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January 02, 2012 The Trouble with Wheat #3: Lectins and the Stealth Insulin Effect   Reference:Wikipedia, Various Internet Sites, British Medical Journal   Ever heard of “lectins”?  You must not have been cruising the obscure corners of the metabolic research libraries.  Scientists have been talking about them for over a century but only recently has the bigger picture started… Continue reading The Trouble with Wheat #3: Lectins and the Stealth Insulin Effect

December 20, 2011 The Trouble With Wheat #1:  Redefinition of Obesity   Reference:  Eric Westman, MD Duke University Weight Loss Clinic   We have always defined obesity as YOUR problem.  You got fat because you ate too much and were lazy!  That definition doesn’t get us very far because all of us are now fat.   I bet… Continue reading The Trouble With Wheat #1: Redefinition of Obesity

December 15, 2011 Paleolithic Diet Beats Mediterranean for Satiety and Appetite Control   Reference:  T Jonsson Nutrition and Metabolism 2010:7;85   Want to lose weight?  The holidays are around the corner with lots of parties going on right now.  Pretty easy to pack on 3-4 pounds in the next two weeks.  Consider a strategy to not do that,… Continue reading Paleolithic Diet Beats Mediterranean for Satiety and Appetite Control

December 09, 2011 Brain Health, Exercise and BDNF   Reference:  New York Times, Nov 30th, 2011, Physiological Behavior, Oct 24, 2011   We got it!  It’s BDNF! Brain derived neurotrophic factor.  That’s the key to preserving memory and brain health as we age.  It’s a name we all need to become familiar with as I’m certain new research will blossom… Continue reading Brain Health, Exercise and BDNF

December 01, 2011 Fish Builds Brains – But Not if It’s Fried   Reference:  USA Today Nov 30, 2011   Brain health is important.  Fifty percent of us will have Alzheimer’s by the time we are 85 if we don’t do something about it.  Eating fish just once a week may help with that, according to new research reported… Continue reading Fish Builds Brains – But Not if It’s Fried

November 18, 2011 You Are What You Eat – Your Genes are What You Eat   Reference:  Cell Research Chen-Yu Zhang, Nanking University Sept 20th 2011   Yea, yea!  We have all heard, “You are what you eat”.  But it bores you to death.  Now, we know something much more profound.  What you eat controls your genes in a very profound way.  Micro RNA. What’s micro… Continue reading You Are What You Eat – Your Genes are What You Eat

November 08, 2011 Lyme Disease in Iceman and Birds   Reference:Science News, Nov 1, 2011 and Lyme Disease Annual Meeting, Toronto 2011   Iceman, or Otzi, had a bad day.  He had just gotten away from his chasers and stopped at the very top of the pass on the border of what is now Italy and Austria in… Continue reading Lyme Disease in Iceman and Birds

November 01, 2011 Floating a Concept: The Proteomic Index – The Protein-”omic”?   Reference:  CNN Special By Sanjay Gupta and Bill Clinton: “The Last Heart Attack”   This idea is NOT out there so I am asking you to think of a conceptual idea that I believe is coming and explains a lot as to why vegetarian type diets… Continue reading Floating a Concept: The Proteomic Index – The Protein-”omic”?

October 24, 2011 Are Vitamins Innocuous?  Maybe Not!  Reference: JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA,     Two reports this week about vitamins and extra risk for early mortality.  This is sort of a surprise and takes some thinking what it might mean.  First, in the very prestigious Archives of Internal Medicine is a report following 38,000 plus women in the Iowa… Continue reading Are Vitamins Innocuous? Maybe Not!

October 18, 2011 Three Little D’s: We Don’t Have Enough, Linked to Many Diseases and You Really Need it if you are Fair Skinned Competency:  Vitamin D,   References attached in hyperlink:    Neal Binkley, at the American Association of Clinical Chemistry reported this month that his research shows that only 23% of Americans have enough D, that is over… Continue reading Three Little D’s