Paleo Diet Recipes - Paleo Breakfast Mini Quiche

PaleoDietRecipes.net I found this recipe on LeanMachineNYC.com - its good stuff! I used cupcake muffin cups... and it worked out pretty well... Great for paleo breakfasts and paleo snacks. ****Recipe is from LeanMachineNYC.com***** ---- Ingredients A dozen eggs Chopped vegetables Chopped cooked meat Splash of water (for fluffiness) Salt & Pepper You'll also need: A pitcher A non-stick muffin tin Preheat oven to 350 degrees Chop a variety of vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, asparagus, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, etc. Anything you have on hand will work. If you choose to use meat, such as bacon, cook it first. Break the eggs into a pitcher. Add a splash of water and season with salt and pepper. Mix well. Pour a small amount of the egg mixture into the muffin tin (fill each about 1/3 full). Sprinkle the meat and vegetables of your choice into the tin and then cover with more egg mixture. Cook for 15-20 minutes and then let them rest for 5 minutes before removing from the tin. For more recipes, and The Paleo Cookbooks, check out PaleoDietRecipes.net

The Paleo Diet

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The Paleo Diet and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Part 1/7

On October 3 2007, Direct-MS (www.direct-ms.org ), sponsored a public presentation by Dr. Loren Cordain of Colorado State University on the topic of "The Paleo Diet and Multiple Sclerosis" (en français "Le régime Paléolithique et la Sclérose en plaques"). Dr Cordain is a leading researcher in the field of the roles that various nutritional factors play in chronic diseases such as MS. A webcast of Dr Cordain's presentation is on the website www.direct-ms.org and I invite you to watch it in the comfort of your home (High resolution slides). I also recommend going to Dr Cordain's websites at WWW.THEPALEODIET.COM and http as They contain a wealth of valuable information on nutrition and health. A good and clear summary of the presentation done by Ashton Embry can be found at the following address: www.msrc.co.uk There is also a very interesting interview with Dr Loren Cordain by Robert Crayhon: chetday.com A great 45 minutes audio interview with Dr. Cordain: www.leannesslifestyle.com A list of all the publications related to Dr. Cordain's work: unjobs.org Origins and evolutions of the western diet:Health implications for the 21st Century www.visioninstitute.optometry.net Implementing of the paleo diet www.visioninstitute.optometry.net Hyperinsulinemic diseases of civilisation: more than just the metabolic syndrome www.visioninstitute.optometry.net An evolutionary analysis of the etiology and pathogenesis of juvenile onset myopia www.visioninstitute.optometry.net

Paleo in a Nutshell Part 2: Exercise

trainnowlivelater.blogspot.com - this video describes the rationale and philosophy behind exercising as our ancestors did and provides me and hopefully you with a way to tell others why it makes sense.

Paleo in a Nutshell Part 1: Food

paynowlivelater.blogspot.com - this video describes the rationale and philosophy behind eating as our ancestors did and provides me and hopefully you with a way to tell others why it makes sense.

Neanderthal

Not all of us are fully Homo sapien! Some of us may be up to 4% of Neanderthal origin. Click below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8660940.stm...

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May 5, 2010 Low-Carb Menu

9:00AM 4 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs grass-fed butter and 2 ounces American cheese12:45PM1/2 pound grass-fed ground beef burger with 2 ounces American cheese and 1 Tbs mayo5:45PM3 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs grass-fed butter and 2 ounces American cheeseCALORIES CONSUMED: 2022DIET SODAS: 0 (ZERO!!!) 42 DAYS DIET SODA FREE!!! NOTE: Since I'll be away in Virginia and New York City for the next few days, there will be no updates to my menus blog until I return on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. THANKS so much for reading!...

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Traditional Preparation Methods Improve Grains' Nutritive Value

Soaking or Germinating GrainsThe most basic method of preparing grains is prolonged soaking in water, followed by cooking. This combination reduces the level of water-soluble and heat-sensitive toxins and anti-nutrients such as tannins, saponins, digestive enzyme inhibitors and lectins, as well as flatulence factors. It also partially degrades phytic acid, which is a potent inhibitor of mineral absorption, an inhibitor of the digestive enzyme trypsin and an enemy of dental health (1). This impro...

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Saturated Fat and Insulin Sensitivity

Insulin sensitivity is a measure of the tissue response to insulin. Typically, it refers to insulin's ability to cause tissues to absorb glucose from the blood. A loss of insulin sensitivity, also called insulin resistance, is a core part of the metabolic disorder that affects many people in industrial nations. I don't know how many times I've seen the claim in journal articles and on the internet that saturated fat reduces insulin sensitivity. The idea is that saturated fat reduces the body's a...

