by Michael O'Neill | Apr 11, 2016 | video
Not a new topic by my favorite science and nutrition writer, but this recent video by Gary Taubes is worth a look by anyone interested in health and nutrition. In it he speaks on some familiar topics, and reveals a new book in the...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Mar 14, 2016 | research
In the Beginning Almost two hundred years ago, the methodology for investigating the occurrence and movement of infectious diseases in populations was born. It happened in London during the cholera epidemic of 1836 with the work of the English physician John Snow (1,...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Dec 28, 2015 | Low Carb Books
Found; a superbly informative book that explains in practical language how to care for and nurture your mitochondria. If nutritional biochemistry is not your bag, you may ask what are mitochondria, and why would I want to care for and nurture them? The first part of...
by Michael O'Neill | Oct 14, 2015 | news, paleo, short
There’s a lot to like about the paleo movement. Lauren Cordain’s work has been been tremendously informative, and Robb Wolf’s book delivers some fierce insights on healthy (and unhealthy) eating. And so it comes as no surprise that I keep my eyes...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Sep 28, 2015 | research
How can aspirin help to cure cancer?(1) This question is a consequence of long out-dated dogma of the medical establishment. The truth that puts a lie to this worn-out dogma has been available in the public domain for more than ten years.(2) The truth has been...
by Fred and Alice Ottoboni | Aug 10, 2015 | research
Introduction In 1982, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was granted jointly to Sune Bergstrom, Bengt Samuelsson, and Sir John Vane, which, in essence, explained the mechanism for the analgesic effect of aspirin. The Nobel Summary pointed out that prostaglandins and related...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Apr 26, 2015 | research
Herein you will find an account of two truths of optimum human nutrition that are slowly emerging from a huge mix of nutrition literature that clouds rather than clarifies a fundamental field of study. These two truths, also known as natural laws, evolved in the...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Mar 10, 2015 | Low Carb Books
Update: Ellen’s new book “The Ketogenic Diet for Type 1 Diabetes” is now available. In response to reader requests, here is the information on how to order both of these books: Conquer Type 2 Diabetes with a Ketogenic Diet The Ketogenic Diet for Type...
by katkinsk | Jan 3, 2015 | research
Although in the past I confessed to and made amends with mice research in obesity, I still have harbored skepticism. Mice are the gold standard! They reproduce quickly, live just long enough for experiments, and are all around a model organism. But… they are not...
by Michael O'Neill | Dec 1, 2014 | video
You may be familiar with John Oliver from his previous contributions to The Daily Show. He’s since moved on to host his weekly news and commentary show on HBO: “Last Week Tonight.” In time for Halloween, he covered the subject of sugar. From a...
