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Dr. Ray Peat offered an alternative perspective. His dietary advice includes minimizing starches from bread, pasta rice cereal, etc, and instead obtaining healthy carbohydrates primarily from ripe, low-starchy fruits.

The Warrior Diet is the only diet I’m aware of that achieves the correct balance between the two parts of the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for all “fight or flight” activities during the day, and usually works in an acidic environment. It promotes alertness and

Traditional higher-carb diets are still low in sugar. Traditional diets include far less “acellular” carbohydrate—sugar and starch that have been removed from the cells they were contained in. Think whole fruit vs. fruit juice, or sprouted bread compared to pulverized and powdered “whole-wheat” bread.

Reducing frequent, prolonged insulin spikes by minimizing concentrated carbohydrate consumption is one of the top ways of preserving and enhancing insulin sensitivity, thus minimizing inflammation and fat storage. Insulin is a one-way valve on your fat cells, preventing the release of stored calories for fuel. Many organs enjoy using fat for fuel,

Become a Fat-Burning Beast by eliminating processed carbohydrates from your diet to minimize your body’s insulin production. This means eliminating not only sugars and sweets but grain products, including wheat, rice, pasta, cereal, and corn (yep, corn is a grain, not a vegetable), and even legumes (beans, soy, peas, peanuts). A diet that

This is all possible because reducing the amount of carb and getting most of our calories from healthy fats resolves insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.

Oxidation and inflammation, along with sugar and stress (more on that in chapters 4 and 8), were clearly what aged the human body the most.