Category Archives: Health & Longevity
From Chronic Inflammation to Chronic Disease – 10 Ways to Prevent It
Not all inflammation is bad; as the very reason our body has an inflammatory response is to protect and heal itself. Whether that’s swelling, warmth, and redness for an acute injury, or the secretion of T-cells to destroy harmful pathogens. But chronic (or systemic) inflammation is bad. Since unlike burns, cuts, breaks, and bruises, or…
4 More Red Meat Myths – Neu5Gc, AA, TMAO and AGEs
Replacing saturated fat with starchy carbohydrates is probably the easiest way to get fat, sick, and heading to an early grave. Yet despite the scientific evidence and practical experience (see general population), we’re still wasting research dollars and media coverage trying to blame red meat. As we’ve discussed in the past, the conglomerate of observational…
10 Benefits of Low-Carb You Don’t Get With Other Diets
1. A Low Carb Diet Lets You Eat as Much as You Want (Forget Calories) Calories might matter when it comes to losing “weight” but not when it comes to losing strictly fat. This is because without carbohydrates we keep insulin down and prevent fat storage. But more importantly, we promote fat burning. Since low…
What Really Happened to Neanderthals?
Your ultra-marathon and triathlete friends (or enemies) will tell you that Neanderthals were beat out for scarce resources by a bunch of persistent hunting humans. And if not that, they’ll say a highly-agile, highly-intelligent homosapien out-smarted or killed-off the dumber, slower, ape-like caveman between 10 and 40,000 years ago. But realistically, both explanations are wrong…
Low-Fat vs Low-Carb – What’s to Debate?
Even though it’s quite obvious that the advice to restrict fat has made everyone fat, the low-carb vs low-fat debate continues. Why? Because the majority of the population still thinks the saturated fat in eggs, red meat, and butter causes heart disease. Why? Because that’s what the fraudulent Seven-Country Study told us 50 years ago,…
The UNDEReducated Authority on Nutrition – Don’t Fall For The Lab Coat!
When you want someone to handle your financial portfolio, who do you go to? The guy with a great reputation and proven results, or the one with 12 letters after his name? Clearly, you avoid the guy that can’t manage to advise himself into a better financial situation: “I think this guy looks good honey.…
Bone Broth – Make it a Staple This Winter
Last winter bone broth was the hot new food item; and for good reason! It’s very nutritious, extremely delicious, and provides a health-boost that most of us living North of 40 could use from November to March. Unlike your standard muscle meats, the connective tissues in animal carcasses add support to bones and joints, and…
FODMAP – Fancy Word for Fart-Stopper? That’s Worse For Your Gut?
The Low FODMAP Diet has grown in popularity as people finally start to realize that optimal health begins in the gut. Some are turning to it because they’ve been struggling with an irritable bowel or gastrointestinal discomfort (bloated, gas, reflux, etc) for years, while others are looking to it because they’ve heard it can improve…