April 2010


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…

Apr 30, 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 …

Apr 27, 2010

Interesting links

Media 2016 Virtual Paleo Summit presentation    https://youtu.be/Ee2c-72eKx0 Health Data Analysis with HCE    http://youtu.b…

Apr 22, 2010

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…

Apr 18, 2010

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…

Apr 14, 2010

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 …

Apr 11, 2010

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…

Apr 9, 2010

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 …

Apr 7, 2010

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…

Apr 4, 2010

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…

Apr 2, 2010

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