Ray Peat Audio Archive

kmud-120615-cellular-repair — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview kmud-120615-cellular-repair. The excerpt begins at 55:35 and runs for 51 seconds.

Basically, I was told that it wasn't necessary to take calcium supplements if you were eating a balanced alkaline diet. Well, one of the problems with calcium supplements is that some of the co-factors are very bad, like calcium phosphate. Some of the supplements have so much phosphate that it's the phosphate that increases the stress hormones and activates the breakdown of the bones. But the main things that take calcium out of the bones, besides an excess of phosphate, are cortisol, prolactin, and serotonin.