I'm Jeremiah Farias

I have experience following a variety of diets. I even adhered to a low-carbohydrate diet coupled with daily intermittent fasting for nearly a decade. 

There was a time when I believed carbohydrates should be as low as possible, as they were non-essential and our body could create whatever we needed. I even encouraged many I worked with to do the same. 

I found myself experimenting with ketogenic and carnivore diets to resolve some chronic digestive and skin issues. Not only did these issues not resolve, but I also experienced some additional issues with stress, anxiety, cold intolerance, and severe food cravings for anything containing carbohydrates, no matter how long I restricted carbohydrates. 

Though I was entrenched in the low-carbohydrate movement, I am always trying to learn. I eventually came across information that made sense, even though it challenged my dietary bias. 

I was exposed to the work of Ray Peat. Specifically, the idea of bioenergetics where energy metabolism governs everything. 

Meaning, that we are composed of trillions of cells, and all of the cells in our body produce energy. For our body to work optimally, we need to ensure our cells have all they need to sufficiently produce energy. If they do not, you will begin to see dysfunction and disease. 

This includes diabetes. Where the cells of our body can not oxidize glucose, therefore, they cannot produce sufficient energy (ATP). 

I learned to understand and appreciate the numerous factors that can impair cellular energy production.