Feb 9, 2021Introducing Keto KindThere’s a new kid on the block helping make keto easier than ever before. Newly launched, Keto Kind is a tasty plant-based keto shake that supports your ketogenic lifestyle. Whether you are following a ketogenic diet for weight loss, managing a chronic illness, or simply improving your quality of life…Keto4 min read
Nov 22, 2020What is AMPK and Why Should You Care?There is a constant dance inside our cells, maintaining a balance between processes that build up (anabolic) and break down (catabolic) based on the substrates available to produce the cell’s energy currency, ATP. Catabolic processes produce ATP. Anabolic processes consume ATP. We make ATP mainly by breaking down metabolic fuels…Fasting4 min read
Aug 7, 2020Improving Metabolic Health with Fasting and Ketosis for Healthy AgingHere is a list of modern/chronic diseases associated with metabolic damage (i.e., mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, and metabolic inflexibility): Neurodegenerative disease: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis Cancer Type-2 Diabetes Obesity Metabolic syndrome Cardiovascular disease Mental disorders (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia)Anti Aging6 min read
Aug 4, 2020Don’t Blame the Salt for What the Sugar didThis review, led by cardiovascular research scientist, James DiNicolantonio, challenges the “Salt Hypothesis” which claims dietary salt…Salt4 min read
Jun 26, 202030-Day Carnivore ExperimentLast September I completed 30-days of eating only meat and animal products. Historically my diet has been primarily plant-based, so this style of eating was incredibly foreign to me. In fact, it was during these 30-days I cooked a steak for the first time. …Carnivore11 min read
May 29, 2019Peter Attia X Chris Masterjohn — What I learned about choline, methylation, fatty liver, NAD, MTHFRPeter Attia’s podcast, The Drive, is one of my favourites, but due to the complexity of conversation, if I’m not taking notes I might as well be listening to someone speak in a different language. And I presume I’m not the only, so with that — here are my notes…Health19 min read
Apr 9, 2019Survival of the Fattest: Fat Babies and Human Brain Evolution (research summary)What came first: the ability to build tools, hunt animals, communicate, etc. or the unique size and cognition of the modern human brain? Researchers Stephen Cunnane and Michael Crawford make a sound case for how and why a shore-based diet and fat babies explain the evolution of the large human…Health11 min read
Oct 29, 2018Alzheimer’s Disease, DHA, and APOE4Dr. Rhonda Patrick recently published on the Role of phosphatidylcholine-DHA in preventing APOE4-associated Alzheimer’s disease. Very Brief Summary: DHA is an essential omega-3 fatty acid and plays a vital role in the prevention and reversal of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease The form of DHA found in fish, fish roe, and krill oil…Health8 min read
