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 | 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 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...
by Michael O'Neill | Feb 6, 2013 | research
I’m rushing out this morning so I don’t have time to share a lot of thoughts on this, but on first glance it seems like quite an inconvenient truth to the old guard: “missing” data from the Sydney Heart Study (1966-1973) has been found, and...
by katkinsk | Feb 3, 2013 | research, Uncategorized
The world is becoming a sweeter place… At least in a very literal sense. In The Sweetening of the World’s Diet, Popkin and Nielsen explore the upward trend of caloric sweeteners in our lives. The article first lays out some very basic evidence: High consumption...
