He speaks as if he's making "black/white" statements, but if you listen to him long enough, his ideas do contradict each other. I think the most valuable thing to take away from him is that only you can detect good health by paying attention and making decisions in real time, and that the optimal combo will always be in flux. It's like when he constantly restates his bio on radio shows. He's just a conduit for whatever his intuition tells him is right. I don't hang on the specifics of his work, but rather the mindset that intuition, curiosity, and attention will save you.
As an example, sometimes Ray will say starch is bad, and other times he will say that starch is compatible with a healthy lifestyle. His stance on most things is probably the dose and the condition of the body at any given time determines the nutrient/poison, but he will make firm statements over radio shows and podcasts because, if I had to guess, he says what he thinks is best for the audience given the medium and time constraints. Ultimately, you as an individual will miss things if you rely on someone else's observations instead of your own. Ray's recommendations are a good starting point, but you will likely be better off if you have the last word on what you do and do not do. And Ray would be the first to admit that :).
