#36: CO2 and Mineral Balance | Thyroid | Magnesium | Calcium in Health and Disease | Current Events with Ray Peat

00:00 - Setup intro music 02:45 - Skip setup intro music 02:46 - Does caffeine enhance the effects of thyroid? 05:00 - Steroids and caffeine decalcify cells 06:10 - Is caffeine a mild cell irritant? 06:44 - What is the optimal amount of coffee? 08:28 - Signs of dehydration 09:37 - The regulation of calcium, potassium, magnesium, and sodium by carbon dioxide 13:00 - Calcium is sedative or excitatory depending on calcium (ionized calcium) 15:00 - ATP binds magnesium while ADP binds calcium 19:20 - Blood vessel calcification by blocking oxidative metabolism 19:55 - How does Ray interpret intracellular calcium? 21:09 - Magnesium should not be high in the blood, are there any good blood tests for magnesium? 23:15 - Intracellular calcium makes cells insensitive to stimuli 26:08 - Calcium and albumin can bind endotoxin? Cancer cells lose sensitivity 27:07 - What determines a cell's specific response to intracellular calcium? 29:03 - How does GABA affect intracellular calcium? 30:11 - ATP compounded with magnesium therapeutically 31:24 - Calcium overload is from high parathyroid hormone, not dietary intake 35:29 - Hypercalcemia from elevated lactic acid? 36:55 - What's a healthy range for lactic acid on a blood test? 37:42 - Lactic acidosis in coronavirus patients 38:39 - Intracellular calcium increases lipolysis  39:59 - Intracellular calcium increases the hormone-like prostaglandins 40:44 - Intracellular calcium increases nitric oxide 41:42 - Substances to help reoxidize lactic acid back to pyruvate 45:22 - Similarities between prolactin and parathyroid hormone 47:49 - Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and endotoxin 48:26 - PTHrP and cancer 50:33 - Ray's view on the evolutionary role of calcium-containing foods 52:17 - Did we evolve eating large amounts of meat? 54:50 - Does fructose deplete intracellular phosphate? 58:05 - Policosanols and the klotho gene 59:29 - Ray's thoughts on the Boskop skull (Starchild skull) 01:01:53 - Ray's thoughts on our origins, head shape 01:03:50 - Ray's thoughts on alternative history narratives (Atlantis, Graham Hancock) 01:05:22 - Vitamin K on facial structure, head growth with age 01:08:19 - Hollywood stars appearances over the years 01:09:00 - Old Indians found to have no decline in DHEA and testosterone 01:11:19 - Ageless flamingos 01:12:25 - The hormonal constellation of process and fluidity, Carl Rogers 01:15:09 - Maslow's hierarchy of needs and hormones, empathy 01:17:04 - Doctors and empathy 01:17:35 - Is analytical thought under the control of serotonin? 01:19:33 - Coronavirus is real, but the testing is fraudulent, antibodies, immunity, estrogen 01:31:18 - Coronavirus act II: food shortages, digital currency 01:33:07 - Climate change and coronavirus, weather disasters  01:40:00 - Methods of increasing the homeless population  01:42:49 - How is this future dystopian society going to work? 01:47:20 - In the future, will homesteaders be considered domestic terrorists harboring coronavirus infected animals?  01:54:11 - "Desiccated liver contains oxidized tryptophan, cysteine, vitamin A, ubiquinone, and many other harmful things." Ray Peat (2020) 01:56:35 - Does gray hair always involve an excess of iron?  01:59:49 - How can people obtain Ray's newsletters and books?  02:00:43 - Ray's thoughts on quinine 02:03:22 - Ray's thoughts on Trump getting coronavirus