A while ago, I wrote a beginner-friendly intro to Peat's work and many people found it helpful. I still get messages about it regularly. Link is in my profile if you want to give it a read.

How it should be

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You are NOT lazy. You are NOT unfocused. You are NOT EVEN metabolically impaired. You are JUST retarded.

Nietzsche wrote his entire graduation thesis ("On Theognis of Megara") in Latin and Greek at the age of 19. You are nobody. I repeat, you are nobody.

Watching a video of a guy trying to double his free testosterone levels by doing IF, resistance training, taking cold baths, maca extract & tongkat ali and eating no sugars. After 2 weeks, free test dropped ~20%.

Wait until they find out what happens if you put pineapple juice or vinegar on it

Your favorite "biohacker" has NOTHING on the great Titus. Titus... • Grows and eats his own organic food (no herbicides/pesticides) • Is out in the sun all day (circadian health, full spectrum light, vitamin D synthesis) • Drives a horse/cart around the hills (no airborne persistent pollutants; bonus lymphatic drainage) • Drinks and bathes in spring water (all minerals; no endocrine disruptors) • Has several pets, knows all neighbors (well socialized, enriched environment) • Doesn't wear shoes except in the winter (grounding 24/7) • Climbs trees, does acrobatics (meaningful movement; childlike euphoria) • Doesn't have electricity (no phone, blue light nor nnEMF) • Doesn't have nor need a job (non rat race, low stress lifestyle) • Doesn't grift cheap supplements (clear conscience) • Doesn't trust doctors anymore (no possibility for allopathic iatrogenesis) • Doesn't even have an ID (piratical freedom from authority) • Is convinced God is on his side and will always take care of him (non-fearful predisposition) The guy isn't even Amish. He grew up in the city, got tired of it, and now lives in a Mark Twain novel.

This healed a cavity btw

You listen to Andrew Hooooberman and take biotin to fix your brittle nails. I listen to a borderline autistic Bulgarian man with unparalleled knowledge of endocrinology who rents out labs, injects mice with aggressive tumors, and literally cures cancer with biotin and aspirin to prove metabolic theories of aging and disease once championed by Nobel prizes that have been suppressed under the brutal weight of corporate interests and neo-Platonic idealism. We are not the same.

I really can't emphasize enough how the best supplement, nootropic, "biohack", etc. is winning.

Before Peating → After Peating

You've been cortisol-maxxed.

Daily copper peptides serum + tea-extract moisturizer + red light therapy + early sunlight has prompted several people to ask what my skincare routine is. Serious improvement in just a month.

"The same life, though with fewer bodies."

Ray Peat talks about this

A lot of theorizing around this topic seems unnecessary. The Greeks themselves showed us what the ideal physique looks like.

Landshark tweets be like

Learning hack: always study subjects assuming one day you'll be asked "why" or "how" on a live podcast in front of millions of people.

Honestly, hard no. Nietzsche admired Odysseus, Goethe, Napoleon, Alexander—world-historical men living beyond G&E who justified life as an aesthetic phenomenon. Tate is an utilitarian w/ cam-whores... I can't imagine Nietzsche having any reaction other than disgust towards him.

Idk if this one or the "polite" one is more unhinged

You can only be "just a girl" for so long... Men also come to expect some level of drive and competence from their woman, especially if she is to become the mother of their children.

Nietzsche said reading a book in the morning was depraved; imagine how low he'd think of doom scrolling.