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Dissolve Away those Pesky Bones with Corn Oil

I just read an interesting paper from Gabriel Fernandes's group at the University of Texas. It's titled "High fat diet-induced animal model of age-associated obesity and osteoporosis". I was expecting this to be the usual "we fed mice industrial lard for 60% of calories and they got sick" paper, but I was pleasantly surprised. From the introduction:CO [corn oil] is known to promote bone loss, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and thus represents a useful model for studying ...

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Lindeberg on Obesity

I'm currently reading Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's magnum opus Food and Western Disease, recently published in English for the first time. Dr. Lindeberg is one of the world's leading experts on the health and diet of non-industrial cultures, particularly in Papua New Guinea. The book contains 2,034 references. It's also full of quotable statements. Here's what he has to say about obesity:Middle-age spread is a normal phenomenon - assuming you live in the West. Few people are able to maintain their [y...

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Magnesium and Insulin Sensitivity

From a paper based on US NHANES nutrition and health survey data (1):During 1999–2000, the diet of a large proportion of the U.S. population did not contain adequate magnesium... Furthermore, racial or ethnic differences in magnesium persist and may contribute to some health disparities.... Because magnesium intake is low among many people in the United States and inadequate magnesium status is associated with increased risk of acute and chronic conditions, an urgent need exists to perform a cur...

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Corn Oil and Cancer: Reality Strikes Again

The benefits of corn oil keep rolling in. In a new study by Stephen Freedland's group at Duke, feeding mice a diet rich in butter and lard didn't promote the growth of transplanted human prostate cancer cells any more than a low-fat diet (1). Why do we care? Because other studies, including one from the same investigators, show that corn oil and other industrial seed oils strongly promote prostate cancer cell growth and increase mortality in similar models (2, 3). From the discussion section:Cur...

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Book Review: S.P.E.E.D.

This book was sent to me by Matt Schoeneberger, who co-authored it with Jeff Thiboutot. Both have master's degrees in exercise science and health promotion. S.P.E.E.D. stands for Sleep, Psychology, Exercise, Environment and Diet. The authors have attempted to create a concise, comprehensive weight loss strategy based on what they feel is the most compelling scientific evidence available. It's subtitled "The Only Weight Loss Book Worth Reading". Despite the subtitle that's impossible to live up t...

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The Paleolithic Mind

I went to a meditation retreat this week with the Red Cedar Zen community in Bellingham. It was a good experience. Staring at a wall from 6 am to 9 pm for a few days gives you the opportunity to learn a few things about your mind. Some of these are things you already know on some level, but you just need to have them reinforced. For example, the weight of psychological stress that we carry in modern societies like the US. It's only when it goes away for a while that you can see how heavy it was....

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A False Dichotomy

In the discussion section of the last post, the eternal argument about non-industrial people arose: were their lives (a) "nasty, brutish and short" (Hobbes), or were they (b) "noble savages" (Shaftesbury) living in Eden? The former argument states that they had awful lives, and we should be glad we're living int he 21st century. The latter argument implies that we should emulate them as much as possible. Each side is bursting with anecdotes to support their position.Any time the discussion reach...

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Vitamin D May Prevent Flu and Asthma

The AJCN just published a new controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of vitamin D supplements on flu and asthma (1). Dr. Hiroyuki Ida's group gave Japanese schoolchildren (10 years average age) 1,200 IU of vitamin D3 or placebo per day from December through March. They found that children taking vitamin D had a significantly lower incidence of influenza A but not influenza B. These are two strains of flu that each accounted for roughly half the flu incidence in this population. Sadly, if ...

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Interview on Bizymoms

I recently did a written interview for the website Bizymoms.com. It was the first time I had been invited to do an interview, so I figured what the heck. They bravely posted the interview, despite the fact that my responses could be seen as controversial. You can find it here....

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Book Review: The Primal Blueprint

Mark Sisson has been a central figure in the evolutionary health community since he began his weblog Mark's Daily Apple in 2006. He and his staff have been posting daily on his blog ever since. He has also written several other books, edited the Optimum Health newsletter, competed as a high-level endurance athlete, and served on the International Triathlon Union as the anti-doping chairman, all of which you can read about on his biography page. Mark is a practice-what-you-preach kind of guy, and...

