Tender cuts of meat for the grill: Filet mignon and bison
Filet mignon is one of the tenderest cuts of beef. It is also one of my favorites. Filet mignon comes from the tenderloin ar…
April 2010
Blood glucose control before age 55 may increase your chances of living beyond 90
I have recently read an interesting study by Yashin and colleagues (2009) at Duke University’s Center for Population Health …
Interesting links
Media 2016 Virtual Paleo Summit presentation https://youtu.be/Ee2c-72eKx0 Health Data Analysis with HCE http://youtu.b…
Ketones and Ketosis: Physiological and pathological forms
Ketones are compounds that have a specific chemical structure. The figure below (from: Wikipedia) shows the chemical structu…
Long-term adherence to Dr. Kwaśniewski’s Optimal Diet: Healthy with high LDL cholesterol
This is a study (Grieb, P. et al., 2008; full reference at the end of this post) that I read a few years ago, right after it…
The Friedewald and Iranian equations: Fasting triglycerides can seriously distort calculated LDL
This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below. Typically this is done with posts …
The huge gap between glycemic loads of refined and unrefined carbohydrate-rich foods
I often refer to foods rich in refined carbohydrates in this blog as among the most disease-promoting agents of modern diets…
Low fasting triglycerides: A marker for large-buoyant LDL particles
Small-dense LDL particles are particles that are significantly smaller than the gaps in the endothelium. The endothelium is …
Genetic clustering of metabolic disorders: Meet your relatives
As noted in this post , it is possible for a food-related trait to evolve to fixation in an entire population in as little a…
Body mass index and cancer deaths in various US states
Ancel Keys is often heavily criticized for allegedly originating the fat phobia that we see today in the US and other countr…
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