Stress, Distorted Self-Images, and the Sickness of the Pursuit of Physical...
Before getting into this post, I have one piece of news to announce. I’ll be writing for Matt Stone’s January newsletter, probably on the topic of physical attractiveness. You can sign up for the...
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My Guest Post for 180 Degree Health Newsletter
Dear reader, My guest post for Matt Stone’s January newsletter has just gone live. You can get to it from here. One of my main purposes for writing about physical attractiveness was to create...
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Straight Talk on Fats, Metabolism, and Body Temperature
It’s popular to talk about certain foods that stimulate thermogenesis, or heat production, as a means to aid in weight loss – the most fashionable of which is probably coconut oil. While that’s all...
View ArticleThe Unsung Hero of Thyroid Replacement Therapy: ATP
ATP and thyroid are closely related in that the thyroid hormone is essential for the rapid turnover of ATP, both inside and outside of cells. ATP, in turn, affects processes as diverse as pain,...
View ArticlePreserving Brain Function: Principles, Pitfalls, and Practical Conclusions
INTRODUCTIONI recently had the opportunity to attend a physician-only-lecture at a hospital about the use of ketogenic diets for the treatment of epilepsy in children. If you at least casually follow...
View Article'Smart Drugs' Are Stupid
Smart drugs, or “nootropics,” are a topic I’ve stayed cleared of until now because, well, the idea of using them was stupid. Not only is the research on those so-called smart drugs severely deficient...
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Essential Fatty Acids: Should We Be Concerned About Them?
Because people can build up large stores of (essential) nutrients — enough to maintain proper physiological functioning for as long as years — diseases arising from dietary deficiencies should be...
View ArticleMy Health Challenges: A Glance Back at the Past 10 Years
In college, I made it a routine to take as many credits as possible every semester. On top of working and volunteering, I was consistently burdened with a schedule fit for two students because, well,...
View ArticleFood Intolerances, Allergies, and Stress: An Overview
Of all the stimuli that we’re constantly adapting to, whether well or not so well, food is without question the most significant. Think about it: There’s nothing that we’re exposed to as frequently,...
View ArticleI'm Back! Updates, Mini Burnout, and Low Carb Diets Are Still Egregious
Wow, it’s been four and a half months since my last blog post so I’m guessing best case, my readership has fallen by half; worst case, I’ll be writing this post to myself. But it’s not my fault, and...
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Insulin revisited, cell physiology, membrane pumps, and internet commenters
In my first “fact check” of Dr. Ray Peat, I had discussed the mechanisms by which insulin exerts its effects from the conventional textbook point-of-view. I’ve gotten mostly good feedback on that...
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Diabetes, Dangerous Fat, and Protective Sugar
Since the discovery of the so-called “glucose-fatty acid cycle” in 1963, there has been more and more evidence accumulating linking free fatty acids with diabetes (Randle, Garland, Hales, &...
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Why cells go bad: a new appreciation and understanding of ATP opens up an...
It’s refreshing to see people beginning to think clearly and rationally and move away from gimmicky diets that have little basis in fact, reality, or objectivity, and to ones that are firmly seated in...
View ArticlePUFA, lipid peroxidation processes, and the implications for atherosclerosis...
I recently read on the interwebz that fish oil lowers triglyceride levels in the blood by depositing them in the arteries. I have known about this triglyceride lowering effect, and whether I should be...
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PUFA, lipid peroxidation processes, and the implications for atherosclerosis...
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What I learned from the red meat-carnitine study (plus what I ate today)
The red meat-carnitine study1 has made the rounds on the interwebz and many a blogger has had an opportunity to thoroughly deconstruct it, and, as usual, the data presented in the study did not, in any...
View ArticleThe interplay among the human intestinal microbial landscape, obesity,...
INTRODUCTION I’ve been paying much more attention to the human intestinal microbial landscape because of the red meat-carnitine study, and more recently, this one. There is a growing body of...
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Lipid peroxidation, acne, and the complexity of nutrient interactions
Introduction:I’m probably treading on thin ice here, but I’ve been thinking about why milk would cause acne in some people. I have not the means of forming a solid judgment but initially, I was...
View ArticlePUFA, Lipid Peroxidation Processes, and the Implications for Atherosclerosis...
Part I, IIOut of curiosity, using cronometer, I decided to see how much PUFA I was eating on a daily basis for a week. It was tedious but, on average, I had consumed about 5 grams of PUFA a day, and...
View ArticleProtein, the Thyroid Gland, Metabolism, and Conceptions About Weight Loss Diets
I apologize for the long break but I hope to be back for a while. I’ve been getting many emails and messages since my hiatus, and, I promise, I will try my best to get to all of them. I really...
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