A New Paradigm of Weight Loss

First 36 minutes explains why traditional weight loss methods don't work. Lower metabolic rate (metabolism) is basically the culprit. Then he goes over specific causes and fixes for having trouble losing weight. 36:09 - CAUSE: Inflammation (which is driven by excess bad gut bacteria, free fatty acids, and lactic acid) 44:21 - FIX: Reduce lactic acid with vitamin B1 45:36 - FIX: Limit free fatty acids by lowering stress, recommends Pregnenolone, aspirin, and/or vitamin B3 52:11 - FIX - Lower bacteria and seratonin in the gut with daily satisfying bowel movements, recommends vitamin D and Greco Gum 55:00 - CAUSE: Poor liver function (liver is unable to detoxify everything listed above) 56:29 - FIX: Correct the gut issues listed above (liver and gut health are related) 57:16 - FIX: Inhibit inflamation, lipolysis, estrogen antagonization, and protect liver with vitamin E and vitamn D. Recommends a high quality brand. 59:48 - CAUSE : Diet with too much starch, poor oils 1:02:55 - FIX: replace starches with sugar. Doesn't really go into how you would do this practically 1:04:02 - FIX: Cocount oil is better than other oils for weight loss 1:04:56 - CAUSE: Poor thyroid health, specifically low levels of the T3 hormone and production of Reverse T3 instead 1:08:57 - FIX: Optimize thyroid function by lowering free fatty acid in the body (above) and managing estrogen levels 1:09:17 - FIX: Optimize thyroid function by taking B vitamin complex 1:09:42 - CAUSE: High stress and high cortisol. FIX: Doesn't provide practical examples 1:13:18 - CAUSE: Obesogens in the environment. Environmental pollutants that increase estrogen and are stored in fat. More fat = more pollutants in the body. FIX: Doesn't provide practical examples, but the onscreen graphic indicates things to possibly avoid. 1:14:33 - CAUSE: Insulin resistance FIX: Doesn't provide practical examples. 1:15:40 - CAUSE: Imbalance of androgens and estrogens (essentially raising testosterone) 1:17:50 - FIX: lower the enzyme aromatase by reducing polyunsaturated fats, inflammation, endotoxins, and seratonin (everything listed above). Recommends zinc, vitamins D and A, Pregnelolone. Requires more saturated fats in the diet. 1:18:50 - Overview, offers customized consulation as a service through Patreon.

All true. My personal experience has been that ever since I started working a rough job I gained ~15kg and my strength in the gym actually DECREASED. Lately I've been working a bit less but most importantly I've stopped overtraining, much like you I've been experimenting with HIT, and I'm getting leaner every week while my strength is coming back! Overtraining is very rarely something you hear that will cause weight gain, but it's definitely a possibility. Keep up the great videos man.

Action plan: - If you are not already, start building muscle at the gym. Make sure protein is adequate (don't over do it). - Fix thyroid. - If you have gut issues, those must be resolved first. 1. Stop feeding bacteria. Eliminate resistant starch, add saturated fats to starch and cook them well. 2. Promote bowel movement. Coffee, cascara, baking soda? 3. Kill excess bacteria. Carrot salad (or cooked white button mushrooms or bamboo shoots) with coconut oil, mastic gum, flowers of sulfur, methylene blue, and as a final resort penicillin, tetracycline, macrolides. 4. If necessary, absorb endotoxin with activated charcoal during die off. - Increase saturated fats. Zero seed oils. Limit olive oil, avocado, macadamia. Coconut oil whenever you can. - Increase carbs, reduce fat. Fruits and well cooked starch. Refined sugars is fine but will likely need to supplement B vitamins. - Heal your liver. Vitamin k, coffee, taurine, sugar. - Keep PTH down. Ideally 2:1 calcium phosphate ratio. At least 1:1. - Walk a lot at comfortable pace, get as much sun as possible. Supplement D and red light when you can't get sun. - Be patient. If you're doing it right, weight loss will be very slow. Let me know if I forgot anything.

This channel is gold.

Main takeaway: 1. PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids) are the root cause of inflammation resulting in poor thyroid function which leads to stored fat and low energy levels. Reduce PUFAs and eat more sugars to increase metabolic health.

I think you should also talk about general life tips that can affect weightloss and overall health like poor sleep, breathing through the mouse vs the nose, not getting enough vitamin D, and signals from the skin when exposed to prolong sunlight, etc.

This was absolutely awesome!

Been eating peaty for almost a year now. Had my thyroid panel done and was pretty happy with the results, my tsh was 1.5 and free t3 was 3.7.

I grew up fat asf, 200lbs+ since 12, i’m 19 now, started fasting + exercising and i’ve dropped down to 170lbs, still have bad body fat est(25%-30%) but I am starting to see my abs. I agree with pretty much everything you’ve said but personally it was the realization that my fat is just a bank vault of stored energy for my potential. This changed how I looked at everything.

Whit I appreciate all the time and effort you put into this, can I get a TLDR for what to do to lose weight?

Came for fat loss, stayed for the 80 degrees sample, good choice

Still confused on what a day of meals would look like

New to your channel but familiar with Fire in a Bottle, excited to hear a conversation with you two.

Always wondered why I ate a lot but could never gain weight

i think its better to look at it like "some people are protected against obesity" rather than "some people are fat because of genes" some people have low activity of fads2/d6d which protects them from diabetes/obesity which would be a clear genetic example like if everyone was being stabbed we wouldn't say the people who coagulate worse genetically or something like that are dying because genetics and not being stabbed

I was following you on twitter, came here now, pure common sense, love your channel

In my experience vitamin A toxicity and liver damage also lead to weight gain!

"If you're good at burning fat, then obviously your body will want to keep more of it around." I think you can't make the jump from if to then. Being a fat burner means you store more fat but you also burn more fat. The ratio doesn't really explain why one becomes more fat by being a fat burner.

Amazing video man, thank you so much for breaking everything down in an easy to understand way. Even though I knew some things I didn't realize how big the picture is.

Has anyone actually lost weight using this method? I see the Ray Peat view on weight loss all the time but I have never seen an example of an obese/overweight person using these methods and losing weight.