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...

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...

Alzheimer’s disease, the world’s most common neurodegenerative disease and form of dementia, is partly a disease of protein misfolding....

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...

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...

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...

“Red meat is bad for your health.” It’s common knowledge. Then again, common knowledge is often wrong. Inspired by the obesity epidemic...

A stunning new paper entitled “Molecular Choreography of Acute Exercise,” published on May 28th, 2020 in the prestigious journal Cell...

It may not surprise you to learn that the cacao beans used to make chocolate come from the Theobroma cacao tree, which translates to...

There are some really important terms that come up repeatedly and are actually important to understand. Two of these are “oxidative...

On March 3rd, a two-part study was published in the prestigious journal, PNAS, that documented two important discoveries: (1) A new way...

“Autophagy” is a hot topic in nutrition science, particularly as relates to brain health. The discovery of autophagy-related genes was...

What is the best source of fat on a ketogenic diet? The ketosphere is pretty segregated, almost in a religious manner, on this issue....

One billion people in the world suffer from migraines. That makes it the most common neurological disease in the world. Despite its...

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...

Many brain diseases, from Alzheimer’s to migraines to schiZophrenia (the focus of this piece), have as an underlying cause “bioenergetic...

In science and medicine, your conclusions are only as good as your tests. You don’t need to be a researcher or doctor to understand this...

Each of our guts is an ecosystem of microorganisms. We shape this ecosystem by eating certain foods and, in turn, this ecosystem affects...

It’s March 27th, 2020 and many people are awash in confusion (and hand sanitizer). With the COVID pandemic progressing so quickly and the...

The world is up-side down. Not surprisingly, we’ve frequently received the question, “Is there a links between ketones and coronavirus?”...