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August 27, 2018 References: Nobel Prize, J Acad Nutr Diet,   “Did you finish your vegetables?” said your mother when you were three. You twisted and squirmed and didn’t show her the peas on the floor. Now, she could tell. The application is called Ramen spectroscopy and it was discovered by an Indian physicist back in the 1920s, earning… Continue reading Ramen Spectroscopy Can Measure Whether You Have Eaten Your Vegetables

August 20, 2018 References: ATVB, Bill Davis of Wheat Belly,   Gundry has got his smoking gun! A poster presentation at the AHA meetings with an abstract is now on the books. This is bigger than you may think. It certainly is the first step. This is exactly along the same line as Bill Davis, of Wheat Belly fame.  Endothelial… Continue reading Avoiding Lectins Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction – The Proof

August 13, 2018 Low Histamine Diet  References: AJCN, Inter J of Immunopath, Factvfitness.com, Marion Institute,   Ok, the source I started with was a bit odd. She knocked on our office door after we were closed and had the front lights turned off. She was a teacher with CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) who had been flying to California to… Continue reading Low Histamine Diet

August 06, 2018 The Alkaline Diet IS the Keto Diet of Choice  References: Pure Wow, Dr Axe, Book of Daniel, Saddleback Church, U of BC, Journal of Nutrition,   There has been a recent flurry of articles in the media about the alkaline diet with a few “expert dieticians” poo-pooing it and suggesting you should just follow the Mediterranean diet instead. What’s… Continue reading The Alkaline Diet IS the Keto Diet of Choice

July 30, 2018 Inhalational Alzheimer’s   References: Bredesen Aging,   Inhalational means caused by breathing. How awful and how insidious! But that’s exactly what this article is about. The primary cause is mold biotoxins, though other toxins will carry out the same effect. Indoor pollution is worse than outdoor pollution and our homes are so airtight now, we… Continue reading Inhalational Alzheimer’s

July 23, 2018 Saunas and Risk of Dementia  References: Age Aging, Am J of Hypertension, Scientific World Journal, Alternative Med Therapies,   It’s all in the title. “Sauna Bathing is inversely associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in Middle-Aged Men”. Nice! You see, in Finland building codes require that even apartment buildings have saunas in each unit. It’s part of… Continue reading Saunas and Risk of Dementia

July 16, 2018 References: Stroke, Obesity, Washington Post,   Whoa, Nellie! Now artificial sweeteners are bad! Help, help, help. We’ve been telling everyone not to eat sugar, and now you turn around and point at sweeteners. What’s the deal? Better, what’s the evidence? Ok, an observational study from the long-term, Framingham heart study prospectively followed 4,272 older adults for… Continue reading Artificial Sweeteners and the Risk of Dementia

July 09, 2018 Reference: Crane, NEJM, Lancet Neurology, ELSA Study, Diabetes Care,   Your HgbA1c is your most important blood test. Get to know it well. It is a simple concept. When blood sugar gets higher, more of it sticks to different proteins. Glucose is a very reactive molecule, ready to stick to anything. You know that from spilling a… Continue reading Blood Glucose and Cognitive Decline

July 02, 2018 References: NIH, JAMA, AHA,  EHP, Imagine my surprise when a doctor calls me and asks me to do chelation on himself for coronary artery disease. He referenced the TACT study which I had not read. Now I have and here are the results. I’ll try and put it into the context of risks and what… Continue reading Chelation Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease – the TACT Study

June 25, 2018  Reference: Amer Jr Clin Nutrition, Nutrition Journal, LIfe Extension,   We’ve known about the risks of homocysteine since the late 60’s when a Harvard researcher by the name of McCulley brought it to the world’s attention with his research. At that time there was a brutal PR war going on about lipids and cholesterol as being… Continue reading What’s the Big Deal with Homocysteine?