by Michael O'Neill | Mar 30, 2013 | video
Let’s round out the week with a little levity, shall we? Robert Lustig sure does make the rounds, and last night he was the guest on The Colbert Report to report his new book, Fat Chance. There’s really not much new here. It’s entertaining, but most...
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 Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Feb 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
In an earlier post, we wrote that today’s biochemistry defines disease as failure to heal. This biochemistry further shows that failure to heal is caused by the modern American diet. What is wrong with this diet? Too much sugar, starch, and vegetable fats and...
by Michael O'Neill | Feb 23, 2013 | video
There’s a certain endearing quality to Dr. Rothman that I can’t quite put my finger on. I don’t agree with everything he says (I found myself responding instead of listening to some of his Fish Oil discussion…so I need to go back to that), but...
by Michael O'Neill | Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Not a huge post here…I just wanted to follow up after Karin’s fantastic look at physological insulin resistance, and some questions about my experience in the comments, I figured I’d just follow up with my blood glucose readings… (since Karin...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
A major function of a healthy body is to continuously heal itself against almost every type of insult. Damage occurs constantly from microorganisms, cosmic rays, etc, and the body works constantly to heal itself. From my side of the world, disease is defined as...
by Alice and Fred Ottoboni | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
The following text is excerpted from Lipids (Chapter 8) of Modern Nutritional Diseases, 2nd Edition. Ketone Bodies and Ketosis: Ketones are organic chemicals in which an interior carbon in a molecule forms a double bond with an oxygen molecule. Acetone, a familiar...
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 Michael O'Neill | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Well, I posted a video of Mat Lalonde’s presentation on Nutrient Density (AHS 12) just the other day. I originally intended to follow up with a copy of his research (with permission). When I asked for the data, however, Mat surprised me with this response: I put...
by Michael O'Neill | Feb 10, 2013 | AHS12, video
I’ve been a big fan of Mathieu Lalonde ever since I saw his Science of Nutrition lecture. Seriously, if you can buy a copy or attend one of these all day affairs, you’re going to come out with a lot of knowledge you didn’t have when you walked in. So...