THE RANDLE CYCLE By far one of the most important physiological processes to understand, particularly in the context of the Peatsphere, is the so-called Randle Cycle or Randle Effect. If you listen to any interviews with our beloved bioenergetic Bulgarian @haidut you will see it pops up regularly—and for good reason. The Randle Cycle refers to the substrate competition between glucose and fatty acids for energy. In plain English: when a cell is using carbs for energy, it struggles to use fat; and when it is using fat for energy, it struggles to use carbs. This is important because the bioenergetic view holds that the inability to oxidize glucose for energy (and all it entails) is at the core of degenerative diseases such as heart complications, Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, etc. I made this diagram hoping to elucidate this with a bit more detail: (Forgive me, friends, I know all diagrams are inherently flawed, but I enjoy making them nonetheless. Just note that all of this is an oversimplification because cells don't operate like machines in which A → B → C all the time, and because players at a cellular level don't just interact through clear-cut mechanisms (e.g., "lock-and-key" interactions)) What the diagram says When free fatty acids "activate" the Randle Cycle, they prevent proper glucose oxidation... (1) Through allosteric inhibition of enzymes PFK1, Pyruvate Kinase, and PDH, crucial players in the breakdown of glucose/pyruvate so we can gather their electrons; and... (2) Through metabolic regulation of the cell’s redox balance in favor of NADH* and FADH2**, into the so-called "reduced state" (i.e. a "slow and heavy" state, away from efficient oxidation). * This inhibits PDH, the Krebs Cycle, and turns accumulated pyruvate into lactate. No bueno. ** This overloads Complex II in the Electron Transport Chain, thus increasing ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species, AKA "free radicals") generated in Complex I and increasing levels of NADH—thereby feeding a vicious cycle. What the diagram means When free fatty acids in the blood increase above a certain threshold (right side), they compete with glucose (left side) for uptake into the cell. This is a rare case of quasi-binary switch in living organisms. Yes, cells can oxidize both carbs and fats, even some at roughly the same time, but overall it is easier for them to stick to one source of energy. Think of it as a car that could somehow run on both gasoline and diesel at separate times, but would get overwhelmed if you poured a 50/50 mixed of both into its tank. Except here, unlike with a car, your ability to use one fuel vs the other will be influenced by whichever fuel is being used most of the time. It's not that cells "forget" how to use carbs, but that the pathways to their proper use get burdened. Peat mentioned this effect is seen almost immediately in hospitalized patients who are given an intravenous emulsion of soy oil, which leads to a rapid decline in their ability to metabolize glucose. This explains why some people, like those doing long-term keto, have a seriously hard time reimplementing carbs into their day-to-day lives. Doing so causes all sorts of problems, so they blame the carbs. But it was never "carbs themselves" that were problematic, it was their (in)ability to metabolize them. Why this matters The bioenergetic tradition believes efficient energy metabolism is central to health. By ensuring health at a cellular level, you cultivate bottom-up health; by unburdening the particular (cellular health) you ameliorate the systemic (organismic health). When I say “unburdening” our cells or metabolism in general, I ultimately mean allowing cellular respiration to occur as “efficiently” as possible: generating more ATP sustainably, and thus more of is protective byproducts like CO2, fewer of its risky byproducts like ROS, etc. Doing this at an organismic scale—by discouraging processes, substances, etc. that inhibit it, and encouraging those that promote it—gives your physiology enough tools to really “do its thing”, unconstrained, relying less on adaptive stress mechanisms that, whilst practical in the short-term, lead to a plethora of long-term issues. Thus, an "activated" Randle Cycle is problematic because you are potentially messing with a process central to life itself. By activating it you have two "opposed" energy substrates trying to shove themselves into a single cell, each cancelling the negentropic mission of the other. This leads to all sorts of issues like wasting electrons in and out of the ETC (Electron Transport Chain), unnecessarily raising blood glucose levels, messing with the pancreas' ability to make insulin, promoting the production of AGEs (Advanced Glycation End-products) and just generally making a bit of a metabolic mess. Basic practical info - Obese people should be particularly careful vis-à-vis the Randle Cycle given that they have a superabundant supply of endogenous fat ready to clog things up. - Speaking of being fat, a high-carb, high-fat diet will make you fat. - On the other hand, a high-carb, low-fat diet could help you lose fat without wasting excessive tissue and whilst minimizing metabolic distress. - Eating carbs ad libitum does not come without risks, however. One obvious challenge is they increase the metabolic rate, which means they increase the rate at which cofactors such as B-vitamins (particularly involved in carbohydrate oxidation) get "used up". Be careful and don't just shove sugar into your mouth. - Short and medium chain fatty acids, like those found in coconut oil and goat/cow milk, don't seem to be subject to the Randle Cycle because they are metabolized more like sugars. - Before Krusers et al. jump at my throat, it's definitely a good idea to get as much sunlight as you can without burning, and it will help you metabolize glucose. - To the surprise (and, I'm sure, outrage) of many, the Randle Cycle seems to explain that it is the chronic oxidation of fat—not glucose—that leads to diabetes, and in fact an intelligent combination of carbohydrates and B vitamins has been proven to completely reverse diabetes. - Finally, on the topic of B vitamins, if you suspect you have trouble metabolizing carbs, consider playing around with nutritional yeast (NY) or brewer's yeast (BY). Mix about 10 grams with boiling water, let the yellow deposits rest at the bottom, and drink the liquid. B vitamins are water-soluble, so you don't need the residue (in fact, it's best you don't drink it). When you take it, make sure to eat extra calcium (e.g., more milk, cheese, eggshells, calcium carbonate powder throughout the day) and maybe pop an aspirin to prevent the synthesis of estrogen, or rub a drop or two of Progest-E on your gums, if you have some. If you truly were deficient in some of them, you should feel its effects very quickly (1 h to 1 day). How those effects manifest will depend on many factors, but people report more mental clarity, sustained energy, and a feeling relaxed readiness. That is all. Thank you guys for reading. If you made it all the way here say I wish you an endless supply of fresh grass-fed goat milk and nonallergenic, glyphosate-free honey.

