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Myth of the Day: You Must Eat Less to Weight

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 08 Nov 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Weight Loss Diet Mindfulness Nutrition
  1. Eating less alone is not the key to weight loss. Understanding individual relationships with food, nourishing the body properly, and recognizing emotional and habitual eating patterns are crucial.
  2. Weight is influenced by a complex mix of genetic, hormonal, emotional, and environmental factors, not just calorie intake. It's important to consider the holistic approach to health rather than just focusing on restricting calories.
  3. Sustainability, mindfulness, and satiety play key roles in successful weight management. Instead of extreme dieting, focusing on regular, balanced meals, intuitive eating, and being in tune with hunger and fullness cues can lead to better outcomes.

Myth of the Day: BMI is the Bible

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 31 Oct 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Exercise Weight Loss BMI
  1. BMI is not the sole indicator of health - it's like the SAT, just one data point. Context around weight, like genetics, metabolism, and lifestyle, is crucial.
  2. Health is more than just a number on the scale - healthy habits, genetic factors, and overall lifestyle play key roles in well-being.
  3. Focus on realistic goal-setting, healthy habits, and individual health goals, rather than solely relying on BMI for health and weight management.
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3 Travel Hacks for Business Folks Travelling Across Time Zones (To Stay Healthy and Avoid Getting…

Austin's Analects • 0 implied HN points • 25 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Travel Diet Sleep Exercise
  1. Eating real food is crucial when traveling for business to avoid digestive issues and ensure a pleasant trip.
  2. Prioritizing sleep, morning sunlight, avoiding alcohol, and consistent sleep schedules help the body adjust to time zone changes during business travels.
  3. Moving your body, even with a 20-minute HIIT session or a simple walk, is essential to maintaining fitness while on a business trip.

The Ultimate 4-Step Framework to Successfully Implement the Slow Carb Diet for Weight Loss

Austin's Analects • 0 implied HN points • 23 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Weight Loss
  1. Counting calories is not necessary when following the Slow Carb Diet.
  2. The Slow Carb Diet focuses on restricting carbohydrate consumption to aid in weight loss.
  3. Successful implementation of the Slow Carb Diet involves following five key rules, such as avoiding 'white' carbohydrates and having a cheat day per week.

The Cholesterol Times, Issue #007 -- Cancer: It's Not the Meat, But How You Cook It

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 17 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Diet Cancer Research
  1. The method of preparing and cooking meat can influence its association with cancer, rather than the type of meat itself.
  2. Studies associating dietary factors with pancreatic cancer have been inconsistent, sometimes wrongly attributing the association to fat, saturated fat, or cholesterol without proper justification.
  3. High-cholesterol, high-fat diet showed reduced inflammation in baboons, shedding light on the complexity of interpreting cholesterol levels in relation to heart disease.

The Cholesterol Times, Issue #013 -- How Essential Are the Essential Fatty Acids?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 17 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Supplements Diet Wellness
  1. A new Special Report titled 'How Essential Are the Essential Fatty Acids?' has been released critically reviewing the evidence on omega-3 fatty acids and their anti-inflammatory effects
  2. A book review called 'The Cholesterol Wars: Steinberg Strikes Back' challenges the theory that cholesterol causes heart disease and discusses its flaws
  3. Various insightful articles and videos on different health topics like Vitamin K2, cruciferous vegetables, and neuroscience experiences are featured in the newsletter

Could Sugar Intake Play a Role in COVID-19?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 23 Aug 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Viral Infections Metabolism Biochemistry Diet
  1. Research suggests that SARS-CoV-2 relies on sugar intake for replication, which could influence viral load.
  2. Fructose, found in sugar, can fuel viral growth through the pentose phosphate pathway more than glucose, potentially impacting RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2.
  3. Cutting down sugar intake or moderating it may help avoid excessive fueling of viral growth and could be beneficial in protecting against COVID-19.

Low Potassium Levels in COVID-19

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 19 Jun 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition COVID-19 Diet Prevention
  1. Hypokalemia (low potassium levels) is common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, with potential causes including medications and kidney issues.
  2. Low potassium levels can lead to heart issues like palpitations and arrhythmias, especially in severe COVID-19 cases.
  3. Ensuring an adequate potassium intake through diets rich in fruits and vegetables or supplements can help reduce the risk of hypokalemia.

