"Everything that doctors know about cholesterol is wrong." Raymond Peat, PhD
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"By 1930 a clear relationship between thyroid hormone and cholesterol had been established. High cholesterol was formerly used as a reliable marker for hypothyroidism. Much of what we have learned about human and animal physiology continues to be blurred by marketing, special interest, existing pharmaceutical patents, and the pursuit of mega profits.
When billions of dollars are at stake, it’s easy to have amnesia regarding cholesterol’s important role in human and animal physiology. The medical culture has done an exceptional job of firmly ingraining the idea that cholesterol is bad and the lower the serum cholesterol the better off you are. However, this anti-cholesterol sentiment isn’t warranted and such a stance is ignorant and harmful." Rob Tuner, Functional Performance Systems
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“In the last 20 years, there have been many studies showing that lowering cholesterol increases mortality, especially from cancer and suicide, and that people with naturally low cholesterol are more likely to die from cancer, suicide, trauma, and infections than people with normal or higher than average cholesterol.” Raymond Peat, PhD
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"A person may have normal levels of thyroxin but not be converting it adequately to the active form of the thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine or liothyronine). High cholesterol is practically diagnostic of hypothyroidism. Why? Because thyroid hormone controls the conversion of cholesterol to important anti-aging hormones and to bile salts. However, many hypothyroid people have low cholesterol from a suppressed immune system, liver problems, or from eating a low protein (vegan) diet.” Lita Lee, PhD
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It is no surprise that the great old school classic era physiques of the past like Steve Reeves, John Grimek, Charles A. Smith, Paul Anderson and many more advocated drinking milk (cow and goat) to build muscle without gaining fat.
I too have seen great success in using milk to build muscle and gain weight without adding fat to my frame. Raymond Peat talks about milks anti stress effects from casein, protective saturated fat content and the abundance of calcium that makes milk the best fat reducing food there is.
Inbetween filming Steve Reeves would drink a cup of milk and fruit to keep himself satiated and full of nutrients, that provides protein, fats and carbohydrates.
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"We definitely do advise the underweight trainee to drink milk if he wishes to gain weight. We know some doctors claim that milk is only a food for children but we do not believe they have any actual facts to substantiate this claim. On the other hand, there are thousands of cases to prove the value of milk as a healthy drink and a curative food. It is our opinion that milk is one of the finest foods in existence.
We have known of many bodybuilders who tried to gain weight without the use of milk to no avail, but after they added two or more quarts to their daily diet immediately began to gain. One quart does not seem to be enough for satisfactory gains and you seldom notice any great gains from this amount, but two to three quarts make can make an amazing difference. There are some who have even used four or more quarts per day. As a general rule, over three quarts causes you to lose your appetite to such an extent that you cannot do justice to your regular meals. Nearly all the leading bodybuilders of our acquaintance drink milk in large quantities and swear by it. It can be taken either at meals or between meals. We always preferred to take it between meals as it seemed to give us more benefit. However, the trainee should determine for himself which is best. To take it with meals seems to fill the stomach so that no other food is desired and this, of course, is not good. If you take it between meals (not too close to meals) this condition should not exist." Charles A. Smith
