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The Truth About Low-Protein, High-Carb Diets and Brain Aging

Georgia Ede, MD

Do you need to worry about that new study claiming that LOW-protein, HIGH-carbohydrate diets are better for brain health? Have some fun peeking behind the curtain to see what these scientists actually did and decide for yourself whether it’s going to be meat or muffins for you…

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What You Need to Know about Sugar and Insulin Resistance

Georgia Ede, MD

In today’s post our fructose journey comes to a sweet conclusion, with answers to the questions that really matter: How much sugar is safe for you to eat? How much fructose and glucose is in your favorite foods, drinks, and sweeteners? How can you tell if you have insulin resistance (damaged carbohydrate metabolism)? What are some of…

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Avoiding Alzheimer’s Disease Could Be Easier Than You Think

Georgia Ede, MD

If you don’t know, you’re not alone. This is perhaps the single most important question any of us can ask about our physical and mental health—yet most patients, and even many doctors, don’t know how to answer it.

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Vitamin D: A possible ally in the fight against diabetes

McMaster Optimal Aging Team

The many positive health impacts of vitamin D have dominated the supplement world in recent years. Similarly, the growing worldwide epidemic of type 2 diabetes has also been in the spotlight – with an estimated 400 million people affected currently, and this number expected to be 642 million by 2040. As type 2 diabetes rates…

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Mitochondrial Correction: A New Therapeutic Paradigm for Cancer and Degenerative Diseases

Michael J Gonzalez; Thomas Seyfried; Garth L Nicolson; Barry J Barclay; Jamie Matta; Alex Vasquez; Dominic D’Agostino; Jose Olalde; Jorge Duconage; Ronald Hunninghake; Miguel J Berdiel; Amanda Cintrón

Cancer and other degenerative diseases are increasing to epidemic proportions in all industrialized countries. Many of these degenerative diseases show some familial association, thus a genetic basis has been assumed. Yet, the nature and frequency of genetic variants in the human population has not changed significantly in the past 50 years, even though the incidence…

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The Driving Force Behind the Dietary Guidelines

Belinda Fettke

A fascinating look at the ideology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and their subsequent influence on nutrition ‘science’ and dietary guidelines, world-wide.  Most of us only look back as far as Ancel Keys to determine where it all went wrong, but few look back further to see what or who influenced him and others to passionately push the…

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The Nitrate and Nitrite Myth: Another Reason Not To Fear Bacon

Chris Kresser

Beyond just being loaded with “artery-clogging saturated fat” and sodium, bacon has been long considered unhealthy due to the use of nitrates and nitrites in the curing process. Many conventional doctors, and well-meaning friends and relatives, will say you’re basically asking for a heart attack or cancer.  Chris Kresser debunks this Myth and, if you have the time, the comments thread…

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Fibre is NOT a necessity for a healthy diet! Can this be True?

Doug Reynolds

When Dr. Paul Mason made the statement during his talk at Low Carb Down Under this year that “Fibre is NOT a necessity for a healthy diet!” there was a discernible unrest amongst the crowd.  How could this be true?  Fibre is essential to avoid constipation, right?  Apparently this is not the case and Dr.…

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The Grinch, The WHO, Red Meat and Cancer: A Holiday Poem

Georgia Ede, MD

In October, twenty-two scientists from ten countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, to evaluate the link between processed and red meat and cancer. The result was a highly-publicized press release by the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” and red meat as “probably carcinogenic…

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WHO Says Meat Causes Cancer?

Georgia Ede, MD

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a two-page report entitled Carcinogenicity of Consumption of Red and Processed Meat, warning the planet that processed meat definitely causes colorectal cancer in humans, and that red meat “probably” causes colorectal cancer in humans. The report listed a total of 20 scientific references. WHO’s frightening anti-meat proclamation made headlines worldwide…

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