Research of the Week Toxins produced by a specific gut bacteria make alcohol even worse for your liver. To live longer, rest more (but earn that rest). “Taken together, these results suggest that humans shut down regions of the genome to accommodate a high fat diet while chimpanzees open regions of the genome to accommodate a high sugar...
Research of the Week Researchers discover the fossil of an 12 million year old arboreal ape who also did bipedal walking. Human diseases may have wiped out the Neanderthals. The flaws of food frequency questionnaires are fatal. Whether you take it with or without MCT oil, coffee acutely reduces oxidative stress and increases ketone levels. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 387:...
Research of the Week When postmenopausal, moderate energy restriction preserves far more muscle and bone than severe energy restriction. Elevated levels of fat oxidation induced by a high-fat, low-carb diet do not impair 5k race performance. Kids with ADHD and autism tend to have lower levels of vitamin B12 and higher levels of homocysteine. There’s no direct archaeological evidence...
Research of the Week In an Iranian study, fast food—but not sugary beverages and salty snacks—is strongly associated with liver enzyme elevation. Neanderthals used tar to bind arrow heads to shafts. Overweight people tend to accumulate fat in their lungs as well, raising asthma risk. Pro footballers (soccer players) have an elevated risk of neurodegenerative disease. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode...
Research of the Week Manure from cows given antibiotics makes for substandard soil. Bonobos are bigger meat eaters than we thought. The Neolithic revolution was more about private property than productivity. Night owls have worse blood lipids. For psychiatric symptoms of dementia, non-pharmacologic therapies work better. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 382: Dr. Robert Zembroski: Host Elle Russ chats with Dr. Robert...
Research of the Week Overtrained athletes aren’t as good at delaying gratification. Dogs are more effective than statins. PUFAs linked to skin cancer, saturated fats neutral, MUFA protective. Zebra stripes ward off biting flies, even when you paint them on cows. Dreams about social media are rare, but they’re more common in the neurotic and extraverted. A lower omega-6:omega-3 ratio is...
Research of the Week Despite being at an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, shift workers eat the same number of calories as daytime workers. In prehistoric Bavaria, babies were drinking animal milk out of clay bottles. Eating eggs and dairy can’t save the B12 levels of vegetarians. The monetary value of prayer (or not praying). Dairy fat...
Research of the Week Not everyone responds to blue light at night the same way. How a keto diet (possibly) affects muscle mass. High dose metformin blunts muscle gain. Your retinal mitochondria are key to blue light’s effect on eye health. Despite the power of livestock ownership to improve human nutrition in developing countries, very few “experts” take this into...
Research of the Week Anemia during the first 30 weeks of pregnancy raises the risk of autism and ADHD in the offspring. Alzheimer’s patients who ate 20 grams of medium chain triglycerides every day—with no other changes—improved cognitive function. Introverts experience increased well-being when they act like extroverts. Panic: you feel it in the bones? New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 374:...
Research of the Week One argument against free will has been debunked. Researchers discover that “refined grains and meat” and “oil and salt” dietary patterns are bad. Type 2 diabetes is reversible (if you get to it fast enough). Archaeologists discover the earliest evidence for dairy consumption in the world—6000 years ago in Britain. Ancient Roman Britons who ate less meat had...