Intermittent fasting
Metabolic switching and different forms of fasting.
My nutritional framework
Nutrition is such a loaded topic—almost a religious or political one—so I’m always looking for ways to explain it that are as free from that baggage as possible.
A new year
A couple of unrelated events over the past few months have led me to view 2020 as a year to implement some new routines around my mental and emotional health.
Why is life expectancy in the US declining?
Midlife mortality and mental health.
Measuring cardiovascular disease risk and the importance of apoB
Millions of Americans schedule an annual physical health examination. During their visit, many can expect to get their blood drawn for a standard lipid panel, which ultimately provides the patient with a readout of total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides (TGs). What virtually nobody among them will get is…
Can fasting help athletes hold their breath longer?
This was basically the question posed to me by my friend, Justin Lee, a world-class freediver and spearfisherman who is already hard at work training for the 2020 World Championships next Fall.
Book update
It’s been about a month since I finished the first draft of my book, a project I’ve been working on since early 2016.
Coronary artery calcium scan
After last week’s deep dive into the relationship between LDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease, I thought it would not hurt to go a bit deeper in the weeds. You’ll recall that atherosclerosis takes the greatest proportion of lives when people are in their later years, but it’s a disease that takes a…
LDL-C & systolic blood pressure and lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease
Mendelian randomization and lifetime cardiovascular disease risk.
Is ditching meat a “game-changer” for your health?
A new documentary makes the case it is.