Why is a 40-something year old guy on my timeline saying he loves making his wife's "cheeks clap"? By all means make them clap but keep it to yourself and your wife man. Unbelievable levels of tackiness.

Jordan B. Peaterson

"Appeals to nature" and "naturalisms" are logical fallacies in the moral/ethical domain. In the domains of biology and nutrition, it is in fact prudent to "appeal to nature", meaning, to a latent intelligence that surpasses yours by a trillionfold. Iatrogenic hubris, begone.

People can hate on Paul all they want but he is living quite the life. In love with his work, in great shape, in a tropical location, helping people, surfing, making bank... Better than 95% of us here.

We could become filthy rich by offering IQ-maxxing services to Thiel-types. Feeding them liver & oysters, ensuring access to fresh OJ & beanies, installing quartz windows & incandescent bulbs in their office, preparing Haidutian concoctions... my god... imagine the Thielbucks...

This is our prerogative and our "duty". Everything we believe in is an outgrowth of competence. Everything we wish for is downstream from excellence.

Remarkable how well the man on the right personifies estrogen. Swole-maxxed, bloat-maxxed, water-logged, oxygen-deprived. He is about to undergo either division or apoptosis.

Incredible how you can realize something is wrong and proceed to fix it, instead of trying to convince everyone that it is their perception of what's wrong—and not what is wrong itself—that needs change.

"How I ACHIEVED an anterior pelvic tilt, poor thoracic mobility and rib flare - 5 Habits"

Just received the book your doctor will be reading in 2050.

She progesteroned across the room very thyroidly.

men don't understand just how expensive lathering yourself with parabens, phthalates, bisphenols, triclosan, alkylphenols, 1,4-dioxane, aluminum, butylated hydroxyanisole, oxybenzone, octocrylene and titanium nanoparticles is

Astonishing that an MD could come to the correct (1st grade biochem) conclusion that pretty much our entire food supply gets metabolized into sugar without realizing that maybe sugar isn't the problem.

I find myself saying once again how...

It's live! As the work of Ray Peat has gained traction, more and more people have asked for a simple & practical overview of his main ideas. This article is my humble attempt at presenting just that. Give it a read and/or share it with your loved ones! impero.substack.com/p/raypea…

They don't tell you this, but you can learn anything you want. You can literally take basic books and YouTube courses and just start brushing up on knowledge you feel is currently relevant to your journey. You can make flashcards from everything to optimize retention, too. Nobody can stop you from doing this. Nobody can stop you from becoming unstoppable.

