Ep. 73: Refuting Nutrition With Judy’s “Thoughts on the Ray Peat Diet” (Part 1)
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In this episode we discuss:
-Why our brains favor glucose as their fuel source
-Why fat is less energetically favorable as a fuel compared to carbohydrates
-The problem with reducing the bioenergetic view to the “Ray Peat diet”
-The amount of carbohydrates our bodies can handle before storing them as fat
-Whether consuming carbohydrates causes Alzheimer’s disease
-Whether the raising of our blood sugar and the production of insulin is wasteful and harmful
0:00 – intro
3:01 – an introduction to Nutrition With Judy’s article on Ray Peat
7:41 – energy and metabolism are at the core of the bioenergetic view
18:43 – the problem with reducing the bioenergetic paradigm to the “Ray Peat diet” and the importance of context
29:28 – why carbohydrate oxidation is more energetically favorable to fat oxidation
41:09 – why consuming carbohydrates does not make you fat or prevent you from oxidizing fat
45:35 – our body’s impressive capacity for carbohydrate oxidation and storage
58:06 – glucose requirements in the brain other than energy production
1:00:21 – why the increased production of CO2 from carbohydrate oxidation further supports the energy favorability of carbohydrates
1:00:58 – does consuming carbohydrates cause Alzheimer’s disease?
1:06:05 – why the raising of blood sugar and the production of insulin is not wasteful or harmful
To see the studies and articles referenced throughout this episode, check out the show notes at https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-73-...