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“Animal experiments show that lack of thyroid hormone can cause cystic ovaries.” -Ray Peat, PhD in “Nutrition for Women” Animal Reproduction Science Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 159-168, July 1995 The importance of thyroid hormone in experimental ovarian cyst formation in gilts Remigiusz Fitko, Jan Kucharski, Beata Szlezyngier The Anatomical Record Volume 90, Issue [...]
Preventing Breast Cancer by John Gofman, MD
Preventing Breast Cancer by John Gofman, MD
So I’m a doctor, but I kind of slipped sideways into research, and now I’m an epidemiologist. And nobody really knows what epidemiology is. Epidemiology is the science of how we know in the real world if something is good for you or bad for you. And it’s best understood through example as the science [...]
Male, 38, Canada 1. What was the primary benefit of doing the Program for you? For me, it was mostly about learning and putting together in a more organized fashion, all of the elements that form a protective nutritional approach based on Peat’s ideas. 2. Did you experience changes in energy, appetite, emotional balance, and [...]
Female, age 32, VA & CA How has the continued use of the 180 Program nutrition principles helped you? It’s been 18 months since I started the 180 program. The following are benefits that I’ve experienced since beginning and maintaining this way of life: Weight loss (formerly a size 8, I am now a size [...]
Also see - Arachidonic Acid’s Role in Stress and Shock Anti-Inflammatory Omega -9 Mead Acid (Eicosatrienoic acid) In adults, prostaglandins are known to be involved in many of the harmful effects of inflammation. They are formed from the polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and arachidonic acid, which we are unable to synthesize ourselves, so the adult’s [...]
Also see Exercise and Effect on Thyroid Hormone Metabolism, Brain Size, and Lifespan in Mammals Ray Peat, PhD: Quotes Relating to Exercise How strong is your resting metabolism? The resting metabolic rate (RMR) is responsible for 60 to 75% of daily energy expenditure (Poehlman, 1989). Energy expenditure from exercise is thus small relative to the [...]
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Apr;89(4):1031-6. Epub 2009 Feb 25. Increased television viewing is associated with elevated body fatness but not with lower total energy expenditure in children. Jackson DM, Djafarian K, Stewart J, Speakman JR. BACKGROUND: Television (TV) viewing in children is associated with a higher body mass index, but it is unknown whether [...]
Also see: Unsaturated Fats and Longevity “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure. -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi The brain has a high rate of oxidative metabolism, and so it forms a very large proportion of the carbon [...]
