Ep.74: Refuting Nutrition With Judy’s “Thoughts on the Ray Peat Diet” (Part 2) - a podcast by Jay Feldman Wellness

from 2021-11-08T07:48:04

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In this episode we discuss:


  • Why low-carb diets are inherently stressful




  • How carbohydrates oppose stress and decrease the stress hormones




  • Why carbohydrates ARE essential and why their intake plays a vital role in our endocrine systems  




  • Whether most people have hypothyroidism and how carnivore diets can cause hypothyroidism




  • Why carnivore diets are NOT ideal for gut health even if they improve symptoms in the short-term 




  • The real reason why people are moving from a carnivore diet to a “Ray Peat Diet”




 


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Timestamps:


3:03 – why low-carb diets drive physiological stress and carbohydrates oppose stress


21:51 – why carbohydrates are essential and why our endocrine systems are so tightly tuned to carbohydrate intake


29:19 – do most people have hypothyroidism?


44:38 – is hypothyroidism ever the root problem?


53:28 – how carnivore diets can cause hypothyroidism


1:01:36 – whether taking exogenous steroid hormones (like pregnenolone or progesterone) will increase cortisol


1:12:19 – should we focus on gut health over thyroid health?


1:23:31 – why are people really moving from carnivore to a “Ray Peat Diet?”

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