Quick post today on interesting case of something that can drive up GGT. With potentially huge increases in liver-related complications later in life. It is based on an email conversation with a person who was struggling to deal with chronically elevated GGT. I’m guessing Dr. Guðmundur F. Jóhannsson will enjoy this one. And it may

Dr. Jeff Gerber asks most of the questions in part two of our interview with Professor Matthew J. Budoff. He wrote the atlas of CT technology, and has unparalleled knowledge in this sphere: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/97815… We focus here mainly on the imperative for primary care physicians to become educated in the power of the CAC score from

Dr. Jeff Gerber and myself finally caught up with Professor Matthew J. Budoff in California. He was a pivotal figure in recognizing the power of the CT Scan of the Heart – and decades ago to boot. He has led extensive cardiac research efforts over the past decades, publishing an enormous number of papers on

A most interesting event will be taking place in London later in October It is being run by the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR). Welcome will be cardiologists, doctors, nurses, nutritionists – and interested members of the public.  The 2017 conference sessions will include many fantastic speakers. Oh, and me too :-). Link

Jason, Jeff and I had a fantastic weekend at the www.phcuk.org conference in Manchester. We enjoyed giving our talks, but more importantly mixing with so many exceptional and dedicated people. The event was packed with nutritionally-astute GP’s. It was really quite extraordinary – and has the makings of a revolution: www.phcuk.org/conference Something’s also been brewing in

Jeff and I had the privilege of writing a chapter for the new book on diabetes from the Noakes Foundation. It is packed with valuable information on the science of diabetes – our modern health epidemic. Most importantly it elucidates on how this epidemic can be halted through understanding its root causes. Appropriately it is dedicated

Well lookie here, what have we got? Looks like the inflammatory marker of CRP is intimately related to elevated Insulin. Can’t say I’m surprised – but super job to Dr. June S Yang and Dr. Jeffry Gerber to extract the reality from the data. But what about the amazing LDL? Surely it too correlated with

My talk on insulin signalling, CVD, CAC and more at Low Carb Breck. Some new material on #gut hormones, food #refining etc starts at this point in the vid (8m 55s):

Hi all – I’ve been becoming more and more interested in the linkages between the gut microbiome / dysbiosis and the disease-driving curse of Insulin Resistance. Bad nutritional inputs directly lead to gut issues and potential permeability. These problems in turn have been shown to drive insulin resistance and through inflammatory pathways. To compound things,

I received a most excellent cook book from my friend Patricia Daly last year “The Ketogenic Kitchen”. It had delicious and nutritious low-carb recipes by the dozen. It also gave a very good overview of the emerging science behind low carb / keto as a healthy and highly nutrient-dense lifestyle. Probably even more so for people

Aseem Malhotra getting the message out again on SKY News – we’ve been hoodwinked for generations. Time to redress the balance….! The recent paper published by Aseem et al here: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285 Even the Oirish media are covering it… 🙂  http://www.thejournal.ie/saturated-fat-study-medical-journal-3358588-Apr2017/?utm_source=shortlink

Had a great time a few weeks ago at Weston Price Munster event in Limerick, Ireland (www.wapfmunster.com/). Amazing crowd of smart people there – all learning about how a return to “wise traditions” could transform the health of the nation. And the world of course. Big thanks to Anne Maher and the team (Brendan, Deirdre

I’ve posted before on some complicated concepts around atherosclerosis progression and calcification. This one is certainly not populist pap for everyone, but crucial for those who wish to understand the deeper mechanisms. Today’s paper is from Dr. Scott Murray, a research cardiologist currently operating out of Royal Liverpool University Hospital (the paper is down bottom

And now for something completely different. It’s true that #LCHF, fasting and good nutrition will enhance your overall and indeed career performance. But there are other tools too. If you are interested in maximizing your personal strengths, here’s a seminar I gave recently on the topic. Gallup Strengthsfinder is a powerful tool. You can take

Ok you couldn’t make it up. So I didn’t. National Workplace Wellbeing Day arrives on March 31st. What will stem the enormous tide of diabetic dysfunction based on previous dietary advice? Well let’s take a look.  Document can be downloaded here:  HEALTHY KIDS DIETARY GUIDE Some excerpts below. Carb-up with insulinogenic Holegrains? and decimate the healthy evolutionary

Nice little chat this morning on Limerick’s finest radio station – myself and Anne covered ancestral foods, what to eat, what NOT to eat – and a few more interesting things. I’ll be speaking at this year’s Weston Price event at the weekend with many others – Oirish peeps would do well to come along!