Start Here for Fatty Liver Disease

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 24 Apr 16
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Liver health Diet Supplements Prevention
  1. Start with the article 'Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Silent Epidemic of Nutritional Imbalance' for insights on fatty liver disease
  2. Learn about oxidative stress and its impact on fatty liver disease in Lesson 9 of 'The Antioxidant System'
  3. Explore various topics related to fatty liver disease such as choline, carbohydrates, fats, refined foods, and more through the provided links

Forks Over Knives: A Pictorial Review

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 29 Sep 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Nutrition Health Education
  1. The film 'Forks Over Knives' promotes a whole-food, plant-based diet while rejecting the health benefits of animal foods.
  2. Breastfeeding normalization, condemning processed foods, and challenging genetic predispositions are key themes in the movie.
  3. Critiques point out misleading images about cholesterol build-up, protein research on rats, and the use of graphs to simplify complex scientific concepts.

Against Dietary Dogmatism

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 17 Aug 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Success
  1. Avoid rigidity and inflexibility in dietary beliefs, as all dietary theories have insufficient evidence to be maintained inflexibly.
  2. Recognize the vast individual variation in response to diets and avoid generalizing your own experience to others.
  3. Understand that our dietary needs may change over time, so remain open-minded and willing to adapt our beliefs and practices.

When Fat Burns In the Flame of Lean Muscle Mass — Better Put That Butter Either on Steak or Potatoes

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 04 May 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Physical health Metabolism Diet Fitness
  1. Sugar makes a high-fat diet extra-palatable, leading to higher food intake initially but not long-term.
  2. Palatability of diet may impact obesity independently of caloric intake.
  3. Eating an all-fat diet can lead to loss of lean muscle mass because the body needs oxaloacetate from carbohydrates or proteins to fully utilize fats for energy.

Let Us Honor Ancel Keys, Our Patron, As We Cherry Pick Studies to Bash Fructose (Revised and Extended)

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 28 Apr 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Obesity Diet Research Health Effects
  1. Critically analyze and avoid cherry-picking studies to maintain honesty and accuracy in discussions.
  2. High-fat diets can induce obesity in laboratory animals even without added sugar.
  3. Overall dietary patterns, nutrient-density, and metabolic effects have a bigger impact on health than isolated dietary components.

New Fatty Liver Study Shows that Carbohydrate Restriction Causes Statistical Anomalies

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 22 Apr 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Science Diet Analysis
  1. A new study suggests that carbohydrate restriction may be more effective than calorie restriction in reducing fat stored in the liver.
  2. The study highlights the importance of considering factors like choline content in foods when analyzing results of carbohydrate restriction.
  3. The study's methodology and statistical analysis raise questions about the true efficacy of carbohydrate restriction compared to calorie restriction.

How to Properly Interpret Ex Vivo Studies — Gluten and Leaky Gut As an Example

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 04 Apr 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Research Nutrition Medical Studies Diet Health Outcomes
  1. Studies conducted in isolated human cells or tissues are not direct human studies, but can help generate hypotheses, explain existing data, and provide molecular details.
  2. To confirm that a phenomenon occurs in humans, a double-blind, controlled trial is necessary, like the study conducted by Dr. Fasano's group in celiac patients.
  3. Existing evidence suggests that non-celiac gluten-sensitive patients do not have leaky guts, but there may be subsets of non-celiac subjects who react to gluten; further research is needed.

Anyone Doing Paleo Without Liver, Bones, Skin, and Greens?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 16 Mar 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Diet Wellbeing Supplements
  1. Muscle meats and eggs are rich in methionine, increasing the need for nutrients like choline and glycine found in skin and bones.
  2. Folate is important for neutralizing homocysteine and is abundant in liver and beans.
  3. Betaine, crucial for generating glycine, is found in spinach and wheat, while glycine is most abundant in skin and bones.

The Proper Use of the Term “Lipid Hypothesis”

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 22 Feb 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Cholesterol Heart Disease
  1. The lipid hypothesis and the diet-heart hypothesis are often confused but they are different: the lipid hypothesis is about the role of lipids in the blood, while the diet-heart hypothesis is about the role of lipids in the diet.
  2. The lipid hypothesis postulates that high cholesterol levels in the blood increase the risk of heart disease, but this has not been proven conclusively yet.
  3. It's important to differentiate between the lipid hypothesis and the diet-heart hypothesis to avoid mix-ups and confusion in understanding the truth behind heart disease risks.

