Studies have suggested Vitamin D status modifies risk of cardiovascular events. A review looking at Vitamin D status in the context of risk of CVD events was published in this month’s edition of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Investigators certainly found a reduced risk of cardiovascular events with increasing vitamin D status.Read more about Are You Inappropriately Taking Vitamin D?[…]
In the last post we gave you a sense of what brown fat cells are and the potential of exploiting nonshivering thermogenesis for a lean and healthy body. Recall that brown fat consists of brown adipose tissue and beige adipose tissue, which we will collectively refer to as BAT. Your BAT massRead more about Expand Your BAT Mass to Decrease Your Fat Mass[…]
When was the last time you were cold? I mean like… teeth chattering, shivering, rubbing your arms, external auditory canals burning, sphincters slammed shut? Yeah, probably not in a while. As unpleasant as all that sounds it might be good for you. How humans deal with cold stress We defendRead more about Is Global Warming Making You Fat?[…]
A lack of sodium that is! “Well… my friend says it’s because I’m detoxing.” Maybe. But check your sodium (salt) intake. You may not be getting enough salt! Some experts refer to salt as a toxicant. The truth is that salt is a nutrient. Just like other nutrients, salt bears what investigatorsRead more about Eating Healthy and Feeling Like Crap? It could be Sodium.[…]
Yesterday, late afternoon, was my trip to the eye doctor. The appointment took a little longer than expected! Partly, due to some nutrition discussion. But mostly lecturing on my poor behavior with the use of my contact lenses. We will talk more about this later and the health of your eyes becauseRead more about Are you Preserving a Healthy Circadian Rhythm?[…]
Those of you who know me in person know that I am a fan of the appropriate application of ketogenic diets. But only when they allow the individual to achieve their goal. Controlling hunger is one of those goals. For many folks, a ketogenic diet does help in this way. But not inRead more about Low Carbohydrate Diets and Satiety[…]
Eating beets and seeing your pee turn red could indicate deficiency of iron. In one study, half of subjects with iron deficiency anemia had beeturia after eating a little more than a quarter cup of beets compared with 14% of healthy controls. The beeturia decreased substantially after correction of iron deficiency [1]. TunnsessenRead more about What Beeturia Might Suggest About Your Health![…]
A systematic review of clinical trials looking at the impact of red meat intake on risk factors for cardiovascular disease was published in this month’s issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition [1]. Investigators found no statistically significant, nor clinically meaningful differences in blood pressure, Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol:HDL ratio.Read more about The Latest on the Red Meat and Heart Disease Debate[…]
A few weeks ago we discussed the concern that glutamine is potentially a bad idea in the context of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). You can read all about that here. As a brief recap, it seems there is evidence supporting the idea that glutamine can worsen inflammatory bowel disease. There isRead more about Strategies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease[…]
One of my favorite things about school and interacting with others is when long-held beliefs I have become challenged. I used to get all twisted up inside and waste time arguing only to find in most cases, no progress was made on either side. And of course, only one of us was ahead, rather thanRead more about Does L-Glutamine worsen Inflammatory Bowel Disease?[…]