It's more a matter of cumulative stress. Resistance training does raise T, provided you get ample rest, adequate food and little additional stress.

Modern art began as an offensive joke. A great joke. But like all jokes, repeating it ad nauseam devalues it. They've tried to tell it in different ways, through different means. *Some* paraphrases stick. Most are mere (pathetic) shadows.

About to draw my first CO2 bath of the season. One of my absolute favorite health interventions.

> Milk > Meat > Unbelievable quantities of fruit Few know Nietzsche followed a Ray Peat style diet.

Most people's coffee experience consists of: - A random mix of bad quality beans (from God knows where and in what state) - Roasted to the point of incineration (to mask imperfections, variance, etc.) - Ground unevenly (which guarantees both over- and under-extraction at once, for maximum bitterness) - Extracted with terrible quality water (which technically is ~98% of the drink) - Mixed with sugar to mask the bitterness (it doesn't; fat and salt kinda do) - Drank on an empty stomach (for maximum intestinal violence) AND YET it's still the most popular drink in human history. Goes to show how amazing coffee is.

More and more, thread-speech makes me want to kill myself.

Wait until you find out 95% of mindset issues are gut issues.

The original (inner) beta blocker

You can say many things about Georgi but he actually has the build of a jolly high T Bulgarian plumber. Big neck and traps; thick wrists and hands. The type to save you from a burning building and beat you at arm wrestling.

Quartz glass windows for fuller spectrum light

Update: Gf's been on 1.5 months of daily Progest-e (cruise dose now). PMS symptoms have gone from 1-2 days of excruciating pain (even vomiting) to a barely noticeable short-lived discomfort. Mission accomplished boys let's wrap it up.

The year is 2092. My body temperature approaches absolute zero. I now age one zeptosecond per decade. I can feel my atoms slowing down. I haven't pooped in three years. My task is almost complete. Soon, I will become Time itself.

Just saw the tombs of Dante, Machiavelli, Michaelangelo, and Galileo. They're all right next to each other, inside the same church.

The Mike Israetel (& Nippard) Files have once again proven that even the most celebrated “scientific” and “evidence-based” fitness experts can’t match the depth or nuance of Peat, Ling, Selye, Haidut, even Kruse, etc. Our space, though imperfect, is simply on a different league.

Nietzsche 🤝 Peaters

Never thought I'd be excited about receiving a book on female hormones but here we are.

