#88 – Paul Grewal, M.D.: Treating metabolic disease and strategies for long-term health
“You could say our food supply has changed more in the last 100 years than it has in the last 10,000.” — Paul Grewal
#87 – Rick Johnson, M.D.: Fructose—The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity?
“Fructose turns out to be used by animals as a mechanism to store fat.” — Rick Johnson
#69 – Ronesh Sinha, M.D.: Insights into the manifestation of metabolic disease in a patient population predisposed to metabolic syndrome, and what it teaches us more broadly
“The way we raise our kids early on might actually set a pattern for how much of an accelerated life, or how much of a stressed out nervous system they might have later on. . . a lot of the behavioral patterns that we’re instilling in our kids are kind of setting the foundation for insulin resistance and inflammation early on.” —Ronesh Sinha
#14 – Robert Lustig, M.D., M.S.L.: fructose, processed food, NAFLD, and changing the food system
“Neurons like to be tickled, not bludgeoned.” —Rob Lustig
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part IX
In this post we’ll address the following concept: What should you eat to have the greatest chance of delaying the arrival of cardiovascular disease?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VIII
In this post we’ll double-click on a paper covering cholesterol and heart disease risk factors.
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VII
In this post we’ll address the following concept: Does “HDL” matter after all?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part V
In this post we’ll address the following concept: Does the size of an LDL particle matter?
The straight dope on cholesterol – Part III
In this post we’ll address the following concept: How do we measure cholesterol?
How do some cultures stay lean while still consuming high amounts of carbohydrates?
Many of you have asked this question over the past few months, and I’m sure many more of you have at least contemplated this question at some point. I know I did.