r/raypeat

I apologise for yet another progesterone post- but it’s urgent.
I (F25) haven’t slept in 4 nights and I’m in the early stages of traumatic grief so I Need that sleep.
I Started progest-e 4 days ago after months of research and thinking it would support my stress levels during this time . Started with two 60mg popcorn kernel sized drops (approx 12mg total ). Been titrating up slowly since not noticing anything else reaction wise and now am taking about 60mg progesterone total throughout the day. I’ve been too cautious to go higher .

0 sleep each night it’s like it’s put a safety lock on on my alertness. I’m not anxious or any other physical symptoms. Just cannot drift off anymore. (I had been prior to starting and post loss. )

I’ve not quit because I don’t want to induce an early period- I’m mid luteal now. I’m about to start taking sleeping pills at this point. Any advice please?

Edit: Thank you for the responses, I think I am going to slowly titrate down after day 21.

Okay this might sound kinda crazy, and I’ve never heard anyone talk about this but I’ve been learning about Ray Peat and I randomly started thinking about the whole “walking after eating” thing.

Everywhere you look now, people say you should walk for 10–15 minutes after eating because it helps digestion, lowers blood sugar and improves insulin sensitivity.

But I started wondering if that actually makes SENSE from a Ray Peat point of view.

Obviously Ray never literally said “don’t walk after eating,” so I’m not saying this is something he believed. I’m just trying to apply some of the things he talked about.

Like, digestion itself takes a lot of energy. After you eat, your body has to digest and absorb everything, your organs are working, your heart is circulating blood, etc. So if you’re just sitting there relaxed, wouldn’t that give your body the easiest environment to actually focus on all of that?

I know the body can digest food AND walk at the same time lol, but I keep seeing explanations saying that when you start moving, more blood and energy are being used by your muscles. So I was wondering if that could slightly interfere with what your body is already trying to do after a meal.

And honestly, the biggest reason I started thinking about this is because I’ve literally never naturally/ intuitively wanted to move after eating.
Even when I was “little” and very slim, addicted to sugar btw, I would eat and then just sit down and chill. I never had this instinct to go on a digestion walk, until TikTok emphasized it.

And I think there’s also a difference between going for a walk because you genuinely enjoy it and forcing yourself to walk because you’re scared you’re “supposed to” after eating, which I think a lot of people do.

Even animals basically eat and then rest.

Again, I’m NOT saying walking after eating is bad. I understand why people recommend it, especially for blood sugar. I’m just wondering if from a Peat perspective, keeping yourself relaxed and allowing your body to digest without adding unnecessary stress might sometimes make more sense?

Especially because Ray was so focused on energy availability, glucose and minimizing unnecessary stress on the body.

I’ve only recently started actually
reading his articles instead of just watching random “Ray Peat diet” TikToks, so I’m genuinely trying to understand this rather than acting like I know everything

What do you guys think? Am I completely misunderstanding the physiology here, or does the idea of just relaxing after a meal make sense from a Ray Peat perspective? Please tell me your opinion, im so curious about this!😁

I’m on test cycle + a bit tren, just FYI. I was doing cabergoline for 3 months at half pill ED. Now one day without it and I feel as if super blank, behind the glass.. it costs me 100$ a month. I was self medicating depression.

Hi

I've been following Ray Peat for the last year. My daily temps haven't really moved that much at all. I'm in a colder part of the world right now, not super cold but it's winter. I noticed my hands and feet being cold at night or when stationary during the day. I do work outside so I am moving during the day time majority of those hours.

My usual daily eating revolves around yoghurt and honey for breakfast with a coffee. The rest of the day consists of 750ml-1L of freshly squeeze OJ, small serving of lamb or beef, potatoes or rice for at dinner, 1-1

5Litres of milk, carrot salad, parmesan cheese, weekly prawns/oysters, fruit for snacks, homemade ice-cream at nighttime, etc

B vitamins especially high dose b1. Magnesium Threonate, Mineral supplement.

My digestion is good. I can easily digest 2L milk a day on occasion.

My emotional stress is fairly low, I'm into my interests and get lots of time in nature as well. There is some emotional stuff I am still cleaning up and in the process of reprogramming my conditioning.

I did have lab tests done of thyroid function including rt3 and all my results as well as non thyroid stuff come back great.

I'm not sure where to go from here. I'm wanting to raise the body temp naturally without resorting to being tied to a T3 supplement. Any tips?

Thanks

Trying to gain weight | female

1.5 years ago I changed my diet to gain weight. Started at 108 lb, 5'5". For breakfast coffee (whole milk, honey, salt, coconut oil, collagen), two eggs on two pieces of toast covered in either butter, ricotta cheese or whole milk skyr, recently been having black bean and garbanzo bean smoothies with whole milk, banana, honey, peanut butter and whatever else I'm feeling. I struggle with lunch but when I eat it is usually tuna sandwich or something similar. Dinner I make a ton of stews like oxtail stew, Hungarian goulash, curries, or some nights ground beef with potatoes, chicken (literally everything, I love food and eat large servings) and always pair it with a grain/or bread and carrot salad everyday. Recently added ice cream most nights too.

With all of this I gained 8lb since I started and haven't budged from that weight since I reached it 8-9 months ago. My job is pretty physical lifting many 40-50lb boxes and sifting through heavy inventory and I don't workout outside of my job (this could help with my muscle mass I assume...may be what I'm missing?).

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Its nearly a month into peating still learning my way through it and making changes.

Main thing i did was embrace sugar and stress less
Workout only 2-3 times a week and not training till failure. And some supplements.