The Ray Peat sphere receives plenty of facile and unfair criticisms, so let me lay out what I consider to be some interesting ones. This is by no means an exhaustive list. - On Animal Studies: It likely over-relies on animal studies. These are orders of magnitude cheaper to run than human studies and significantly less complex (e.g., drastically more controlled environments, fewer confounding variables, etc.). Thus, they are relatively superabundant. The Peat sphere is comfortable using this data to extrapolate information, partly because it believes the same set of principles governs all of life, particularly among mammals. I think this is an intelligent trade-off as long as it is a conscious one—but it is still a trade-off. We should proactively look out for high-quality human studies and let them steer or override our previous "placeholder beliefs" when they come along. - On Older Studies: On a similar note, it likely over-relies on old studies. The main justification for this is clear and sound: science is science, regardless of whether it happened now or half a century ago. Another argument often tags along: academia was more willing to experiment "outside the box" back in the day; nowadays, it is overspecialized, and its incentives are misplaced. I agree with this reasoning. However, there is one dimension of research quality that can (and should) trump these arguments: replicability. If results from old studies cannot be replicated, we should put an asterisk next to them, and be happy to do so. - On White Sugar: There is a massive push in this space towards limiting processed foods, environmental toxins, etc. I am all for it. However, these same standards are rarely applied to one of our favorite ingredients: sugar. The space loves repeating Peat's advice out of context (e.g., that white sugar can be preferable because it "contains fewer allergens") but it is ultimately a heavily manipulated product, and I’m not convinced it is as pure as "glucose + fructose" in most commercial settings (e.g., glyphosate seems to be an issue). For most people, most of the time, it is simply inferior to alternatives like panela sugar, coconut sugar, cane sugar, and (of course) honey, particularly when organic. - On the Selective “Feel Good” Principle: People in the space like to say, "If it makes you feel good, you're doing something right"—which I definitely agree with—but are quick to throw that out the window when someone does something that goes against their general principles. If they feel good when fasting, it's "because of adrenaline"; if they feel good when implementing more omega-3s, it's "because the immune system is suppressed"; if they feel good when taking black cumin oil, it's "despite the PUFA"; if they feel good when eating more fermented/probiotic foods, it's "because some bacteria can have an antibiotic effect...?". This is inconsistent. - On Thyroid Supplementation: Speaking of inconsistency, it has always seemed strange to me when people justify their thyroid supplementation by saying, "Our ancestors used to eat thyroid in soups, stews, etc." This can be true for certain populations, and it is a shame doing so is harder than ever, but such a sporadic and organic intake of thyroid cannot justify weighing, timing, and ultimately depending on recurring doses of T3 throughout the day. If anything, supplementing NDT now and then would better replicate their intake. Yes, its dosages vary, but so do nature's. There are good reasons to take thyroid, but this isn't one of them. - On Unessential FAs: The evidence stating PUFAs are completely unnecessary is too speculative. Masterjohn has done a great deep dive into why and agrees with people in the space that requirements are vastly overstated. I side with him on this—but in truth, I don't think we need an in-depth analysis as to why something as ubiquitous as PUFA (found in all mammals to some degree, in breast milk, brains, etc.) isn’t, after all, some sort of cosmic mistake. When confronted with this, the Peat space tends to disregard this debate on the basis that it is ultimately academic/theoretical. I agree that it is, but we should nevertheless let it inform how we view the rest of the bioenergetic paradigm. There are more things I could say, but these are the ones that came to mind as I fell asleep last night. God knows I love Peat's work and think he is a generational genius, so I think we owe it to him to never remain complacent and keep treading on our toes when navigating this space.

People love bringing up how much beauty standards have (supposedly) changed over time, but it's hard to imagine a universe in which a medieval peasant presented with something like this wouldn't have a cerebral aneurysm.

I must confess after seeing BAP's recipe I've been having black tea with heavy cream, sugar, salt and a splash of rum almost daily for the last month. I call it The Black Bull. Powerful stuff.

World's Fattest Peater

If you've ever experienced high metabolic euphoria for a while, but now find yourself nostalgically reminiscing on it with cold hands, you have Peaty SD.

Pretty lame take, especially considering he baited you on that tweet.

Update: Having looked around quite a bit, The Art of Problem Solving book series seems to be one of the best resources to acquire intuitive mathematical problem-solving skills. As the authors themselves state: "The information in this book cannot be learned by osmosis. What the book teaches is not facts, but approaches. [...] If you find yourself memorizing formulas, you are missing the point. The formulas should become obvious to you as you read." To make them "become obvious", each book presents you with a bazillion problems for you to work through. All solutions are available in their respective adjoining volumes. Very cool stuff to look into in case this is something you're interested in cultivating.

"Mr. Salad-ino, you better be ready for this one 😈 First, a good picture where you're young... then, a screenshot from a recent video... good... good... now it just needs some science... I'll mention glycation... sounds like glucose... oh yeah... oh my god... this is a banger"

Average Calcium Enjoyer

Redditors LOVE saying nnEMF cannot be problematic because it's *non-ionizing*, but biologists are growing worms with two (or no) heads just by slightly manipulating bioelectrical gradients in their cells. Their offspring look just like them too, despite no genetic intervention.

Alberti is one of my favorite manifestations of this spirit.