Wheat: In Search of Scientific Objectivity and New Year’s Resolutions

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 05 Jan 11
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Diet Inflammation
  1. Consider going gluten-free or Paleo if you have unresolved health problems and suspect gluten sensitivity. It can help you understand your body better.
  2. Be cautious of jumping to conclusions based on incomplete or uncontrolled studies. Verify findings through proper research and controls.
  3. Personal experiences and published literature can complement each other in improving our understanding of health. Sharing results can benefit everyone involved.

Is Butter High in AGEs?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 27 Oct 10
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Diet Food Facts
  1. Butter may not be as high in AGEs as some sources claim. A study found that whole milk actually contains 40% more CML than butter.
  2. Measuring AGE content in foods using mass spectrometry is more accurate than immunoassays. Mass spectrometry reflects reality, but is more expensive.
  3. Evaporation of milk and certain cooking methods significantly increase AGE content in foods like bread crust and beef, surpassing the AGE levels in butter.

High-Fructose Corn Syrup is Sweet Poison, Honey Is Yummy — Against “Pulling a Campbell”

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 18 Oct 10
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Antioxidants Diet
  1. High-Fructose Corn Syrup and refined sucrose appear to have similar effects based on research.
  2. Research suggests that fructose in honey behaves differently than in refined sweeteners, showing potential health benefits.
  3. Isolated fructose in honey doesn't have the same negative effects as purified fructose, likely due to the presence of antioxidants and other substances in honey.

New Study Shows that Lying About Your Hamburger Intake Prevents Disease and Death When You Eat a Low-Carb Diet High in Carbohydrates

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 09 Sep 10
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Study Observation Logic Statistics
  1. Drawing conclusions about diet and health from observational studies can be misleading and should be approached with caution.
  2. The way 'low-carbohydrate' was defined in the study was unconventional, making interpretations challenging.
  3. Epidemiological studies can be influenced by participants' biases and inaccuracies, leading to potential misinterpretations of data.

Coconut Not Only Protects Your Liver From Alcohol — But From a Diet Deficient in Meat and Eggs Too!

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 03 Jun 10
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Liver health Diet Research
  1. Saturated fats like coconut oil can protect the liver from alcohol-induced fatty liver disease and a diet deficient in meat and eggs.
  2. High-fat feeding can induce fatty liver disease, but the type of fat matters - coconut oil and butter are better choices than corn oil.
  3. A diet rich in coconut oil can significantly protect against fatty liver disease caused by deficiencies in methionine and choline, which are abundant in meat and eggs.

Maternal Intake of “Saturated Fat” Causes Liver Disease — You Know, the Unsaturated Kind of Saturated Fat

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 15 Oct 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Pregnancy Diet Science
  1. Mothers consuming high saturated fat during pregnancy may lead to severe fatty liver disease in their future children.
  2. Some past rodent studies suggest that saturated fats like those in coconut oil may actually prevent liver disease.
  3. The study mentioned in the article used a diet high in unsaturated fats, mislabeled as saturated fats, which led to liver disease in offspring.

The Women’s Health Initiative Confirms That Vitamin A Intakes Are Only Associated With Osteoporosis At Low Vitamin D Intakes

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 03 May 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Vitamins Diet Study Nutrition
  1. Vitamin A only contributes to osteoporosis when vitamin D intakes are very low.
  2. High intake of vitamin A was associated with an increased risk of fracture in women with low vitamin D intake.
  3. A modest increase in risk of fracture due to vitamin A intake was mitigated when adjusting for vitamin D and calcium intakes.

Will Eating Meat Make Us Die Younger?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 27 Mar 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Mortality Correlation Diet
  1. The study found a correlation between reported meat intake and mortality, but not a direct link between mortality and actual meat consumption. This highlights the importance of distinguishing between reported and true meat intake.
  2. Correlation does not imply causation. The study's findings do not provide scientific evidence that eating meat leads to increased mortality.
  3. Epidemiological studies, like this one, can generate hypotheses but are not ideal for proving causation. More rigorous experimentation is needed to confirm any potential health effects of red meat consumption.

