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

"I think the probability is that the US policies will strengthen the Russian-Chinese economies, and that Germany will see the importance of doing business with Russia. The US dollar was threatened by Iraq and Libya, but the US won’t be able to stop Russian and China from cutting their use of dollars; I think the dollar is approaching a disastrous loss of value."

Ray Peat, PhD

"Hi Ray. Do you think homosexual people can become straight with a correction of their hormones? Have you ever seen anything of the sort?"

"I’ve seen people change both directions with changing hormones, late teens and late forties." Ray Peat, PhD

[Feeling better after a fever?]

"I think a fever can be restorative, giving the immune system a boost and a clean beginning." Ray Peat, PhD

"As capitalism matures, Marx suggested that everything would be monopolized, and the people could then just nationalize the monopolies." Ray Peat, PhD

[Can pollution cause hypothyroidism?]

"I once experienced a few weeks of hyperthyroidism after leaving a polluted environment." Ray Peat, PhD

[Solution to that?]

"The detoxifying process is gradual, I think it’s best to get out of pollution as quickly as possible. Eating raw cabbage, or its juice, will quickly reduce thyroid effect." Ray Peat, PhD

"In Venezuela, Chavez put working people into officer positions in the military, and the army has resisted coups. Evo failed to do that, so the police and army immediately turned to the fascists. The possibility of nationalization of the lithium, oil, gas, and metals worried the corporations, now they feel safer." Ray Peat, PhD (2019)

[Does Progest-E keep well over time unrefrigerated?]

"Yes, I often use old stuff, it’s only the vitamin E that loses potency with prolonged warm exposure to oxygen." Ray Peat, PhD

"Unless the empire dies with Trump, Mexico could be franchised to death. With luck, a good wall will protect Mexico from an avalanche of refuges from the north." Ray Peat, PhD (March 2019)

"The crazy right-wing conspiracy theorists are right about almost everything." Ray Peat, PhD (2017)

[2019 question]

"Hi Ray. What do you think of Trump's tenure so far?"

"I think he might bring the empire to a close sooner than expected. As the rest of the world goes on with its business, the 50 US states could start looking like a big Gaza." Ray Peat, PhD

[2022 question - Can China and the global south rule the world without some of western tech?]

"I think “the west” is least likely to put technology to good use; the current trend has been to apply it badly." Ray Peat, PhD

[Mexico being a learning experience, improving optimism for you?]

"At the time that I first went to Mexico City, in 1955, the US culture was at its worst; I studied painting with Arnold Belkin, philosophy with Ramon Xirau, and when I came back I had a more optimistic feeling, an expanded sense of possibilities. That was why (in 1960) I thought an independent college in Mexico would be a good idea—the culture could support independent thinking. When I hear immigrants to the US describing their experience here, I see that their perception of this culture is very different from mine. The US that presents itself to the world, the advertisement, lives in the minds of millions of its inhabitants." Ray Peat, PhD (2019)