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 katkinsk | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
There was a commenter on this page that mentioned the lack of articles on epilepsy and keto on this site. This is a good point! The ketogenic diet has been used for many many years for epilepsy- it is extremely well documented and known. Why have I avoided talking...
by katkinsk | Mar 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Let’s start with a few givens (i.e. things that are well documented and known): Cortisol is the “stress” hormone. It is good in small amounts (getting you up in the morning, running away from lions) and bad in the chronic long term (immune...
by katkinsk | Feb 18, 2013 | research, Uncategorized
A while ago Michael and I were discussing future article topics. There are truly a plethora of avenues to go down in this area of research and there is no lack of things to research and comment on. But even though I have a couple of pretty cool MCT articles sitting...
by katkinsk | Feb 9, 2013 | research, Uncategorized
I’d like to get some issues off my chest and take you along the journey I have been traveling recently. When I first started writing for ketopia, I noticed in the journals a large amount of articles pointing to high fat diets as the end-all and be-all of...
