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FIAF – how to Control Your Weight with Fat

July 20, 2015 FIAF: Fasting Induced Adipose Factor   Reference:   Gut Microbiota and Obesity   Date:   July 20, 2015   You thought you were an individual, leading your life and managing your nutrition with the best way you knew how.   “I eat a pretty healthy life”, you say.   But you are 20 pounds overweight, feel tired a lot… Continue reading FIAF – how to Control Your Weight with Fat

Sleep is your Brain on Drain

July 13, 2015 Sleep is Your Brain Drain   Reference:   Science Daily June 2015,   What a great feeling to wake up in the morning and feel really refreshed!   You can get stuff done. You have ideas. You feel full of vitality and energy. What just happened?   Your brain got scrubbed, washed, flushed, and reset! Sleep is dangerous.  … Continue reading Sleep is your Brain on Drain

Biohacking Vegetables

July 06, 2015 Biohacking Vegetables101   Reference:   Wikipedia, Biohacking Conference,   PBS,   What is Biohacking?   If I may give the simplest explanation, it’s figuring our how to do what you were designed to do, in the best and most satisfying fashion. Well, when we talk about our own health and lifestyle, it’s all about creating choices with food, sleep, brain… Continue reading Biohacking Vegetables

The Problem of Lectins

June 15, 2015 The Problem of Lectins   Reference: Wikipedia, Phytochemistry 2015, PloS One    Have your heard of lectins?   Could you give me the one-sentence summary of what they do to you? Ok, you will in this column learn what that means. Lectins are the proteins made by plants to protect themselves from their predators. They are, in effect,… Continue reading The Problem of Lectins

Know your Basal Metabolic Rate

June 08, 2015 Do you know your Basal Metabolic Rate?   Reference: Wikipedia,  Physiology Reviews   We use about 60% of our calorie needs each day just staying alive.   The fuel needed to keep us warm, to keep our brains functioning, our heart pumping, our hair growing, our gut moving – all of that, is your basal rate.  … Continue reading Know your Basal Metabolic Rate

Food and Inflammasomes

June 01, 2015 Fire, Fire, Cells on Fire: Inflammasomes II   Reference:   Scientific American June 2015, Wen Nature Immunology  We learned last week that inflammasomes are activated when “stranger” and “danger” signals are present.   Bacteria and viruses can do it, but so can foreign chemicals like asbestos and amyloid in our brains.   The inflammasome is essentially a little… Continue reading Food and Inflammasomes

Inflammasomes – a Primer on Inflammation

May 25, 2015Inflammasomes: a Primer on Inflammation Reference:   World Jr Diabetes, Scientific American May 2015, Diabetes, gout, Alzheimer’s, asbestosis, erectile difficulty, heart attacks all have something in common. They are primarily diseases of inflammation. Yup, inflammation is the problem. (Redness, swelling, pain, warmth) All of these “diseases” share a common pathway. They may affect different organs (fat tissues, liver, joints,… Continue reading Inflammasomes – a Primer on Inflammation