Living The Low Carb Lifestyle
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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Researchers say brain pathways begin to erode in our late 40's, but this can be repaired through dietary changes? A low carbohydrate diet may prevent and even reverse age-related damage to the brain, research has found. By examining brain scans, researchers found that brain pathways begin to deteriorate earlier than previously believed. Changes associated with …
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A crispy, cheesy, salty cracker that's great with pâté, cheese or just on it's own. Ingredients (Makes 12 crackers with a 6cm diameter cutter) 170g Almond Flour 30g Melted Butter 2 Tablespoons Grated Parmesan Cheese 1 Egg 1 Teaspoon Onion Granules 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper Sea Salt Method Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix …
The following passage is taken from the online introduction to the debate What should we be eating to live a long and healthy life? How is it that some people can eat absolutely anything and stay slim, while others on a ‘healthy’ diet get fat? Why is it that Cubans are much healthier than Americans, …
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The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke. Although SFAs increase low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, …
Ivor Cummins Podcast Published on 23 Jun 2020 "What an engaging and passionate scientist - and he's a proper gentleman to boot! I had a great time chatting to Dr. Barrie Tan late last year, on the fascinating science behind Vitamin E. He has dedicated decades of his life to researching it, and it shows. I …
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"For most of human history there has been very little starch or sugar in the human diet. In fact, if you put all of human history into one year, it's only in the last day that we started eating grains or bread and it's only in the last hour that people have been eating sugar." …
Have we become too clean? Brett Finlay discusses whether we have taken our war on germs a step too far, the research on tailored diets to address diabetes and obesity, fecal transplants for IBS, how microbes play a part in atherosclerosis, heart disease, strokes, depression, body odour, even jet lag. The gut-brain axis, autism, ADHD, …
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Download a PDF version of this blog post Link to story as originally printed in the Wall Street Journal By Nina Teicholz May 31, 2020 The coronavirus has added a brutal exclamation point to America’s pervasive ill health. Americans with obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other diet-related diseases are about three times more likely to suffer …
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A timely video (35 mins) from the Public Health Collaboration to offer food for thought in these troubled times... Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-gQ5Gt7_Ac&t=633s
