by Ray Peat, PhD Several years ago, George Crile, of the Cleveland Clinic, observed that his clinic had removed only 11 thyroids that year, and that they had done more than 5000 thyroidectomies annually in the 1920s. The reason for the change was that they found that there was rarely any reason to remove the […]
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Dietary Fats, Temperature, and Your Body
Also see: Why Fish Oil Fails: A Comprehensive 21st Century Lipids-Based Physiologic Analysis Charts: Mean SFA, MUFA, & PUFA Content of Various Dietary Fats Dangers of PUFA Videos Fats and Oils: The significance of temperature Fish Oil Toxicity Errors in Nutrition: Essential Fatty Acids “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Fat Deficient Animals […]
– September 17, 2011
Benefits of Aspirin
Also see: Ray Peat, PhD on Aspirin Aspirin and Exercise A Cancer Treatment in Your Medicine Cabinet? PUFA Promote Cancer Arachidonic Acid’s Role in Stress and Shock Sunburn, PUFA, Prostaglandins, and Aspirin Phospholipases, PUFA, and Inflammation Dietary PUFA Reflected in Human Subcutaneous Fat Tissue Toxicity of Stored PUFA PUFA – Accumulation and Aging Brain Swelling […]
– August 15, 2011
PUFA, Fish Oil, and Alzheimers
Also see: Brain Swelling Induced by Polyunsaturated Fats (PUFA) Fish Oil Toxicity Women, Estrogen, and Circulating DHA PUFA – Accumulation & Aging Fat Deficient Animals – Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Glucocorticoids, Cytochrome Oxidase, and Metabolism Dietary PUFA Reflected in Human Subcutaneous Fat Tissue Benefits of Red Light […]
– February 12, 2011
The Perils of PUFA: Oxidative Stress
Excerpt from Precious Yet Perilous by Chris Masterjohn The Perils of PUFA: Oxidative Stress In 1985, the lipid researcher Hugh Sinclair gave a pre-banquet speech on his seventy-fifth birthday before the Second International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids, Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes in London, in which he described the deleterious effects of one hundred days on an […]
– January 18, 2011
Precious Yet Perilous: Understanding the Essential Fatty Acids
Precious Yet Perilous Health Topics – Know Your Fats Understanding the Essential Fatty Acids by Chris Masterjohn George and Mildred Burr traversed the long roads leading from California to Minnesota in a Model T Ford Roadster in 1928, smuggling their two cages of Long-Evans rats into hotel rooms under overcoats to keep them safe from the […]
– October 13, 2010
Have L.A.’s homeless people dodged a COVID-19 catastrophe?
Source By GALE HOLLAND STAFF WRITER AUG. 21, 2020 8 AM PT When the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, advocates predicted that a “time bomb” was about to go off in the homeless community. Many homeless people live under conditions worse than those of a refugee camp, with health problems that predispose them to severe illness. Researchers feared they’d succumb […]
– May 8, 2021
Low Estrogen Content in Milk
Also see: Toxic Plant Estrogens Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio, PTH, and Bone Health Calcium Paradox Source of Dietary Calcium: Chicken Egg Shell Powder Low CO2 in Hypothyroidism Blood Pressure Management with Calcium & Dairy Hypertension and Calcium Deficiency Excess Dietary Phosphorus Lowers Vitamin D Levels Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS), Vitamin D, and Cancer Phosphate, activation, […]
– June 1, 2016
Protective Progesterone: Menstrual Cycle Related Epilepsy (Catamenial Epilepsy)
Also see: Epilepsy and Progesterone by Ray Peat, PhD Estrogen, Glutamate, & Free Fatty Acids Estrogen’s Role in Seizures The Brain – Estrogen’s Harm and Progesterone’s Protection Women, Estrogen, and Circulating DHA PUFA, Fish Oil, and Alzheimers Ray Peat, PhD on the Menstrual Cycle Autoimmune Disease and Estrogen Connection Estrogen, Progesterone, and Epilepsy: What’s the […]
– September 23, 2013
Dr. John R Lee Talks about Progesterone, Estrogen
Also see: Hormonal profiles in women with breast cancer Ray Peat, PhD on the Menstrual Cycle SOS for PMS PUFA Increases Estrogen PUFA Inhibit Glucuronidation PUFA Promote Cancer Maternal PUFA Intake Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Female Offspring Estrogen and Bowel Transit Time Autoimmune Disease and Estrogen Connection Study: Acquired Breast Cancer Risk Spans Multiple […]
– May 8, 2013
Ray Peat, PhD on Brewer’s Yeast
Also see: Collection of Ray Peat Quote Blogs by FPS Collection of FPS Charts Master List – Ray Peat, PhD Interviews Diabetes: Conversion of Alpha-cells into Beta-cells The Streaming Organism The Randle Cycle Bisphenol A (BPA), Estrogen, and Diabetes Insulin Inhibits Lipolysis Aldosterone, Sodium Deficiency, and Insulin Resistance “Many people with diabetes have used brewer’s […]
– April 25, 2013
Cheese making dates back 7500 years
Also see: Cheese Chunks Adorn Ancient Mummies Calcium Paradox Hypertension and Calcium Deficiency Blood Pressure Management with Calcium & Dairy Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio, PTH, and Bone Health Low CO2 in Hypothyroidism Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS), Vitamin D, and Cancer Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and bone health Source of Dietary Calcium: Chicken Egg Shell Powder Milk […]
– December 23, 2012
Heart Arrhythmia
Also see: Protect the Mitochondria Thyroid Status and Cardiovascular Disease “Normal” TSH: Marker for Increased Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease The Cholesterol and Thyroid Connection High Blood Pressure and Hypothyroidism A Cure for Heart Disease Hypothyroidism and A Shift in Death Patterns High Estrogen and Heart Disease in Men Unsaturated Fats and Heart Damage […]
– December 20, 2012
Lactose Intolerance: Starch, Fructose, Sucrose, & Thyroid Status
Also see: Hypothyroidism, Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, & Lactose Intolerance Autoimmunity and Intestinal Flora Thumbs Up: Fructose Am J Physiol. 1995 Jun;268(6 Pt 1):G1066-73. Diet-induced changes in gene expression of lactase in rat jejunum. Goda T, Yasutake H, Suzuki Y, Takase S, Koldovský O. To explore the mechanisms by which jejunal lactase activity is modified by […]
– December 19, 2012