by Michael O'Neill | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
No doubt you’ve heard the sensationalism: “Fish oil causes prostate cancer!”, “Taking fish oil increases your risk of developing prostate cancer by over 70%!”, and “Fish oil’s going to kill you!” Sadly, this is what...
by Michael O'Neill | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
A new article on sugar toxicity is published in Scientific American (and syndicated in Salon) the other day. It starts off strong with a recapitulation of the familiar: Today, we add sugar in one form or another to the majority of processed foods we eat—everything...
by Michael O'Neill | Jul 2, 2013 | video
If you can’t read Cancer as a Metabolic Disease, this might be the next best thing. It’s an interview with Thomas Seyfried, in which he covers much of the material in his book (albeit at a more approachable level for the average Joe).
by Michael O'Neill | Jun 30, 2013 | research
I know I just published my review of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease, but I stumbled across some news that I thought was worth relating. One of the most beautifully written and compelling parts of Seyfried’s exhaustive hypothesis is the idea that metastasis is too...
by Michael O'Neill | Jun 30, 2013 | Low Carb Books
I have many reasons for wanting to read this book: non-hodgkins lymphoma merkel cell carcinoma breast cancer liver cancer pancreatic cancer bladder cancer lung cancer glioblastomas melanoma colon cancer more (sadly) Some days it feels as if there isn’t a type of...
by Michael O'Neill | Jun 26, 2013 | video
Peter Attia’s “What if we’re wrong about diabetes” talk from TEDMED 2013. This is his famous talk about the science behind diabetes and obesity, and how his own personal biases were influencing his judgement as a physician. Well worth watching....
by Michael O'Neill | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
You may remember Walter Willett from about this time last year, when Gary Taubes took him to task on the pages of Discover for promoting sloppy science. His piece included an excoriating indictment of Willett’s work, agenda and track record: As a case study, I...
by Michael O'Neill | Jun 2, 2013 | Low Carb Books
I don’t think it’s a secret that I’m a big fan of Dr. Westman. We’ve covered him a lot here at Ketopia.com, and so it’s no surprise that we’re going to take a look at his latest book: A Low Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet Manual: No...
by Michael O'Neill | Jun 2, 2013 | video
Looks like Noam Chomsky is clued in to the dangers of sugar. Check out the 35 second mark of his talk, where he compares the lethality of marijuana vs. tobacco vs. sugar: Nothing new for anyone likely to be reading this site, but it’s nice to see that this is...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 20, 2013 | video
You know T. Colin Campbell from his famous China Study (or perhaps you know him because of Denise Minger’s excoriating analysis of it). And of course, Eric Westman needs no introductions in these quarters… So it was with great anticipation that I’ve...
