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... »
Other
Wheat Belly – William Davis MD
“Lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health.” – William Davis, medical director of Trackyourplaque.com
Alzheimer’s Disease and Diet – Sam Henderson’s “Milkshake” Idea
LISTEN: Ketogenic Diet and Alzheimers – Sam Henderson Sam Henderson is back in the news, with the Wall Street Journal reporting on his new Axona “milkshake” that provides medium chain triglycerides for better memory in people with mild cognitive impairment. We’ll share a recent interview with Henderson soon, but in the meantime, here’s one from [...]
Asthma, Allergies, Autoimmune Disease – and the Hygiene Hypothesis
LISTEN (18 Minutes) Industrial nations have seen a strange and troubling rise in allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases, including Celiac disease and Type 1 Diabetes. In this interview, we talk with experts from the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center and with National Jewish Health Immunlogist Andy Liu in Denver and what they think is [...]
Bone, Serotonin and Leptin – Gerard Karsenty
Note – This Post has been updated now to include a transcript with additional explanations. The updated transcript has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Karsenty.
New Book – from Steve Phinney & Jeff Volek
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living is available now. The co-authors, Steve Phinney and Jeff Volek, are both New York Times bestselling authors who have decades of clinical experience in low-carb dietary approaches to health, and have both published well-respected, and in some cases, classic research studies on low-carb, high-fat diets in the [...]
High Fat for Epilepsy . . . and Alzheimer’s Disease
. . . clinicians and scientists discuss ketogenic diets for conditions that include Alzheimer’s, heart disease, diabetes and more.
Saturated Fat and Heart Disease Risk – Dariush Mozaffarian
Dariush Mozaffarian codirects Harvard’s cardiovascular epidemiology program. Mozaffairan says that saturated fat is not much of a risk factor in heart disease, and neither is naturally prepared red meat. But trans fats are a risk, and so are refined carbs. Listen Part 1 (40 minutes) Dr. Mozaffarian goes on to say that another risk factor [...]
Saturated Fat on Trial – Richard Feinman
Are national nutrition recommendations that urge Americans to limit saturated fat based on bad science? Yes, says Richard Feinman, SUNY Downstate professor and chairman of the Metabolism Society. Listen to Richard Feinman (15 minutes)
Saturated Fats – Need Omegas
Why do some studies indicate that saturated fats are unhealthy while others show they’re fine? It depends on the essential fatty acids consumed with the saturated fats, according to Brandeis University nutrition scientist K.C. Hayes. He says that it takes just a little bit of essential fatty acids to go with saturated fats, so you don’t [...]
Saturated Fat – Manmade? Interesterified? Caution!
If you think that eliminating man-made trans-fats means we’re not using man-made saturated fats in our foods, then think again . . . about a process that makese a fat interesterified: Listen to Dr. Kalyana Sundram (30 minutes) This talk comes from a recent Webinar that Dr. Sundram was part of at Wayne State University [...]