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Fatty Liver: It's not Just for Grown-ups Anymore

The epidemic of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of my favorite topics on this blog, due to the liver's role as the body's metabolic "grand central station", as Dr. Philip Wood puts it. The liver plays a critical part in the regulation of sugar, insulin, and lipid levels in the blood. Many of the routine blood tests administered in the doctor's office (blood glucose, cholesterol, etc.) partially reflect liver function.NAFLD is an excessive accumulation of fat in the liver that im...

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New Review of Controlled Trials Replacing Saturated fat with Industrial Seed Oils

Readers Stanley and JBG just informed me of a new review paper by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian and colleagues. Dr. Mozaffarian is one of the Harvard epidemiologists responsible for the Nurse's Health study. The authors claim that overall, the controlled trials show that replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat from industrial seed oils, but not carbohydrate or monounsaturated fat (as in olive oil), slightly reduces the risk of having a heart attack:These findings provide evidence that consumi...

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Interesting Articles in the AJCN

I just received an RSS alert for the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition's latest articles. This upcoming issue is full of very interesting material:1. Dr. Neil D. Barnard reviews food consumption patterns in the US from 1909 to 2007 (1). This is something I've written about a number of times. The most notable change is that industrial seed oil use has increased by more than 3-fold in the last 40 years, and even more in the last 100 although he doesn't provide those numbers. Butter and lard u...

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Low Vitamin D: Cause or Result of Disease?

Don Matesz at Primal Wisdom put up a post a few days ago that I think is worth reading. It follows an e-mail discussion between us concerning a paper on magnesium restriction in rats (executive summary: moderate Mg restriction reduces the hormone form of vitamin D by half and promotes osteoporosis). In his post, Don cites several papers showing that vitamin D metabolism is influenced by more than just vitamin D intake from the diet and synthesis in the skin. Celiac disease patients have low 25(O...

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Magnesium and Vitamin D Metabolism

Ted Hutchinson posted a link in the comments section of my last post, pointing to a page on the Vitamin D Council's website where Dr. John Cannell discusses cofactors required for proper vitamin D metabolism. It's actually the site's home page, highlighting how important he feels this matter is. In this case, 'cofactor' simply means another nutrient that's required for the efficient production and use of vitamin D. They include: - Magnesium - Zinc - Vitamin K2 - Vitamin A - BoronAnd probably oth...

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Copper and Cardiovascular Disease

In 1942, Dr. H. W. Bennetts dissected 21 cattle known to have died of "falling disease". This was the name given to the sudden, inexplicable death that struck herds of cattle in certain regions of Australia. Dr. Bennett believed the disease was linked to copper deficiency. He found that 19 of the 21 cattle had abnormal hearts, showing atrophy and abnormal connective tissue infiltration (fibrosis) of the heart muscle (1).In 1963, Dr. W. F. Coulson and colleagues found that 22 of 33 experimental c...

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Full-fat Dairy for Cardiovascular Health

I just saw a paper in the AJCN titled "Dairy consumption and patterns of mortality ofAustralian adults". It's a prospective study with a 15-year follow-up period. Here's a quote from the abstract:There was no consistent and significant association between total dairy intake and total or cause-specific mortality. However, compared with those with the lowest intake of full-fat dairy, participants with the highest intake (median intake 339 g/day) had reduced death due to CVD (HR: 0.31; 95% confiden...

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Gary Taubes Speaks this Thursday at UW

Gary Taubes will be giving a lecture this Thursday, April 15th, at the University of Washington in Seattle, titled "Why we get fat: adiposity 101 and an alternative hypothesis of obesity". It's free and open to the public. The talk is from noon to 1:00, followed by a question and answer session from 1:00 to 2:00.The talk will take place in Hogness auditorium, which is room A420 of the Health Sciences building (1959 NE Pacific St). The whole area is difficult to navigate, so allow yourself time t...

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Interview with John Barban

I recently did a podcast interview with John Barban from the Adonis Lifestyle blog. We talked mostly about fat mass and the body fat "setpoint". As it turns out, what I said must have been at odds with John's philosophy, because he posted another podcast the next week that appears to be about why he disagrees with me!Anyway, enjoy the interview.I did another one recently with Jimmy Moore that's coming soon....

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Copper in Food

Sources of CopperIt isn't hard to get enough copper-- unless you live in an industrial nation. I've compiled a chart showing the copper content of various refined and unrefined foods to illustrate the point. The left side shows industrial staple foods, while the right side shows whole foods. I've incorporated a few that would have been typical of Polynesian and Melanesian cultures apparently free of cardiovascular disease. The serving sizes are what one might reasonably eat at a meal: roughly 20...