The Truth About the China Study

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 02 Mar 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Research Diet Veganism Autoimmune
  1. Eating foods with any cholesterol above 0 mg might be considered unhealthy according to the China Study author, T. Colin Campbell.
  2. The China Study, a notable research project, suggests that those who consume more plant-based foods tend to be healthier and less prone to chronic diseases.
  3. The book 'The China Study' emphasizes a vegan diet but may not present a comprehensive view of health, overlooking potential benefits of certain animal-based nutrients.

The Doctor's Heart Cure

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 01 Mar 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Diet Exercise Heart Disease Medications Lifestyle
  1. The Doctor's Heart Cure offers insights into what truly causes heart disease, including factors like elevated homocysteine and deficiencies in CoQ10, providing a proactive approach to heart health.
  2. America's reliance on reactive medicine highlights a lack of understanding about heart disease causes, often leading to unnecessary drugs and their side effects.
  3. Dr. Sears recommends a unique heart-healthy diet emphasizing high-quality red meat, fish, and poultry, and advocates for interval training over conventional endurance exercises for improved heart health.

How Essential Are the Essential Fatty Acids?

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 25 Feb 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Diet Supplementation Healthy living
  1. Research suggests that omega-6 arachidonic acid and omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid are the truly essential fatty acids, not just linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid.
  2. The requirement for essential fatty acids may be much lower than commonly cited, especially on diets rich in essential minerals, biotin, and vitamin B6.
  3. It's important to be mindful of the consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids, as they can contribute to oxidative stress, and to keep EFA consumption close to the minimum requirement while maintaining a balanced and appealing diet.

What's New at Chris Masterjohn's Cholesterol-And-Health.com

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 23 Feb 09
🏥 Health & Wellness Cholesterol Heart Disease Nutrition Diet Research
  1. Subscribing to Chris Masterjohn's newsletter provides updates not found on the website, including links to interesting external articles and commentary on new research.
  2. Cholesterol misinformation exists, such as the myth that cholesterol-rich foods raise blood cholesterol levels in everyone, but in reality, the effect varies among individuals.
  3. Site offers a variety of content including book reviews, blog posts, health reports, and articles addressing myths and misconceptions about cholesterol and health.

Foods High in Cholesterol Could Save Your Health!

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 29 Dec 08
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Cholesterol Diet Health Benefits Genetics
  1. Foods high in cholesterol might not negatively impact blood cholesterol levels for most people, and can even be essential for a small percentage of the population.
  2. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from vegetable oils might not be as beneficial as once thought, and the need for PUFA in the diet could actually be minimal.
  3. Cholesterol-rich foods are crucial for obtaining nutrients like arachidonic acid, essential for growth and health, and can play a vital role in certain genetic conditions and mental health.

Myth: Cholesterol Causes Stroke

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 0 implied HN points • 24 Dec 08
🏥 Health & Wellness Cholesterol Diet Medication Risk Factors
  1. Studies differentiate between types of strokes: cholesterol linked to increased risk of ischemic stroke, but decreased risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
  2. Cholesterol levels in relation to stroke risk: as cholesterol levels go up, risk of ischemic stroke increases, while risk of hemorrhagic stroke decreases.
  3. Cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins show effectiveness in reducing stroke risk, mainly by decreasing the risk of ischemic stroke.

Vegetarian. Not vegan.

Tech Ramblings • 0 implied HN points • 26 Feb 23
🍲 Food & Drink Diet Sustainability Health Nutrition Animal Rights
  1. A vegetarian diet is seen as a sustainable way to feed everyone. It uses fewer resources compared to meat-based meals.
  2. Eating meat can be unsafe due to how animals are treated and fed. A vegetarian diet might be a healthier choice overall.
  3. Vegan diets can be more restrictive and lead to nutritional gaps. It's often better to choose natural, unprocessed foods instead.

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KCKlatt’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 04 Feb 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Nutrition Fitness Mental health Diet Wellness
  1. A new Substack newsletter is launching soon. It's a place where subscribers can receive updates and posts.
  2. The author has a focus on nutrition and health-related topics. You can expect insights that may help improve your lifestyle.
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