Category Archives: Heart Disease
The Truth About Salt & Hypertension
The original recommendation to “Eat Less Salt” stems from research by Lewis Dahl in the 1950’s-70’s, who decided feeding rats 500 grams of sodium per day (almost 50 times the average intake) was viable evidence for showing an association between sodium intake and hypertension (high blood pressure). Though if that wasn’t misleading enough, he later…
Eat Eggs…WITH The Yolks!
One of my all-time favorite conversations with clients goes like this: Me – “So give me a typical day of eating for you?” Client – “Well, I eat pretty well. I usually start my day off with an egg white omelet…” Me – (insert shot clock expiration sound) Simply put, removing the yolks from eggs…
The Problem With Red Meat Research
The speculation that red meat consumption increases disease risk has been around for as long as most of us can remember. Largely because of the misconceptions surrounding saturated fat, cholesterol, and heart disease, but also because of power-trippin vegans and click-desperate media outlets blowing up the interweb with tax-wasting epidemiological evidence. Any of the eye-catching…
The Deal With Dairy
You’ve probably heard the success stories of people swapping out dairy and losing drastic amounts of weight, or switching from cow’s milk to almond or coconut milk and curing their gas, bloating, and upset stomach. And perhaps this has lead you to believe believe that dairy is bad, and best left out of the diet…?…
Cardio = The Worst Investment Ever?
One of the greatest things about the human body is its ability to adapt quickly to a new stressor. After initial contact, less and less of an adaptation is required, until dealing with the once-challenging stimulus almost seems easy. This phenomenon is especially evident in exercise, as weights begin to feel lighter with resistance training,…
Eat Fish or Take Fish Oil
Our bodies can’t make omega-3’s, which is why they’re classified as ‘essential’ fatty acids (EFAs). This means we need to consume fish or high-quality meat on a regular basis, or we run the risk of deficiency. Vegetarians will attempt to tell you otherwise, but plant foods only contain short-chain omega-3’s (ALA) – which have an…
But What About The China Study?
No matter how much information I share proving that animal products are essential (and a ‘lack of’ detrimental), I commonly encounter this: “But What About the China Study?” For those that have never heard of My Vegetarian Manifesto…Oops! I mean The China Study; Dr. T. Colin Campbell uses observational data from 65 countries in China…
The Fiber Fallacy
The world was first instructed to “Eat More Fiber“ because of research from Dr.’s Denis Burkitt and Hugh Trowell. They were studying the associations between diet and health status and wanted to determine why the diseases plaguing individuals in the Western World were not affecting secluded tribes in Africa. According to their observations, the lower…