#85: Protein Restriction | Lidocaine for Hair Loss? | Brain Size, Intelligence, and Symptom Recognition with Ray Peat

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00:00 - Intro, protein, methionine restriction, "high protein Ray Peat diet"

04:50 - Amino acids, Broda Barnes, lifespan, tryptophan, cysteine, methionine, mTOR, calorie restriction

8:08 - Is methionine more thyroid suppressive than Ray initially thought?

9:35 - Would methionine restriction help sick people? 

12:10 - How did Ray arrive at 50 grams of protein to experiment with?

13:28 - Is it a good idea to increase carbohydrate if you reduce protein?

14:45 - How has a lower protein intake influenced Ray's liver consumption?

16:00 - How does methionine suppress thyroid function?

16:44 - Do people with physically larger brains notice more symptoms? 

21:20 - Strategies for people that can take a lot of progesterone without effect? Strategies for people with liver disease? 

24:30 - Nicotine and the cholinergic system, what accounts for tobacco's widespread use?

26:28 - How does methionine relate to estrogen and serotonin, which can deplete glycogen?

27:42 - Lidocaine as a topical for hair loss?

29:00 - Ray's clarification on gentle massage for hair loss

30:44 - The common phenomenon of overdosing with cynoplus and cynomel, using a scale

36:33 - Are things still going to plan for the technocrat oligarchs? Dumbed down culture, CBDCs, food shortages

42:42 - 'A Message for Americans' and 'Get Ready for the Economic Collapse' by Gonzalo Lira

47:02 - Ray's preparation for nuclear war, remedies for radiation exposure

49:35 - In a dystopian future, what does Ray think the function of the Mexican cartels would be?