Generative Energy Podcast

#20: A Bioenergetic View of Dementia

#19: Talking with Ray Peat

01:17 - How an episode is made 02:44 - Georgi’s general thoughts on taking thyroid hormone 11:36 - Weird symptoms when taking T4 or T3? 13:49 - A bioenergetic view of acne and skin health 15:12 - A bioenergetic view of exercise 19:10 - Georgi’s favorite books 20:20 - Georgi’s approach to learning 24:38 - A bioenergetic view of sleep 28:08 - Mitigating anger and aggression 32:50 - Clarifying “so-called receptors” 38:16 - Thoughts on tinnitus (ear ringing) 39:59 - MTHFR mutation—a plausible mechanism for disease? 42:12 - A reasonable supplement regimen for a healthy person 46:35 - Problems with cancer as a genetic disease 48:39 - Antiphospholipid syndrome and breast cancer 51:00 - Georgi, where can we find more of your work? 51:50 - Next week’s episode

01:17 - “Female hormones” and stress, aging, and inflammation 01:50 - Estrogen—not the “female hormone” 03:10 - Levels of estrogen rise with metabolic stress 03:42 - Estrogen is a carcinogen and mutagen 04:30 - How could estrogen cause so many problems? 07:48 - PUFA are estrogenic 09:17 - PCOS and breast cancer are tightly related 10:38 - Bleeding, poor mood, mental disorders—estrogen problems 11:53 - Estrogen increases cortisol—influences mood 12:46 - Mianserin (antiserotonin drug) for symptoms of PMS 13:51 - Estrogen suppresses pituitary menopausal hormones 16:12 - Are progestins the same as progesterone? 18:26 - PMS, PCOS, and breast cancer—excess estrogen? 20:15 - A hyperestrogenic environment 25:35 - Actionable things to lower estrogen, cortisol, etc. 32:55 - Low blood sugar and metabolic stress 34:08 - Calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and prolactin 35:12 - Is the estrogen in milk a problem? 38:00 - A bioenergetic view of breast cancer 40:30 - Aspirin for breast cancer? 42:00 - Tetraclycine antibiotics, natural progesterone, methylene blue, and the anti-estrogenic fat-soluble vitamins 44:29 - Toxinless.com—a great resources for supplements 45:09 - The centrality of the liver for regulating estrogen 47:38 - Georgi, where can we find more of your work on the Internet this week? 48:14 - Outro and next week’s episode

#16: Hair Loss and Prostate Cancer

#15: A Bioenergetic View of Addiction

#14: Another View of Evolution

#13: Exploring Ray Peat's Work Beyond Nutrition

#12: A Bioenergetic View of Autoimmunity

01:16 - “Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.” —G.I. Gurdjieff 03:05 - Can good health be sustained by someone telling you what to do? 04:00 - “The attempt to steer a person can make it hard for them to move, because it inactivates their own guidance system.” —How do you know? Students, patients, and discovery by Raymond Peat, PhD 05:00 - Ray Peat’s Nitric Oxide Interviews (link: http://bit.ly/rayinterviews) 05:45 - Mainstream views of nitric oxide 06:25 - Can be thought of as an emergency substitute for carbon dioxide to dilate blood vessels (CO2) 07:14 - Nitric oxide can influence intracellular calcium levels 07:51 - Local vs. systemic release of nitric oxide 08:50 - Nitric oxide and lactate stimulate angiogenesis 09:20 - Nitric oxide irreversibly binds cytochrome c oxidase 10:28 - Infections acutely increase nitric oxide 11:05 - Good thyroid function for low levels of nitric oxide 11:30 - Caffeine, niacinamide, zinc, and magnesium can help lower nitric oxide 12:00 - The amino acid lysine can lower nitric oxide 12:27 - Health problems associated with nitric oxide (and testing it) 13:23 - Nitric oxide theory of aging (2012) 14:19 - Chronic disease is associated with elevated levels of nitric oxide and contributes to the problem 15:39 - Activating cytochrome c oxidase to lower nitric oxide 16:10 - Red light and methylene blue lower nitric oxide 16:55 - Nitric oxide can lower the core temperature 17:33 - Methylene blue can act as a substitute for oxygen in cellular respiration 18:40 - Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is overexpressed in cancer 19:19 - Testing lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 20:30 - Good nutrition, thyroid, progesterone, methylene blue, and aspirin all inhibit nitric oxide 21:05 - Vitamin A and vitamin D for thyroid health 21:20 - Bad bacteria can prevent a normal temperature 22:50 - Vitamin A deficiency - what are the signs? 23:32 - Vitamin A and progesterone are similar 24:09 - Vitamin A is an anti-estrogen 25:05 - Vitamin A for sleep (anecdote) 25:27 - Are higher doses of vitamin A dangerous? 27:45 - Vitamin A and progesterone confusion 29:09 - Doses of methylene blue in experiments 30:16 - Methylene blue and red light together 31:28 - Can you use methylene blue topically? 32:23 - Taurine is more effective than finasteride study 33:26 - Methylene blue redox test 34:34 - Tetracyclines for lowering nitric oxide 36:00 - Caffeine reduces exhaled nitric oxide 36:26 - Side-effects of Viagra 37:05 - Viagra may be carcinogenic 37:21 - Assessing nitric oxide status 38:55 - Is the blood level of carbon dioxide (CO2) accurate? 40:58 - Breathing through your nose as a metric for CO2 42:10 - Where can we find more of your work, Georgi? 44:19 – Ray Peat email exchanges (link: http://bit.ly/1N5xMJz)

#10: Mood and Digestion

#9: A Bioenergetic View of Weight Loss

#8: The Youth Steroids

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