Ray Peat Audio Archive

ewh-110427-glycemia-starch-and-sugar-in-context — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview ewh-110427-glycemia-starch-and-sugar-in-context. The excerpt begins at 1:25:17 and runs for 1 minute 13 seconds.

Surprisingly, some of the things that are blamed on fructose, such as increasing triglycerides, estrogen has been known to do that. Cortisol is really the main thing that increases the so-called inappropriate blood lipids. Good triglycerides made from sugar or other carbohydrate really aren't harmful. They're just evidence that you're under stress and eating more than you need. Insulin and cortisol are usually the main factors increasing triglycerides. But estrogen tends to interfere with the oxidation of glucose and shifts you to being forced to oxidize polyunsaturated fats and tends to give you lower blood sugar problems, at least temporarily under the influence.