by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Oct 10, 2017 | research
It all began in 1984 when the prestigious Noble Prize in Medicine was awarded for the revelation that the lowly drug Aspirin prevented the COX-2 enzyme from converting the biochemical arachidonic acid to pain-producing inflammatory end products. Bonanza! Here was the...
by Fred and Alice Ottoboni | May 18, 2017 | research
The Opioid Epidemic In December, 2016, Thomas Frieden, MD, Chief of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), reported that in year 2015 the drug overdose death toll in America was the highest on record (1). More than 52,000 people died from a drug...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Mar 19, 2017 | alzheimer's
Alzheimer’s disease is a very large, extremely costly, growing epidemic that affects older individuals. The average per-person Medicaid spending for seniors with Alzheimer disease and other dementias is 19 times higher than the average per-person Medicaid spending...
by Shavawn Forester | Feb 12, 2017 | research
There’s a good chance you’ve eaten grains at least once today (probably more). The most common types of grains – e.g. barley, wheat, rice, and corn – have long been staples in diets all over the world and are considered to be an important contribution to a...
by CABNR Newsletter | Jan 8, 2017 | news
Note: this post is copied with permission from the CABNR Newsletter. Like a diamond in the rough, a small cut of beef that meat cutters throw in with ground meat is now being looked at as a high-end delicacy by researchers in the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition,...
by Michael O'Neill | Sep 5, 2016 | news, research, short
It looks like research has revealed a new sense of taste in humans, and it’s for — you guessed it — carbs. Until now, the consensus was that humans couldn’t detect the taste of carbs. The notion was that because carbs break down so rapidly, only a...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 29, 2016 | Food Options
I was pleasantly surprised when Joshua Gonzales reached out to me from Keto Delivered. He asked me if I would be interested in reviewing a subscription box of the keto-friendly foodstuffs his company curates and sends out monthly. “Of course!” was my reply. After all,...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Aug 18, 2016 | research
Diseases do not just happen. Every disease has a cause, and once this cause is known, prevention is often the next most reasonable and cost-effective step. –Anon. The United States is in the midst of enormous epidemics of chronic debilitating diseases, the...
by Michael O'Neill | Aug 4, 2016 | news, short
McDonald’s recent announcement to replace High Fructose Corn Syrup (HCFS) with Sugar in its buns is yet another example of corporate health-jacking: making inconsequential changes to give the appearance of a meaningful pivot to healthy nutrition. Case in point:...
by Michael O'Neill | May 1, 2016 | news
There’s some good news on the horizon, and many thanks to Alice and Fred Ottoboni for alerting me to it. Ellen Davis, friend of Ketopia and prolific low carb writer, has had her book picked up by a publisher. “Fight Cancer With A Ketogenic Diet”...
