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December 22, 2014 They Wrong White Crystals for High Blood Pressure   Reference : OpenHeart Dec 2014   Ask anyone with heart disease what they have to avoid and they will answer, “Salt”. Right? Well, they are wrong.   It’s time to think carefully just what happens with our physiology and how heart disease develops. This article is an elegant… Continue reading It’s Sugar, Not Salt that Causes Heart Attacks

December 15, 2014 Milk Consumption and the Risk of Mortality   Reference: British Medical Journal October 2014   Milk is incredibly valuable nutrition for growing humans. It helps us grow taller and stronger. That’s the conventional argument and what we are taught. It has been argued to have been a key contributor to human successful survival on planet… Continue reading Drinking Milk is Dangerous

December 08, 2014 Depression and Vitamin D – The Link to SAD   Reference: Med Hypothesis Dec 2014   We are now in the middle of the darkest days of the year with the least amount of sunlight. In Milwaukee, the angle of the sun has dropped to about 220, Our ability to make Vitamin D has dropped… Continue reading Vitamin D and the Link to SAD

December 01, 2014 The Insulin Trap   Reference: Lustig, Fat Chance   What is the insulin trap?   It’s what most of us are in when we eat food in modern civilization, and it’s what keeps us fat. Let’s start with some simple physiology. First, what is insulin? Insulin is primarily your survival and storage hormone, not your blood… Continue reading The Insulin Trap

November 26, 2014 Vitamin D Levels Predict Cognitive Decline   Reference: Neurology Nov 2014 Archives for the News at http://www.NewsinNutrition.com It’s late November. You haven’t been out in the sun for over 2 months.   But that hardly matters as the angle of the sun has been too low since about Oct 1 to make any effective D when you… Continue reading Vitamin D Levels Predict Cognitive Decline

November 17, 2014 Air Pollution and Your Brain   References: Levesque Jr Neurochemistry, Calderon BioMed Research 2013,   You know that black stuff that comes out of the back of big trucks or busses? All those fumes. You thought it was benign?   Well, we are beginning to understand the danger it provides. As more and more humans crowd… Continue reading Air Pollution and Your Brain

November 03, 2014 The Circadian T3 Method (CT3M) for Adrenal Fatigue  Reference: Recovering with T3 by Paul Robinson   This is a very simple idea, wrapped up in some complex physiology. To date, we have defined “adrenal fatigue” as someone who is exhausted when they wake up, can’t get out of bed, need three cups of coffee… Continue reading The Circadian T3 Method (CT3M) for Adrenal Fatigue

November 01, 2014 Tomatoes for High Blood Pressure   Reference: Fuhrman Antiox Redox Sigal, Armoza J Hypertension, Kim Atherosclerosis Tomatoes contain lycopene. Lycopene is the bright red color in tomatoes (and watermelon and beans and other veges) that is part of the pathway to making Vitamin A, or β-carotene. It has 11 double bonds in it – which are its source… Continue reading Tomatoes and High Blood Pressure

October 27, 2014 Low Free T3 in the “Normal” Range Predicts Death in Elderly Patients   Reference: JCEM Iglesias Oct 2013 PubMed Abstract Reverse T3 and Mortality   There is lots of talk about thyroid and how important it is for your general well-being. It acts as the idle on your engine, generating power for your body to turn into… Continue reading Low Free T3 in the “Normal” Range Predicts Death in Elderly Patients

October 20, 2014 Cholesterol Explained – A Unified Theory   Reference:   The Art and Science of Low Carb Living by Volek and Phinney  You don’t understand how cholesterol works. It seems so complicated. Your doctor has so many urgent, compelling reasons why you should take statins, but you don’t feel bad and you don’t get any information… Continue reading Cholesterol Explained – A Unified Theory – 18 Wheelers and You