Ray Peat Audio Archive

ewh-110118-inflammation — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview ewh-110118-inflammation. The excerpt begins at 00:11:10.000 and runs for 1 minute 13 seconds.

In this oxygen-free or oxygen-wasting environment, the cells begin to produce collagen as part of a repair process, but the ability to remove the collagen is impaired by the presence of polyunsaturated fats. The breakdown of the polyunsaturated fats involves the production of prostaglandins, which aren't really part of the essential development of the embryo and fetus, but they become very important as we begin eating the polyunsaturated fats. So, the presence of these excitatory mediators, prostaglandins, and the pre-fatty acids, blocks the cleanup process and keeps the inflammation going and leads to the production of a scar.