by Michael O'Neill | Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been meaning to do a deep dive into physiological insulin resistance for quite a while now, but the universe keeps conspiring to take my time. Because I haven’t had time to read, learn more and write about it, I thought I’d share the links I...
by Michael O'Neill | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I see lots of questions in the various communities regarding the safety of a ketogenic diet. One frequent concern is about what this diet will do to one’s cholesterol numbers. Because of these questions, I recently went through my EMR data and pulled my last few...
by Michael O'Neill | Dec 7, 2012 | Low Carb Books
I’ve heard people lament, “Gary Taubes is great and all…but he just doesn’t understand the science.” Such people typically have not read the science, much less, Good Calories, Bad Calories. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the...
by Michael O'Neill | Dec 6, 2012 | Low Carb Books
Gary Taubes saved my life. Or at least, that’s what I tell him. This book came at a critical point in my life, and reversed an insidious trend of out of control weight gain and mounting health problems. Written for the lay person, it gives a history of nutrition...
by Michael O'Neill | Dec 5, 2012 | AHS12, video
Thomas Seyfried’s talk at Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 (AHS12) is a deep dive into the origins of cancer, loosely framed around the question, “Is cancer a metabolic disease?” In some ways an extremely provocative talk, but fascinating to watch him...
