Loren Cordain is a professor at Colorado State University. He’s an expert on paleolithic lifestyles. His most recent book is the Paleo Answer. We... »
Eric Westman
Eric Westman, MD, Duke University
FDA Slaps Major Restrictions onto Avandia
The FDA has announced that it will significantly restrict Avandia to Type 2 diabetics who cannot control their diabetes on other medications. Now, why doesn’t the FDA suggest something BETTER than medications? And why does Avandia work in such a risky way?
Eric Westman, Duke MD, on Low Carb, High Fat, New Atkins Diet
I was trained like the average internist to prescribe pills. Now I take pills away, and heartburn pills are some of the first pills I take away when people go on a low-carb high-fat diet. Even cancer is responding in animal models to lowering the carbohydrate in the diet.
Diabetes – Too Much Medicine May Kill You
The surprise death rate has led some U.S. physicians to push an uncommon diet as a way to lower blood sugar.
Exercise & Low Carb Diets – Steve Phinney MD
How the Inuit of the Arctic Circle ran 30 miles a day on a low carb diet and how professional bicyclists can eat this way.