Thoughts on Ray Peat — A Review — Nutrition with Judy

Disclaimer: This is my opinion based on preliminary research of Ray Peat’s body of work and my client experience in a clinical setting on thyroid health (read: hormone and endocrine health). This is not to disrespect Ray Peat, the person. I have not read probably even half the research and writing he has done and to that, I can say that my opinions may not correctly depict his point of view.

I completed the first manuscript of Carnivore Cure in 2019 and for most of 2020, I have been working on Carnivore Cure graphics and manuscript edits. And then the pandemic happened. I decided to stay off social media for many reasons, but one reason was that I saw one too many influencers and leaders all of a sudden turning their back on a meat-based diet — maybe because so many of the community was too.

It’s never easy to swim upstream.

It’s very normal during a highly stressful state to crave sugar and carbohydrates. We were in an unprecedented time and we were running out of meat, toilet paper and we frankly feared our lives: our jobs, our health and our loved ones with immunocompromised health. The pandemic had come, and no one knew what the imminent future held. What we did know was that the world had shut down because of it. So most families stocked up on foods, even junk foods, to survive.