A most interesting and prestigious event will be taking place in London later in the year. It is being run by the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR). Welcome will be cardiologists, doctors, nurses, nutritionists and even knowledgeable members of the public. Link below: http://www.bacpr.com/pages/news_box.asp?NewsID=19495696 Interestingly, a debate has also been mooted, relating

UPDATE 12th March: Episodes 2 to 6 now released! http://breaknutrition.com/breaknutrition-show-episode-2-guest-speaker-gabor-erdosi/ http://breaknutrition.com/breaknutrition-show-episode-3-guest-speaker-gabor-erdosi/ http://breaknutrition.com/breaknutrition-show-episode-4-guest-speaker-gabor-erdosi/ http://breaknutrition.com/episode-5-enlarged-adipocytes-overloaded-lipids-lead-insulin-resistance/ http://breaknutrition.com/why-bariatric-surgery-improves-metabolic-parameters-quickly/ Gabor Erdosi has a masters in molecular biology. Raphi Sirt is also a biochemistry graduate. Importantly, they are expert problem-solvers, with engineering brains. They can decode the complexity – and get to the inner workings of the human machine: Diabetes. Fatty Acid

Polyunsaturated oils lower your “cholesterol” – true. And this supposedly should lower your heart disease and death rate? Oops – false. Rather embarrassing for the defenders of the risible Diet-Heart Hypothesis. And the early Randomized Control Trials (RCT’s) that showed up this sweaty naked “cholesterol” emperor for what he really was? They disproved the rsilly

Interesting paper today which is rather…revealing. We all want to know what things drive atherosclerosis & heart disease – and here the authors luckily have CAC measurements (the most powerful indicator of atherosclerosis extent – by a country mile). Sadly they think that atherosclerosis progression can’t be stopped – it’s an inevitability in their opinion.

Covered a VERY recent study in my #LowCarbBreck talk last week. Kind of shocking really.  CAC is an incredible test for middle-aged middle-risk people, the group where most heart attacks occur. Now there is a rather deceitful and misleading argument against CAC – that it may give “false negatives” for younger people (i.e. show a

I have just heard the sad news that Joe passed away today at 95. His level of achievement was huge, though disgracefully under-recognized. He was a pioneer in understanding how to avert the looming iceberg of diabetes, discovering the earliest laboratory diagnosis for the disease in the 1970’s. He tried to warn the world – but the

Click on pic below for the post. Insulin ain’t everything, as I clearly point out in my talk. But most “cholesterol” or “dyslipidemia” problems are only a manifestation of insulin/glucose dysregulation. There are many other causal agents for heart disease too – it is of course multifactorial. But running after cholesterol is a rather silly

Sharp, intense and extraordinarily accomplished – Dr. Mercola has built a huge empire in the alternative health business. Does he have non-orthodox and controversial ideas about health and longevity? Of course. Preview of our interview here to get a sense of the individual Sign up to http://www.dietdoctor.com for the full discussion – and a lot,

No intro here – I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Let’s just say this is not your average cardiologist ! But he is President of the World Heart Federation – so perhaps best to hear him out….

UPDATE 18th Feb: Episode 3 released today – get the others below first, but here it is ! http://breaknutrition.com/breaknutrition-show-episode-3-guest-speaker-gabor-erdosi/ Introduction: Gabor Erdosi has a masters in molecular biology. Raphi Sirt is also a biochemistry graduate. Importantly, they are expert problem-solvers, with engineering brains. They can decode the complexity – and get to the inner workings of