by Michael O'Neill | Oct 15, 2013 | news
Watching this story sourced from the Annals of Internal Medicine make the rounds on the newswires… President William Howard Taft, the country’s heaviest commander in chief and a high-profile yo-yo dieter in his day, lost 60 pounds in the early 1900s on a...
by Michael O'Neill | Sep 4, 2013 | news
Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and his reprise for lay people, Why We Get Fat, reveals in the September issue of Scientific American the research agenda for NuSi: […] Because the ultimate goal is to identify the environmental triggers of...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Sep 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
“A 3-Year-Old Mute Girl Miraculously Starts Talking After Cream Cheese Diet.” This headline appeared in the news for several days in July, 2013 (1). It is a true story about a little girl who lives in England. It is also an excellent starting point for a discussion...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 27, 2013 | Low Carb Books
It is with great joy that I receive word directly from Alice and Fred Ottoboni that Modern Nutritional Diseases, 2nd. Edition is available for purchase from Amazon. As you may remember, the first edition of Modern Nutritional Diseases had a profound impact on my...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you still think sugar is harmless, consider the recent research out of the University of Utah. Researchers discovered increased mortality and strange behaviors when mice were given extra sugar in their diet. Not lots of extra sugar, mind you. But doses generally...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Researchers at Japan’s giant telecom, NTT Docomo, recently created a smartphone ketone (acetone) reader that may help low carb and ketogenic dieters stay aware of how their food choices affect their nutritional ketosis. Currently, the best approach for doing...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 11, 2013 | Low Carb Books
It’s always a joy to hear from Jimmy Moore. He does a tremendous service to the low carb community through his blogging, his podcasts (here and here and here), and other works. So it was with no small amount of excitement that I recently received a review copy...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Robert Lustig just announced that he’s launching a new initiative, responsiblefoods.org. This new non-profit is dedicated to raising awareness of the added sugar problem, and is looking for help. From his Facebook Post: If you haven’t heard, we’re...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 1, 2013 | research
We’ve discussed Metformin a number of times before, so the news from this latest research caught my eye: long-term treatment with metformin (0.1% w/w in diet) starting at middle age extends healthspan and lifespan in male mice, while a higher dose (1% w/w) was...
by Michael O'Neill | Jul 31, 2013 | video
In this fascinating interview with Ed Bradley, Eric Clapton says his pattern of addiction started with sugar. It [the pattern of addiction] started with sugar. When I was 5 or 6 years old I was cramming sugar down my throat as fast as I could get it down. Sweets, you...
