#19: Philosophy and Physiology | Metabolism and Consciousness | Deep Politics with Ray Peat and Georgi Dinkov

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Mar 6, 2020

Ray Peat, PhD, a pioneering voice in metabolism and health, joins the discussion. He challenges conventional views on vaccines, emphasizing their developmental implications and critiquing herd immunity. Peat dives into the complexities of polyunsaturated fats and their surprising impact on immunity and cancer. He also explores the philosophical intersections of consciousness and societal health, urging a reevaluation of personal responsibility in the face of societal decline. Expect intriguing insights that blend science, philosophy, and practical wellness.

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ADVICE

Managing Verbalization

Maintain high energy levels to avoid the detrimental effects of excessive verbalization.
Keep your message fresh and avoid repetition, even when speaking frequently.

INSIGHT

PUFAs and Viral Susceptibility

High levels of polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs) increase cell susceptibility to viral infections.
This contradicts the marketed health benefits of PUFAs, especially omega-3s.

ADVICE

Simple Antiviral Measures

Consider aspirin and niacinamide to reduce viral infection risk.
Aspirin has antiviral and antibacterial properties, showing potential even against AIDS.

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00:10:52 - Skip Setup Music

00:19:01 - What is knowledge?

00:22:07 - "...I think you have to start and end with the experience of being an animal in the world." RP (2019)

00:27:36 - Pavlov's first- and second-signal system

00:32:51 - Declining societal health

00:37:30 - Excessive verbalization

00:41:32 - Recreating your history

00:45:32 - "The study of vaccines, 'vaccinology,' in isolation from the developmental effects of nutrition and environmental stress, is a pseudoscience, blind to the mechanisms that produce harmful long range effects." Contexts for Vaccinations by Ray Peat, PhD (2020)

00:50:19 - PUFA, viral infections, and immunity

00:52:58 - Prasad A., et al. Role of calcium and ROS in cell death induced by polyunsaturated fatty acids in murine thymocytes. J Cell Physiol. 2010 Nov;225(3):829-36. "An increase in intracellular calcium is the first event to occur.”

"These results suggest that the six PUFAs we studied kill thymocytes by causing release of calcium from endoplasmic reticulum, which causes release of ROS from mitochondria which leads to cell death.” "It is perhaps surprising that essential lipids that are supposed to be so good for health are so potent at killing cells."

00:54:09 - "Herd immunity"

00:56:52 - Immunity, cancer, and endotoxin

01:00:45 - Warburg effect, lactic acid, and cancer

01:02:45 - Endotoxin, antibiotics, cancer, medical culture, PMS

01:08:07 - The use of cortisol and morphine for cancer

01:09:10 - Danny way too loud and Paul Ehrlich

01:10:29 - Cell receptors as "sense organs"

01:14:42 - Resurgence of estrogen HRT

01:18:33 - We lose Ray and call him back

01:20:30 - Ray is back

01:22:41 - Estrogen, reductive stress, and cancer

01:23:00 - What is Ray's motivation? What is his general view of health and sickness?

01:28:26 - Ray is following in the tradition of Albert Szent-Györgyi, Otto Warburg, William F. Koch, J.C. Bose, etc.

01:30:09 - Sick animals and people tend to retreat...

01:33:04 - Is there a way forward with the current political system?

01:40:20 - Has an empire ever been reformed?

01:46:10 - "The reason I talk more about biology than politics is that the various radical movements generally have inflexibilities that keep them apart. People need to start understanding that the system is systematically murdering them, and understanding that the situation is desperate, they need to see that solidarity with life, against capital, is their hope." Raymond Peat, PhD (2018)

01:48:07 - Organizing the panic interview with Ray Peat

01:55:43 - Consciousness as a basic property of matter

02:01:55 - Mitochondrial metabolism and resonance

02:06:55 - Rupert Sheldrake and morphic resonance

02:09:35 - David Bohm and creation

02:13:15 - What is time?