men’s hormones following a vasectomy, in which an isolated deficiency of progesterone sometimes occurred, so he decided to try some progesterone. He later said that a single dose had corrected his erectile problem. Other young men with erectile dysfunction, from other causes, had similarly good results with small amounts of progesterone.

When a problem is quickly and permanently corrected with a small amount of progesterone it seems likely that the progesterone acted in the brain to shift the balance, maintained by endorphins, away from the stress induced inhibition of progesterone and testosterone synthesis. At the same time, though, that progesterone is lowering cortisol, it is also reducing inflammation, partly by acting as an antagonist to aldosterone. Increased aldosterone is associated with erectile dysfunction (Chang, et al., 2019; Wu, et al., 2018, 2016), and it interacts locally as a testosterone antagonist. In this, and other situations involving testosterone antagonists (estrogen, cortisol, aldosterone), progesterone can have a directly testosterone- supporting effect.

After the age of 35 or 40, many men experience a decline in their resistance to stress, corresponding to the decline in protective substances such as DHEA and progesterone. Often a small amount of progesterone, 5 or 6 mg (for example, a drop of Progest-E the size of an unpopped kernel of popcorn) can make a difference, sometimes lasting for a few days or more. Paying close attention, the effects are usually noticeable within about half an hour. At a certain level, progesterone can antagonize the effects of testosterone; in younger men, 2 or 3 drops can have that effect. That effect passes within a day of stopping the progesterone. If a younger man uses progesterone topically, for example for sunburn, a little olive oil should be applied to the skin first to make it spread easily; if it’s used on a large area, the same anti- testosterone effect is likely to be noticed.

REFERENCES
Surgery. 2019 Mar;165(3):622-628. Risk of severe erectile dysfunction in primary hyperaldosteronism: A population-based propensity score matching cohort study. Chia-Hui Chang, Shih-Chieh J Chueh, Vin-Cent Wu, Likwang Chen, Yen-Hung Lin, Ya-Hui Hu, Kwan-Dun Wu, Yao- Chou Tsai.
Asian J Androl. Jan-Feb 2018;20(1):24-29. Aldosterone induces inflammatory cytokines in penile corpus cavernosum by activating the NF-κB pathway. Fei Wu, Zu-Quan Xiong, Shan-Hua Mao, Ji- Meng Hu , Jian-Qing Wang, Hao-Wen Jiang, Qiang Ding.
World J Urol. 2016 Jul;34(7):999-1007. Elevated plasma aldosterone is an independent risk factor for erectile dysfunction in men. Fei Wu, Shanhua Mao, Tianfang Yu, Haowen Jiang, Qiang Ding, Gang Xu.
Endocrine. 2018 Sep;61(3):372-382. The emerging role of aldosterone/mineralocorticoid receptors in the pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction. Fei Wu, Yun Lin, Qingyong Liu.

Q: "Hi Ray. Do you think there is a correlation between effective schooling systems and the culture being rigid, with people being kept well trained and in line?"

A: "Yes, the schools seem to be important for social control." Ray Peat, PhD

[Trying an animal food-only diet? 2015]

"The most frequent problem is a deficiency of calcium relative to phosphate, but emphasis on milk and cheese would avoid that. The traditional Masai diet suggests that it can be beneficial. Because the composition of milk, eggs, and meat can be influenced considerably by the animals' diet, I think there might be some problems from exclusive use of the industrial products." Ray Peat, PhD

Q: "Hi Ray. Do you think in some circumstances rather free use of olive oil, if it gives benefits, could be o.k. for a few days?"

A: "Yes." Ray Peat, PhD

Reference attached

Helicobacter. 2012 Aug;17(4):305-11.
Assessment of Helicobacter pylori eradication by virgin olive oil.
Castro M1, Romero C, de Castro A, Vargas J, Medina E, Millán R, Brenes M.
BACKGROUND:
A recent study conducted by Medina et al. disclosed that virgin olive oil has a bactericidal effect in vitro against Helicobacter pylori because of its contents of certain phenolic compounds with dialdehydic structures. We carried out two clinical trials to evaluate the effect of virgin olive oil on H. pylori-infected individuals.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Two different pilot studies were performed with 60 H. pylori-infected adults. In the first study, thirty subjects who tested positive for H. pylori received 30 g of washed virgin olive oil for 14 days, and after 1 month, the patients took 30 g of unwashed virgin olive oil for another 14 days. In a second study, a group of 30 subjects received 30 g of a different virgin olive oil for 14 days. Helicobacter pylori-infection status was checked by the urea breath test.
RESULTS:
Helicobacter pylori was eradicated in 8 of 30 individuals when microorganism status was checked after 4-6 weeks from the first clinical intervention although 12 of 30 individuals did not show H. pylori infection at 24-72 hour of the last oil dose. Eradication rates were 27 and 40% by intention to treat and per protocol, respectively. Moreover, only 3 of 30 individuals were H. pylori negative after 4-6 weeks from the second clinical intervention but 5 of 30 were negative at 24-72 hour of the last oil dose. Eradication rates were 10 and 11% by intention to treat and per protocol, respectively. It must also be noted that 13 subjects withdrew from the studies because of taste and nausea drawbacks.
CONCLUSIONS:
The administration of virgin olive oil showed moderate effectiveness in eradicating H. pylori. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings, especially with longer periods, different administration conditions, and several types of olive oils.

[Thoughts con "redpill/MGTOW" movements?]


"Peasants and serfs, and women, used to be legally defined as property, with monetary value. The laws changed, but the values didn’t, the value of people is still strongly related to money, with pretty women being worth more than homely women. The men who are complaining are usually people who are satisfied with the general organization of society. They probably haven’t considered how common it is for parents to instill those values in their children, and they will probably do the same when they have children. “Getting ahead in life” usually has nasty implications." Ray Peat, PhD

A short video clip of Ray Peat speaking in a 2010 documentary: "A Questionable Remedy" about psychiatric drugs.

[How to deal with a constant meat hunger?]

"Cheeses, of varied flavors, and some eggs, occasional chicharrones, occasional sea food, seem to do it. I think the iron in eggs and oysters can provide enough to prevent an iron hunger." Ray Peat, PhD

[Least inflammatory meat cuts?]

"Skin (chicharrones) and ox-tail." Ray Peat, PhD

[How to deal with a pollen allergy?]

"Coca Cola helps with a mild allergy, aspirin and antihistamines usually help." Ray Peat, PhD

["What's in coke that's helpful for it?"]

"Besides the sugar, caffeine, and CO2, I think some of the extractives of coca leaves and cola berries are antiinflammatory." Ray Peat, PhD