Summary: 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)
