Visceral Fat – Know the Enemy Not all fat is created equal. Different types and different locations of fat have remarkably different effects on our health, yet there is very little awareness of this fact. As body fat is the…
What Happens to your Metabolism when you Restrict Calories? Wouldn’t it be great if losing weight was simply a function of decreasing how many calories you ate? Everyone wants to manipulate calories to control their weight just like dollars determine…
Fasting: Thoughts From My 6-day Fast I recently completed a 6-day fast and have a few thoughts to share about it. It’s not the first time that I’ve done a fast — I’ve done several 7-day fasts in the past,…
Cold-Water Immersion and Brain Health “But, there is still every reason for healthy people to take cold showers, or swim outside in cold water. It gives you the feeling that you are alive.” ― Wim Hof Why is cold exposure…
Sauna and Brain Health Our daily lives are spent predominantly in climate-controlled environments, with furnaces and air-conditioning units regulating the temperatures of our living spaces within a relatively narrow range. The typical comfort zone for humans is within an air…
ADHD & Metabolic Health Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood psychiatric disorder, affecting 5% of children worldwide. Even if not a typical neurometabolic disease, there are findings that suggest an important role of metabolic health in…
Mental Health – Part 5: Importance of Early Metabolic Health Children’s health matters There is a clear connection between metabolic health and mental health, suggesting that lifestyle plays some role in determining future risk of mental illness. Given that mental…
Mental Health – Part 2: Mechanisms of Disease See Part 1 Mental health vs Neurologic health Historically, there has been a divide between the medical fields of Neurology and Psychiatry, despite some overlap between the two specialties. Dementia is predominantly…
Nutritional Strategies to Prevent and Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease is most commonly a consequence of poor metabolic health, resulting from an unhealthy lifestyle, and thus the optimal way to prevent and/or manage Alzheimer’s is indeed by lifestyle interventions. Now…
Alzheimer’s Disease – Another Manifestation of Metabolic Disease Neurodegenerative disease (dementia, etc.) is arguably the area of greatest failure in medicine. There have been billions of dollars spent on over 400 failed clinical trials in Alzheimer’s Disease, and the…
