Is Ray Peat Legit? My thoughts:
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@newmexico Peat was against beta carotene (in theory you are not supposed to be absorbing it from the carrot salad). He would have been 100% against carrot juice.
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When did Peat ever say to drink almost your entire days need of calories in carrot juice????!!!you can tell who has actually bothered to read his stuff, and who just incorporated cherrypicked elements of his philosophy in regards to nutrition from somebody they followed on Twitter. RPF was full of unhinged lunatics, but even there they wouldn't suggest this, Da fuck🤯
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@honest_skeptic I don't think your questions are necessarily unreasonable, and Peat often took the take it or leave it approach. What I do know is his articles were heavily laced with citations, so you can read those and come to your own conclusions about whatever he says. There are also lab scientists out there that have been inspired by his work while paving their own path, eg Kyle Mamounis.
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He said himself that he didn't consider himself a scientist but a science critic. I don't believe he did any original scientific research per se since he got his PhD in biology. He had the ability to analyze existing research and developing research, find the the flaws and/or relevance, and translate it into theory. He was a teacher, health practitioner and author as well.
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Peer review is worse than useless. It encourages mediocrity and conformism to the (inevitably short-sighted) majority. That Ray never submitted to this humiliation ritual, while still proving his biochemical knowledge, is one of the strongest points in his favor.
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@newmexico said in Is Ray Peat Legit? My thoughts::
about 4 hours ago
@cat I was on the diet drinking a looooot of carrot juice and I'm pretty sure I had both malnutrition and vitamin a poisoning
"Carrot juice is another one that should be avoided, except in small amounts, because of the high carotene content." -Ray Peat
Tell us again how the "Ray Peat diet" put you in the ER, you moron.
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@honest_skeptic said in Is Ray Peat Legit? My thoughts::
From what I've gathered, Ray Peat is probably not a legitimate scientist.
Well. Ray never even considered himself to be a scientist when asked about it. He said he regarded himself as a critic,
In general, if you wonder if someone making scientific claims is legit, you should look for a publication record
Not sure why you believe this. Publications in 'credible journals' don't guarantee anything.
Peer review only came into widespread use in the journals during the 1970's. It's a fake stamp of approval of so people don't have to critically assess or think about a paper when they are reading it.
Ray circumvented the cesspit that is the scientific culture because he wasn't particularly interested in trying to change it or gain their respect. He was appealing to everyone in the public who was open to it. He wanted a society where people knew how to fix their own problems rather than a society where the empty headed citizens submit to some medical/scientific elite who try and impress with their credentials and list of publications in supposedly prestigious science bibles.
You aren't assessing any of his ideas on their merits.
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@newmexico not once did ray peat ever recommend eating carrot juice, he has specifically recommended against it, citing carotene as similar to the polyunsaturated fats in how they inhibit thyroid function.
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@newmexico lol
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@honest_skeptic Ray always said that he wasn't a scientist and never really aspired to be one. He has always described himself as a painter/philosopher and/or a science critic. If you think that having some articles published on pubmed makes you a good scientist, you haven't really understood the main problem.
