Introduction

timapple

Hello,

My name is Tim, I'm a half a century plus a little in age. I'm new to all things Ray Peat but find it interesting. I am coming from about 12 years of paleo -> Carnivore -> Vegitarian -> Carnivore -> Animal Based -> now looking into Dr. Peat.

I plan on doing a slow transition. There were a few things I was wondering about?

Where do standard cooking spices stand.. garlic, pepper, cilantro, parsley, chillis, coriander, cummin, etc...... ?
Being animal based, I tended to use Maple Syrup more than Honey... is Maple Syrup considered bad? I used it to sweeten my coffee.
I see lots of people on X talking about Aspirin, I have no idea why?
Can I get a recommended brand powdered gelatin if anyone uses it? I plan to bone broth it, but I need something for when I'm lazy.
How slow should I take it? Up to a couple days ago I basically lived on 2lbs of ground beef, six eggs, some fruit, and coffee with maple syrup. Is there anything that should be introduced slowly? or I should watch out for? as not to make myself sick or spend to much time on the porcelain throne?

Thanks ahead of time, I look forward to learning here.

Tim.

PS.. anyone I should follow on X? good sources of info? Thanks

mexican_coke_fan

I'm not sure, I don't think there are any issues but I haven't looked into this.
No.
Lots of benefits, anti-estrogenic, inhibits fatty acid oxidation, among other things. Read Peat's article, or search his quotes with bioenergertic.life
I use NOW beef gelatine powder.
It's probably best to go slower than faster, Peat's mantra is "Perceive, Think, Act" so try to see how you are feeling and adjust accordingly. Hopefully someone who came out of carnivore can give better advice for this one.

@timapple

Welcome Tim,

There is no real dogma in the Peat sphere besides limiting PUFA as much as is possible.

Virtually everything else is finding things that work for you while following different pro-metabolic principles.

So if you feel good on spices, go for it, we all have different tolerances and foods that agree with us. For example milk, some people do absolutely fantastically with milk while others cannot tolerate it one bit.

If you’re interested in bioenergetics I suggest you search up Jay Feldman on YouTube, he and Mike Fave have done a podcast together for about 4-5 years, they have well over 100 episodes now, but I recommend going back to the very beginning and watching forward from there. I have been reading Ray Peat and Peat related stuff for years and learned more from those guys in a couple days than I have years scouring these boards.

All the best in your journey towards better health.