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Dinner with Taubes, Eades and Hujoel

Gary Taubes gave a lecture at UW last Thursday. Thanks to all the Whole Health Source readers who showed up. Gary's talk was titled "Why We Get Fat: Adiposity 101 and the Alternative Hypothesis of Obesity". He was hosted by Dr. Philippe Hujoel, the UW epidemiologist and dentist who authored the paper "Dietary Carbohydrates and Dental-Systemic Diseases" (1).Gary's first target was the commonly held idea that obesity is simply caused by eating too much and exercising too little, and thus the cure ...

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Have Seed Oils Caused a Multi-Generational Obesity Epidemic?

In 2006, Drs. Gerard Ailhaud and Philippe Guesnet hypothesized that industrial seed oils such as corn, soybean, safflower, sunflower and cottonseed oil are at least partially responsible for the current obesity epidemic (1). These oils were not a significant part of the human diet until very recently, yet they have been promoted due to their supposed ability to prevent cardiovascular disease. The Western world has been living a massive uncontrolled experiment ever since. Linoleic acid is an omeg...

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Grains as Food: an Update

Improperly Prepared Grain Fiber can be HarmfulLast year, I published a post on the Diet and Reinfarction trial (DART), a controlled trial that increased grain fiber intake using whole wheat bread and wheat bran supplements, and reported long-term health outcomes in people who had previously suffered a heart attack (1). The initial paper found a trend toward increased heart attacks and deaths in the grain fiber-supplemented group at two years, which was not statistically significant.What I didn't...

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"The Earth is Flat" response

I recently received an anonymous comment to Billy E's post on The Earth is Flat. I thought the comment was a little harsh. My first inclination was to reject the comment. But to be fair to everyone, I decided to post it and see the responses. I personally believe that there is a quite a bit of "Flat Earth" philosophy and health care. Considering that humans have been around for at least 2.5 million years eating a diet congruent with the environment, I find it hard to believe that we are actually...

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The Mechanisms of Green Tea

In my previous post (click), I have mentioned that tea has a slew of healthful benefits against heart disease:(1,2) - Antioxidant activity by capturing free radicals and inhibiting COX and LOX enzymes. Furthermore, tea may prevent the oxidation of LDL which is thought to be the initiating factor for coronary artery disease. It may also increase HDL levels and improve Insulin sensitivity. - Anti-inflammatory by decreasing the chemical signals of IL-2, NF-kB, VCAM - Antiproliferative activity by i...

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Phat Fat: Mobilization v. Accumulation

Adipose is AliveIn ancestral times, adipose stores may have determined longevity and survival past harsh cold winters. My ancestors moved from northern China 8-10+ generations ago to the mountainous areas of Taiwan (according to my dad several hundred years ago). I suppose those who didn't live past the impoverished seasons where food resources were scarce would not have made it, nor would their genes. I can thank them for my persistent fat stores *haa*. Adipose tissue is an endocrine gland whic...

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Look What Happened On The Way Back To The Cave

I have been thinking about my recovery a lot. Until I lost my superiority complex about being human in the animal kingdom, I did not understand that I was not superior, but in fact inferior. How so, you might ask? Because of my ability to think and reason, I fell prey to the opinions of others. Some opinions were good and well founded, and some very bad. Think about it, an animal who is wild is not influenced by wrong medical information, no matter how well intended, or commercial advertising to...

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Vitamin Bs

WARNING FOR THOSE TAKING HIGH DOSE VITAMIN B WHO HAVE DIABETES WITH KIDNEY DISEASE IN AN EFFORT TO FORESTALL HEART ATTACKS, SHOULD STOP TA KING THEM IMMEDIATELY. By Billy E-advocate for an evolutionary lifestyle. Andrew A. House M.D., of the University of Western Ontario, and J. David Spence M.D. of the Roberts Research Institute, London, Ontario, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether B vitamins would slow the progression of diabetic neuropathy. They organized a clinical trial in...

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You are what they eat

I am a very proud American. And yet, I am neither a Republican nor Democrat. On some issues I side toward the Republicans (such as defense) and others Democrat. I like to consider myself a "free thinker." However, when it comes to the planet and environment, I am concerned. My worries over our balanced ecological system take precedence over the concerns of corporate America. And as such, there has been much talk about cattle and livestock contributing to the effects of global warming.One of my p...

