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Nature Paper about ApoE4, the BBB, Inflammation and CypA-MMP9 Pathway
The stunning paper, published April 29th 2020 in the prestigious journal Nature (1), provides new insight into how the ApoE4 allele may...
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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Be Careful with Calorie Counting
A calorie is a unit of energy. Specifically, a calorie is the amount of energy required to heat up 1 gram of water by 1˚C. Technically...
Oct 3, 20224 min read
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Ketones Bind to Your DNA!
Ketones bodies are often referred to as the “4th macronutrient” (in addition to fat, carbs, and protein). But ketones are also much more...
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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ApoE4s, your Genes Aren’t Your Fate
Alzheimer’s disease is perhaps the scariest of all human diseases. It not only steals your memories and personality, it steals your...
Aug 5, 20223 min read
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How Yo-Yo Diets Damage Metabolism and What to Do About It
It’s common knowledge among yo-yo dieters that when you lose weight and gain it back, it comes back with vengeance! What’s more, with...
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Low-carb vs. Low-fat Diets & The Saturated Fat Paradox!
The graphs below summarize data from a 2008 study in which people were split in two diet groups: a low-fat group and a low-carb group...
Aug 3, 20202 min read
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Saunas for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease, the world’s most common neurodegenerative disease and form of dementia, is partly a disease of protein misfolding....
Jul 20, 20202 min read
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The Virginity Lie & How to Find REAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil
What is extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)? Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is among the world’s healthiest fat sources. It’s not only the...
Jul 13, 20205 min read
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Vitamin C for your Artery
A car is driving along the highway when… SMASH… car crash! It’s a 10-car pileup and the road is wrecked. Of course, the first priority is...
Jul 6, 20203 min read
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Ketones – Water on the Fire of Chronic Disease
Let’s analogize the immune system to an army. Like an army, the immune system exists to protect us from foreign invaders. On the other...
Jun 29, 20202 min read
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Mooooving Forward: Is Red Meat Really Bad for Your Health?
“Red meat is bad for your health.” It’s common knowledge. Then again, common knowledge is often wrong. Inspired by the obesity epidemic...
Jun 22, 20206 min read
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Insulin Resistance Blocks the Benefits of Exercise
A stunning new paper entitled “Molecular Choreography of Acute Exercise,” published on May 28th, 2020 in the prestigious journal Cell...
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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Chocolate: Food of the Gods & High-Fat Superfood
It may not surprise you to learn that the cacao beans used to make chocolate come from the Theobroma cacao tree, which translates to...
Jun 8, 20204 min read
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Jargon You Should Know: “Oxidative Stress” and “Inflammation”
There are some really important terms that come up repeatedly and are actually important to understand. Two of these are “oxidative...
Jun 3, 20203 min read
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Ketones Promote “Network Stability” in the Brain to Possibly Protect Against Alzheimer’s
On March 3rd 2020, a two-part study was published in the prestigious journal, PNAS, that documented two important discoveries: (1) A new...
May 26, 20202 min read
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What the Heck is Autophagy? – The Bakery Analogy
“Autophagy” is a hot topic in nutrition science, particularly as relates to brain health. The discovery of autophagy-related genes was...
May 19, 20202 min read
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The Fatome
What is the best source of fat on a ketogenic diet? The ketosphere is pretty segregated, almost in a religious manner, on this issue....
May 13, 20206 min read
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Ketone Bodies Can Mitigate Migraines
One billion people in the world suffer from migraines. That makes it the most common neurological disease in the world. Despite its...
May 11, 20203 min read
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Understanding Ketones as a Better Brain Fuel
It is quickly becoming common knowledge that ketone bodies are a better fuel for the brain than glucose. But it’s one thing to believe...
May 4, 20202 min read
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Keto for Schizophrenia
Many brain diseases, from Alzheimer’s to migraines to schizophrenia (the focus of this piece), have as an underlying cause “bioenergetic...
Apr 27, 20202 min read
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