FLORENCE: A GUIDE As many of you already know, my gf and I spent last week in Florence. Here are a few recommendations (and a bit of context) if you ever plan on visiting it. (Warning: Very Long Thread)

"I'm not convinced this is bad. Send me a study." - Here's a conversation discussing many. "Is the guy a doctor though?" - Yeah. He is a nutrition PhD. "Right, a "doctor" then." - Huh? "Is he an MD?" - Not him. But this other guy is. "APPEAL TO AUTHORITY!" - What? "Just send me the study." - Like this one? "No. Send me a BETTER one." - Here's a list of several. "You think you can GISH GALLOP me? You silly little fool." - Idk man just pick one... "Where's the result though?" - What do you mean? "The paragraph. Feed me the paragraph I need." - It's an extensive review of mechanisms of action depending on gene— "A PARAGRAPH! You incompetent imbecile." - Excuse me? "This is not good enough. None of you IDIOTS are up to my standards." - Do you hold these other studies to the same standards though? "Of course I do. I only read RCTs." - You mean these ones with short time frames, few participants, messy data, dubious funding, and where they basically fed the control group processed slop? "ENOUGH! You keep wasting my precious, precious time." - Okay, last attempt. Here is a simple, good quality RCT, its abstract, its possible mechanisms of action, its most important genetic considerations, and a commentary from the authors on why, even if you're on the fence about these things, it's a safe bet not to indulge in them, given their known mechanisms of action, how recent their development is, all the harsh processing involved, our limited understanding of these matters in general, and the fact that more time-tested alternatives are readily available. "APPEAL TO NATURE!" - It's not unreasonable to outsource some decisions to nature as we gather better data, given that it's basically a million-year-old randomized contr— "APPEAL TO NATURE!!!" - But what about the rest of what I said and sent? Did you check it out? "..." - So? "..." - Hello? "Forget it. Just dance for me." - What? "DANCE FOR ME, pretty boy."

It's hard to convey just how much dumber I become after extensive reel consumption. The IQ-loss to meters-scrolled ratio must be calculated.

Life (milk) Earth (coffee) Sun (orange juice) Sky (methylene blue) The Four Peaty Elements

- Rather fat person: "You're going to get fat if you keep eating this much sugar." - Me: "Do you eat sugar?" - "Barely." - "..." - "..."

It's SUMMER TIME boys and girls which means it's time to start drinking COJAY (Coconut oil OJ): - Fresh OJ - Melted coconut oil (or MCT oil) - Optional: Raw honey - Blended and served A metabolic miracle. You can also add a splash of gin to make your day subjectively better.

Did not feel like cooking so this is lunch.

Enjoying the MOAS (Mother Of All Shakes): - 250 g goat kefir - 150 g frozen berries - 100 g fresh milk (to tune texture) - 30 g raw honey - 15 g raw cacao - 10 g bee pollen - 10 g creatine - 3 g glycine - 3 g taurine - 3 egg yolks - Pinch of electrolytes

You can buy 5 L of medical grade 0.1% methylene blue for 15 €. Not that you should—you should simply not get scammed.

They simply do not care. Not saying this as finger-wagging. It's just that they don't care.

These videos sadden me. He died for absolutely nothing. No mission, no glory, nothing. What a waste.

Serotonergic, though not to everyone. It has bromelain, an enzyme often used to tenderize meat (hence my comment).

Can't solve stress with stress

Wait—soybean's scientific name is "Glycine Max"?

Inside of you there are two wolves

The master's degree in entrepreneurship is the cherry on top

You've heard of the positive calcium-to-phosphorus ratio. But have you heard of the 1:2 likes-to-bookmarks ratio? Another hallmark of Peating.

Say my name

"No Ben Shapiro?" 💀

Fellas what's the verdict on these? I have none. Zero. And the amount of women proudly boasting theirs on the QTs makes me think that's a good thing...

My favorite part of being a FAKE PEATER is when I get to eat a YUMMY SAMMICH.

Georgi & Danny rise out of the ashes with a restored spirit. The Ray Peat Forum's apoptosis makes way for an epic revival. Life sheds weakness in search of boundless strength. Energy and structure are interdependent at every level. We literally cannot lose.

Georgi please know the "autistic" comment is meant to be praise of the highest kind.

You don't hear much about black seed oil these days.

RIP.

I once heard someone call him "the Gwyneth Paltrow of RW Twitter" and it stuck with me.