In about week 2 my urge to masturbate or watch porn went drastically down idk what happened i’ve tried no fap for years failed but this wasn’t even in my list when i started following peat I’m surprised

But when i’m with my gf i’m fine i get aroused and everything.

Either way i’m happy i never thought this would be one of the outcomes and i’m kinda happy with it.

does anyone have any advice for someone with low insulin sensitivity as a result of medications, I feel much happier and euphoric after eating sugar however I an conscious of diabetes

Does anyone here deal with essential tremor and found ways to help it or cure it all together through Ray Peat’s lifestyle? Any deficiencies I may be deficient in?

What are you guys experiences with pregnenolone supplementation ? Low-dose around 15-30mg daily, i am looking into it since i have lower some of the downstream androgens, thanks for your answers!

Are oysters from chicken of the sea a good source of zinc? Also apparently they are contaminated with endocrine disrupters. What else could be a good option for oysters or zin?

It is Tim Ferriss’s Slow-Carb Diet. Here is the comparison:

Carbohydrates and Fructose

Ferriss: Banned six days a week. All fruits, juices, and simple sugars are eliminated because fructose is viewed as an unnecessary trigger for blood sugar fluctuations and hepatic fat storage.

Peat: Core foundation of the diet. Simple sugars from orange juice, ripe fruit, honey, and white sugar are actively encouraged to restore liver glycogen, suppress stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, and drive the active thyroid hormone T3.

Legumes and Fiber

Ferriss: Mandatory staple. Lentils, black beans, and pinto beans are required at nearly every meal to supply slow-digesting, low-glycemic calories and sustain satiety.

Peat: Strictly avoided. Complex starches and non-digestible legume fibers are considered harmful because they feed fermentative gut bacteria, raising systemic endotoxins and triggering metabolic inflammation.

Dairy and Minerals

Ferriss: Prohibited completely, with the exception of butter. Dairy is excluded primarily due to its insulin response and potential to stall fat loss.

Peat: Primary dietary component. Whole or skim milk and cheese are consumed daily to ensure a high calcium-to-phosphorus ratio, which helps lower parathyroid hormone and maintain metabolic speed.

Proteins and Fats

Ferriss: Emphasizes high-volume muscle meats (chicken breast, beef, egg whites) and allows standard cooking oils without explicitly restricting polyunsaturated fats.

Peat: Restricts pure muscle meats to prevent excess tryptophan and cysteine, prioritizing gelatinous cuts, bone broth, and organ meats. Unsaturated vegetable oils (PUFAs) are strictly forbidden due to their thyroid-suppressing and pro-inflammatory properties, favoring saturated fats like butter and coconut oil

I'm in the UK and most of our fruit selection is ass, half the time it doesn't taste sweet, it's expensive etc

I land on drinking about 1L to 1.5L of fruit juice (not from concentrate) a day to bolster my simple sugar/calorie intake

Because it's juiced in southern Europe I think they probably use better/sweeter varities at peak ripeness and juice is a lot cheaper per calorie. Also I don't worry about it not being organic as research shows juice processing can remove a lot of pesticides which cuts the costs

On the whole probably not optimal but my thinking is it's better than white sugar, coke and maybe honey and so long as I'm eating nutirent dense otherwise should be okay

(I do eat some fresh fruit, oranges and bananas are at least fairly reliable)

i want to learn more about the bioenergetic stuff & am currently reading generative energy. please recommend me some good people

Mix in baking soda and Methylene Blue and just watch

Is it necessary to start with a high dose for first few days? for female with regular cycle. i took 2 drops and didn’t notice anything but now worried about it being too low/making my cycle bad .

I'm currently 15M and have noticed that randomly one day my metabolism increased heavily randomly. At first I was having very bad insomnia, where I would go to sleep at 10pm but wake up at times like 2am-3am feeling stressed and adrenalized. I could fix most of this problem by just eating more at night, which included a simple meal like 2 glasses of milk, honey, cheese, and fruits like cherries and mangoes.

But now for some reason the insomnia has happened again after a week of it being somewhat okay, and these symptoms usually have never appeared before, as my sleep is usually dialed from 10pm to 6am. Could this be some symptoms of puberty and growth spurts?

If so, my environment definitely has not changed a bit. I love being outside, keeping blue light to a minimum 2 hours before bed, reading before bed, eating 2 hours before sleep, and keeping a healthy and active lifestyle.

One thing that has kind of changed and could maybe be a factor in this "insomnia" is my diet. During my sudden height growth, I find myself almost eating 3000-3200 calories a day. For example, a day of eating would include a pound of ground beef, 3 eggs, 0.75 liters of milk, almost 100 g of cheese, multiple cups of both cherries and mangoes, cups of orange juice, coconut water, chicken liver, and carrot salad in between breakfast and lunch. My macros every day are around 1 g of protein per pound of body weight (I'm around 5'9" and 132), 250 g of carbs, and around 120 g of fat. Though I know my fat and carb ratio is definitely not the greatest. I have eaten like this for a long time, and now all of a sudden I have this annoying insomnia. Are there any holistic solutions to this problem? I don't want to rely on things like T3, aspirin, or progesterone.

I usually never have any energy issues and have always felt well rested after sleep.

taking UDCA for active bile reflux 1500mg for 90kgs

what do u think of this supplement, yay or nay

Last two times I took it I coomed in my sleep. Possible relation?

Recently I often find myself in negative thinking patterns, especially at night. So I've been wondering how to raise my mood more and increase dopamine.

The things that reliably seem to work for me in this regard are exercise and coffee but I can't overdo them, especially at night.

What are your experiences?