Ep. 73: Refuting Nutrition With Judy’s “Thoughts on the Ray Peat Diet” (Part 1)

In this episode we discuss: Why our brains favor glucose as their fuel source Why fat is less energetically favorable as a fuel compared to carbohydrates   The problem with reducing the bioenergetic view to the “Ray Peat diet”   The amount of carbohydrates our bodies can handle before storing them as fat Whether consuming carbohydrates causes Alzheimer’s disease  Whether the raising of our blood sugar and the production of insulin is wasteful and harmful   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-73-refuting-nutrition-with-judys-thoughts-on-the-ray-peat-diet-part-1/    Timestamps: 3:01 – an introduction to Nutrition With Judy’s article on Ray Peat 7:41 – energy and metabolism are at the core of the bioenergetic view 18:43 – the problem with reducing the bioenergetic paradigm to the “Ray Peat diet” and the importance of context 29:28 – why carbohydrate oxidation is more energetically favorable to fat oxidation 41:09 – why consuming carbohydrates does not make you fat or prevent you from oxidizing fat 45:35 – our body’s impressive capacity for carbohydrate oxidation and storage 58:06 – glucose requirements in the brain other than energy production 1:00:21 – why the increased production of CO2 from carbohydrate oxidation further supports the energy favorability of carbohydrates 1:00:58 – does consuming carbohydrates cause Alzheimer’s disease? 1:06:05 – why the raising of blood sugar and the production of insulin is not wasteful or harmful