Living The Low Carb Lifestyle
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP has recently reported on his success on turning his health around with a low carb way of eating. Mr Davis published his story in the Daily Mail, recalling the health scare he had after stepping down from his cabinet position last year. He reported that a routine medical revealed …
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Published December 2020 Canadian born Amber O’Hearn MSc. began experimenting with different forms of diet in order to regain her health and balance her mental state. She was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder following years of depression but when she stopped eating plants, those symptoms disappeared and she stopped needing medication for the condition. She has …
Research published May 2020 by University of California San Francisco Findings suggest that the effects of ketogenic/low carb diets on the microbiome are not just about the diet itself, but how the diet alters the body’s metabolism, which then has downstream effects on the microbiome. Researchers found that the mere presence of added ketones was …
After experiencing a "major health event" at the top of a mountain, Tim Spector decided to investigate his diet. Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, has published more than 800 research articles on the topic and is ranked in the top one per cent of the world's most cited scientists. His current …
Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College London and honorary consultant Physician at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals. He is also an expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome and started the famous UK Twin Registry in 1993. He is the lead researcher behind the world’s biggest citizen science health …
Published online 26th September 2018 BMJ Open Heart https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000898 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196963/ Numerous lines of evidence show that the omega-6 polyunsaturated fat linoleic acid promotes oxidative stress, oxidised LDL cholesterol, chronic low-grade inflammation and atherosclerosis, and is likely a major dietary culprit for causing heart disease, especially when consumed in the form of industrial seed oils commonly …
Film maker Brian Sanders, the man behind the feature length documentary 'Food Lies' and host of the Peak Human podcast looks at the history of our dietary guidelines, the epidemic of chronic disease and obesity that followed, what the new science is telling us humans should actually be eating, and how to eat that food …
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After three years of a low-carb/ketogenic diet to reverse type 2 diabetes, I am constantly amazed by emerging news of many other incredible stories of its effects on other conditions, one of which is highlighted here with the miraculous story of Dr Terry Wahls, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College …
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Treating dementia with diet: evidence based prevention and management In this short lecture, Dr Paul Mason reviews the compelling science proving that brain function can be improved in those suffering dementia using a ketogenic diet. Dr Mason also demonstrates that the risk of dementia can be reduced in the first place. He finishes by providing …
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A rainy august bank holiday weekend and an abundance of autumnal courgettes (zucchini) combined with a spell of short-lived boredom resulted in a surprisingly tasty, almost thrown together dessert that I hadn't really held out much hope for but, like quite a few of my "What can I make out of this before it goes …
