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Eat more raw meat dishes for metabolic supremacy People talk about sugar for increasing metabolic rate and shredding fat. Which is valid. But efficient glucose oxidation requires a system involving specific heat sensitive metabolic compounds, which raw meat dishes provide perfectly - cooking significantly reduces, and sometimes completely destroys, some of these crucial compounds. B vitamins - B1 (thiamine) is the gatekeeper of metabolism. It runs PDH (pyruvate dehydrogenase), the enzyme that converts glucose into usable energy. This is the reason a lot of ray peaters supplement B1, which I'm not completely against in certain scenarios. But pork is especially high in it as well as liver, and other raw meats have good amounts of it. B vitamins are water soluble meaning heat degrades them. Taurine - Raw meat is one of the richest sources. Taurine directly supports mitochondrial function, bile acid conjugation, and blunts cortisol which prevents metabolism from tanking. CoQ10 - especially found in heart. It's what the electron transport chain runs on. So if there is insufficient CoQ10, there's no efficient ATP production. While not an essential nutrient seeing as your body endogenously produces it too, it relies on healthy mitochondria to produce it, and raw meat helps keep mitochondria healthy. Carnitine - shuttles acetyl groups (which acts as a brake for energy production) out of the mitochondria, allowing PDH to support mitochondrial glucose entry to produce energy cleanly. Creatine - present in its active form in raw meat. Cooking converts a lot of it to creatinine, which is considered a waste product. Active creatine supports cellular energy buffering and reduces the oxidative burden on your NADPH pool - the same pool required for testosterone to DHT conversion. Glutathione - your master antioxidant. Significantly reduced when cooked. Oxidative stress (from intense exercise, gut endotoxin, seed oils etc) suppresses thyroid function and therefore metabolism. But glutathione works to protect it. Enzymes - raw meat contains its own proteolytic enzymes that aids in tenderising and digesting the protein. Less digestive burden means more metabolic energy available. Eat more oysters, ceviche and steak tartare.

The Greek fisherman is 90+ years old. He wakes before sunrise, takes his boat out onto open water daily, eats the freshest seafood and shellfish, present in every moment, has a strong feeling of belonging, masters his craft every day, drinks local wine at lunch with men he's known for 70+ years, laughs loudly, has loud debates at dinner, is part of a genuine community, and truly feels alive every moment he lives. This is what true euphoric living and waking up everyday feeling like you're in heaven looks like when you truly have everything done correctly - namely light, purpose, movement, real nutrition, family, mindset and social environment. The meaning of life is clearly understood, and he's able to live it out because of his environment and lifestyle - the internal biology, hormones and metabolism which give him the life force, energy and vitality to carry out his purpose. A big part of their vital, healthy living comes from their diet. This is what the Mediterranean diet actually was before researchers such as Ancel keys stripped it to a mainly plant based diet and ultimately influenced the modern food pyramid that now demonises saturated fat. - Raw and aged cheeses - fat soluble vitamins in natural ratios, CLA, bioavailable calcium for optimal calcium:phosphorus ratio that keeps stress hormones and parathyroid hormone low - Whole fish and raw shellfish - zinc, iodine, selenium, DHA for thyroid output and androgen hormone synthesis - Offal in every traditional cuisine - for example liver in Venetian fegato alla veneziana, bone marrow in Milanese ossobuco, kidneys in many traditional French bistro dishes. - Collagenous slow-cooked broths - glycine balancing the methionine load from muscle meat - Local Wine with food in the sun, not alone at night in front of a screen - fresh fruits - supporting clean glucose oxidation, vitamin C regenerating glutathione and cofactoring collagen synthesis. Eaten in the sun with your people. - naturally fermented bread Then there is the modern approach to longevity. Someone like Brian Johnson will probably get outlived by the Mediterranean fisherman. Has subpar bloodwork. Is vegan because of the "science" but taking 100 supplement pills for breakfast. Stresses about a single ray of sunshine touching his body, and stresses about a single ounce of saturated fat entering his system, which will funnily enough cause more damage to his body than what he thinks the damage of saturated fat will do. More MediterraneanMaxxing in 2026.