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

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   Sign up for the Free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy   Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-62-diving-in-to-the-bioenergetic-view-and-our-mistakes-along-the-way-our-health-journeys-part-2/    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