Pharmaceutical industry
225 sourcesRay Peat was a persistent critic of the pharmaceutical industry's influence on medical science and public health policy. He documented numerous cases where industry interests shaped scientific 'consensus,' suppressed inconvenient findings, and promoted harmful products. He saw the promotion of estrogen therapy, statins, SSRIs, PUFAs, and the demonization of thyroid, progesterone, aspirin, and saturated fat as products of this influence.
Peat emphasized the importance of understanding the economic incentives behind medical recommendations and conducting one's own research rather than accepting authority uncritically. He noted that many effective, inexpensive treatments (aspirin, thyroid, progesterone, vitamin E) were marginalized precisely because they couldn't be patented for large profits.
Key Positions
- Industry funding shapes medical research priorities and conclusions
- Effective, inexpensive treatments are marginalized in favor of patentable drugs
- The estrogen therapy scandal demonstrates how industry can drive harmful practice for decades
- Statins were promoted despite failing to reduce total mortality in most populations
- FDA regulatory capture allows industry to influence safety standards
- Independent research and critical thinking are essential for health decisions
- Generic drugs (aspirin, thyroid, progesterone) are underused because of low profit margins
Sources
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Salt, energy, metabolic rate, and longevity
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Serotonin, depression, and aggression: The problem of brain energy
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Serotonin: Effects in disease, aging and inflammation
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Signs & Symptoms That Respond To Progesterone
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Sugar issues
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Suitable Fats, Unsuitable Fats: Issues in Nutrition
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Systemic Vitality - Steven Smith
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TSH, temperature, pulse rate, and other indicators in hypothyroidism
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The Great Fish Oil Experiment
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The Ray Peat Dietary Survival Guide - Joey Lott
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The dark side of stress (learned helplesness)
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The transparency of life: Cataracts as a model of age-related disease.
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Thyroid
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Thyroid, insomnia, and the insanities: Commonalities in disease
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Thyroid: Therapies, Confusion, and Fraud.
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Tissue-bound estrogen in aging
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Tryptophan, serotonin, and aging.
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Unsaturated Vegetable Oils: Toxic.
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Using Sunlight to Sustain Life
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VV Fitness Blog - Vahdaneh Vahid
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Vashinvetala (formerly Pranarupa)
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Vegetables, etc. - Who Defines Food?
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Vitamin E: Estrogen antagonist, energy promoter, and anti-inflammatory
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Water: swelling, tension, pain, fatigue, aging
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When energy fails: Edema, heart failure, hypertension, sarcopenia, etc.