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Fructose, Vitamin D, and Calcium

I always thought that it was interesting from an evolutionary standpoint, that the highest levels of Vitamin D in the body are in the summer which corresponds to the period of highest fructose intake (fruit). It is becoming very clear that fructose not glucose (i.e. starch) in high levels is detrimental to human health - the metabolic syndrome. The concept that the consumption of plenty of fruits on a daily basis year round is healthy is completely wrong in my mind. This concept truly contradict...

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I'm all shook up! (part I)

I have gotten behind in my reading lately. Therefore, I am writing a Potpourri of new medical information. Below are the most interesting findings that I have discovered. I will try to keep them short and sweet. (click on the purple text for the links) - a) plant chlorophyll (like in green leafy vegetables) combats against the mold toxin aflatoxin which can contaminate foods like corn and corn products, cottonseed, peanuts and peanut products, tree nuts and milk. - b) platelets can actually re...

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Nutrigenomics and Hypertension

In an earlier wonderful post, Dr. T discussed causes and therapy for osteoporosis -- Fructose, Vitamin D, and Calcium. He discussed why not root out the root cause and treat that instead of piling on pharmaceutical pills (bisphosphonates) which have a host of problems (osteonecrosis, jaw/gum dead tissue, poor bone healing, inflammation, atrial fibrillation, heartburn/GERD, erosive esophagitis, 'pill esophagitis' this term tickles his goat! *haa*, etc).What is bad for the bones? Vitamin D, Vitami...

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Clinton by Billy E

DOWN IS UP AND UP IS DOWN, RIGHT IS LEFT AND LEFT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT TREATMENT TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRESCRIBES RELATIVE TO HEART DISEASE IS PATENTLY MISLEADING AND ARGUABLY WRONG!!!!My hackles have been raised ever since hearing that President Clinton just had a pair of Coronary Artery stents implanted in his arteries to relieve two blockages. Thank G-d the procedure was successful and he is now home recuperating. He had a quadruple bypass in 2004 and just yesterday he once again had to have an ...

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CAN GLYPHOSATE HERBACIDE FORMULATIONS DAMAGE HUMANS?

CAN GLYPHOSATE HERBACIDE FORMULATIONS DAMAGE HUMANS? Most crops of Corn, Soy, and Alfalfa are factory farmed, and weed controlled by an herbicide whose main active ingredient is called Glyphosate. Its purpose is to control weeds, thus the farms bushel yield will be up to four times as much as a field that is grown organically via sustainable farming. Of course, the profit margin of that chemically treated field will also be greatly enhanced. Chinese producers of glyphosate type herbicide product...

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MY TAKE (OPINION) ON OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS LIFE EXPECTANCY - By Billy E

MY TAKE (OPINION) ON OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS LIFE EXPECTANCY - By Billy EI guess I am the evangelist’s evangelist when it comes to being a patient’s advocate for an evolutionary lifestyle change. This fantastic program so positively changed my life, that I can’t help advocating it to any one who is in ear shot. Invariably, the first remark that ensues is a question that is framed approximately like this “If an evolutionary lifestyle change is so healthy, why did the people of the cave die so young...

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Leptin - by Blly E

LEPTIN, AN ELUSIVE HORMONE PROVIDING WEIGHT LOSS MAINTENANCE. By Billy ELeptin is a hormone secreted by the adipose tissue in direct proportion to amount of body fat. Circulating leptin levels are a gauge of energy stores and direct the regulation of energy homeostasis. There are people with congenital leptin deficiency. While treatment with leptin injections results in dramatic weight loss, we at Nephropal believe that this is a dangerous hormone and should be used in a judicious and cautious m...

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Meat Centered - by Billy E

MEAT CENTERED EVOLUTIONARY PLANBeef, lamb, pork, Fish, and fowl etc. By Billy EI have had many inquiries from people interested in how I reversed so many of my diseases of the metabolic syndrome. It also probably saved my life. It goes without saying that my easy weight loss brought about by Nephropals evolutionary life style program was the starting point. This well thought out program is directed by Dr. Kenneth Tourgeman M.D. His specialty is nephrology, but, his medical interests are much wid...

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Evolutionary Brain: Survival of the PHATTEST

'Survival of The Fattest: The Key to Human Brain Evolution'The frontier I've been interested in the past year is the brain for a variety of reasons. The brain and survival explains many things... it's all in the BRAIN. Dr. Stephen Cunnane PhD's book 'Survival of the Fattest' is extremely intriguing to me. His background includes research on fatty acid metabolism, nutrition, and mammalian brain development. Thank you Mr. Neonomide for the book advice for 'fats and our beloved brains.' Indeed... t...

