Research of the Week The American College of Cardiology reassesses its stance on saturated fats. Psychological stress makes it harder to recover from DOMS. How a person uses their smartphone can reveal aspects of their personality. Dietary lectins travel from the gut to the brain of C. elegans worms. Potential Parkinson’s explanation? New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 439: Amy Morin: Host Elle...
It’s been a couple months since I did a post explicitly about COVID-19, or SARS-COV2, or coronavirus, and since the pandemic is still happening and is on everyone’s mind, I’m going to do another one today. This time, I’m going to do a big picture look at where we stand on transmission risks, reinfections, immunity,...
Are you sick of dietary propaganda? Me too. This week's guest has been wiping the floor with ridiculous, government-mandated, top-down nutrition recommendations for decades now.Powered by WPeMatico...
When our survival and basic needs are threatened, our trust in authority figures broken and our human rights ignored, it's pretty easy to lose your head. So how can we protect our brain and nervous system in these trying times? Well, I’m happy to say that returning to the show this week to help us...
Research of the Week Blue-blocking glasses improve mania patients’ sleep quality. The human landscape of ancient Africa looked a lot different 3000 years ago. Without changing caloric intake, time-restricted eating improves metabolic health. Ramadan-style fasting (30 days of 14-hour fasts, from dawn to sunset) activates proteins related to cancer protection, glucose regulation, fat burning, cognitive function, and immune function. In...
Research of the Week The environmental footprint of different diets is not what we’ve been led to believe. Genetic analysis of ancient Hungarian conquerors. Men on a low-fat diet may have lower testosterone. Glucose metabolism takes center stage in Alzheimer’s. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 399: Kate Cretsinger: Host Elle Russ chats with Kate Cretsinger, who after defeating her own serious...
Research of the Week Evidence of cooked starchy rhizomes from 170,000 years ago. Prenatal exposure to phthalates linked to lower muscle mass at 6 years of age in girls (but not boys). More liver and pancreatic fat, more diabetes. Damaged mitochondria promote autoimmune disease. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 397: Darryl Edwards: Host Elle Russ chats with the one and only...
Research of the Week Under severe calorie restriction, exercise reduces muscle loss by inhibiting autophagy. Alcohol abstinence is a good idea for people with atrial fibrillation. Common pyrethroid pesticides, including anti-tick chemicals, linked to heart disease. The fungus linked to dandruff is also linked to pancreatic cancer. Mindfulness doesn’t seem to increase mental health when you control for personality. New Primal...
We didn’t set out with the intention, but somehow it happened. Keto For Life was assigned a release date of New Year’s Eve—tomorrow, in fact. While there’s never a wrong day to go keto, my writing partner, Brad Kearns, and I felt like the stars aligned. Just when countless people are taking stock at the...
Research of the Week The French are eating more soy (and soy isoflavones, estrogen mimetics) than ever before. Not only does integrating livestock with organic crop rotation improve the health of the soil, it makes food safer. A systematic review of the health effects of intermittent fasting. Religiosity predicts cat ownership. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 395: Dr. Stephen Hussey MS,...