Ep. 62: Diving in to the Bioenergetic View and Our Mistakes Along the Way (Our Health Journeys Part 2)

The Energy Balance Podcast

In this episode we discuss:

• The many mistakes we made after finding Ray Peat and the bioenergetic view

• Our re-feeding periods that involved eating over 5,000 calories and 700g of carbs per day

• Our experimentation with various supplements (thyroid, B vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, pro-metabolic hormones, antibiotics, methylene blue, inosine) and what we learned along the way

• How long it took for us to see major improvements and stability in our health (it’s probably longer than you think)

• Why nutrition alone is not enough for optimal health (and what other factors we should consider)

• Our experiences in authoritarian environments (especially within the education system) and working to shed dogmatism

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Timestamps:

4:11 – going all-in on a bioenergetic, Ray Peat inspired diet and experimenting with milk and low-fat diets

17:28 – Mike’s journey with milk, a carnivore diet, and refining his bioenergetic diet

26:40 – Jay’s lingering issues and experiments that helped resolve them

33:53 – Mike’s continued experimentation and the factors outside of nutrition that had major impacts on his health

46:49 – Jay’s continued experimentation and how stress and a lack of sleep affected his health

53:03 – creating an optimal environment is always a work in progress

59:19 – Mike’s depressive period following college and Jay’s experience with depression

1:06:06 – our experiences in authoritarian environments (especially within the education system) and working to shed dogmatism

1:20:51 – the value of intuition and listening to how you feel as well as working to understand the physiology