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Updates on Adiponectin by Dr. T

I came upon the article "Adiponectin in insulin resistance: lessons from translational research" from the January, 2010 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.As I have discussed before adiponectin is a fatty tissue hormone that sensitizes insulin. Weight gain lowers its concentrations increasing the risk on new onset Type II Diabetes Mellitus.Here are some highlights of the article: - normal levels are 5-30 mcg/mL. This is 1000 times higher than leptin. - Women have higher adiponec...

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Coffee and Inflammation

A study this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition looks at the effects of coffee and markers on inflammation and lipids.The German study was comprised of 11 males and 36 females with an average age of 54 +/- 9 years. Average BMI was 29.2 +/- 4.6. The average BP was 140.5/89.5 +/- 15.3/9.3.The study was divided into one month intervals for three months:1) month one: zero cups of caffieinated coffee per day2) month two: 4 cups daily3) month three: 8 cups dailyResults: - No effects o...

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Vitamin D and the Immune System by Dr. T

It is known that Vitamin D lowers to the risk of contracting the flu. But how? What is the role between Vitamin D and the immune system? A recent article has clarified the subject. Let's look at the scenario of a bacterial infection. Certain cells in the body like macrophages will engulf the bacteria. Cells like macrophages are Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) meaning that the will present the foreign protein particles to other portions of the immune system namely the T-cells. In order to active a...

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HIIT is Effective

High-Intensity Interval Training Is Time-Efficient and Effective, Study Suggestshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100311123639.htm...

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Vitamin D and Afro-Americans

A recent study looks at the racial variance of Vitamin D and vascular calcifications in Afro-Americans. The study consisted of 340 Type II Diabetic, Afro Americans -140 men (average age 56.3 years; BMI 35.6; 21% smokers) and 200 women (average age 55.1; BMI 37.9; smokers 25.3% ) Vascular calcifications were assessed for the coronary, aortic, and carotid arteries. The average Vitamin D level for males was 19.7 ng/ml and females was 20.6 ng/ml. Both groups are on average Vitamin D deficient (less ...

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Compulsive Overeating by Billy E

EATING LOW FAT AND HIGH CARBOHYDRATE CAUSES COMPULSIVE EATING AND SHARES ADDICTIVE BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS WITH COCAINE, AND HEROIN ABUSE. By Billy EI just read a newly published amazing study in Science Daily (Mar. 29, 2010) which indicates that compulsive eating shares biochemical mechanism with Cocaine and Heroin abuse. The study talks about junk food in particular, and avoids an even larger problem. The study leaves to your imagination what junk food is. So, I imagine that they are referring ...

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Gary Taubes lecture

Here is a link to a recent lecture by Gary Taubes - author of Good Calories, Bad Calories. A highly recommended listenThanks to Billy E for the link.This correlates with the philosophy of carbohydrate/fructose intake and the "Winter and Summer" Modes....

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Hunger: Pica and Trace Mineral Deficiencies

Shake This Disease I was listening to 'Shake This Disease' by Depeche Mode (link is for Hooverphonics cover) on the radio and it made me HUNGER... for the days when you could get songs on LP. The old turn table is still at our old house and (I hope) my LPs... They still perform live... OK I'll stop. This is dating me.What I don't miss or hunger for are certain parts of my youth where I recklessly was trying to make myself 'happy' by getting 'high' on cigarettes (don't worry I quit) or compulsive...

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Modest Weight Loss by BillyE

MODEST WEIGHT LOSS REVERSES DAMAGING CHANGES IN TYPE 2 DIABETES IMUNE CELLSBy Billy E-patient advocate and health science buff over the last 50 yearsIn an article in Science Daily (Apr. 20, 2010) – Australian scientists have shown for the first time that even modest weight loss as little as 13.2 pounds or 6kg REVERSES many of the damaging changes often seen in the immune cells of obese people, particularly those with type 2 diabetes.The results of recent study undertaken by Dr. Alex Viardot and ...

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Colonic Flora and Diabetes

It is known that ancient humans had a far more diverse colonic flora (intestinal bacteria) than present day humans. Appropriate colonic flora maintains a healthy immune system, protects the bowl walls from pathogens, and produces Vitamin K - which may or may not be a clinically significant source to the body. Furthermore, antibiotics can destroy healthy intestinal bacteria leaving more "real estate" for bacterial pathogens like clostridium difficle - which is a major headache in many hospitals.R...

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