Recently came across this piece by Uffe Ravnskov. Coronary Vascular Disease is a hugely multi-factorial process, and anyone who suggests that they have the magic primary cause is, well, a bit of a monkey (unless they say it is Insulin provocation, in which case they have done their homework 😉 ). In short, the people who

Just got notified of this study, and only speed-read it; however, it’s from Dominic D’Agostino – so forgive my confirmation bias in posting it straight away 😉 Ketones are produced primarily by restricting carbohydrate in the diet, and they matter. They matter a lot. Read below and enjoy – longer disease-free life is possible; through

Ok a lazy post today – just airing one of my pet hates; this putrid p”ss is ubiquitous – avoid it like the plague. The Authority speaks:  http://authoritynutrition.com/6-reasons-why-vegetable-oils-are-toxic/ 

UPDATE 11th April: Two more interesting papers on FH – it ain’t just the LDL, peeps – must improve HDL and Trigs – must think low carb ! : Paper 1      Paper 2 I’ve been meaning to study the Familial Hypercholesterolemiac (FH) scene properly over the past year, but never quite got there. Peter at

Facebooked this already but after re-watching with family realized it had to get a blog post. Articulate and compelling, Mary is truly an expert in this sphere – she has been President and Chairperson of the Bariatric Society, and has a profound storytelling ability that is accessible to laypeople. Or even doctors 😉 . Obligatory viewing for

June 13th 2015 Update – listen to this guy before reading post (grey-bearded guy in vid on right hand side of page: “Strong reduction CV events in FH patients with ApoB-inhibitor”):  http://linkis.com/www.pace-cme.org/d/1/G6zQW Original Post:  Interesting little study here on Mipomerson drug, useful to drive down cholesterol mercilessly in statin-resistant hypercholesterolemia peeps. And it does, even

You’re gonna love this guy – is it any wonder that there’s Kholesterol Konfusion? Let’s throw the Khemical Kitchen sink at the problem – maybe something’ll happen – who cares once we keep shifting product, right?

And you wonder why evidence-based medicine produces so many trash treatments? Please don’t even use the phrase ‘evidence based medicine’ without seeing Dr. Fung’s insightful video – it’s as incredible as it is tragic (…even the dreadful VIOXX scandal is in there):

The Study:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/ The Conclusion:   “Altogether, the results from these studies provide strong evidence in support of the hypothesis that AD represents a form of diabetes mellitus that selectively afflicts the brain. Positive data stemmed from (1) direct analysis of postmortem human brains with documented AD; (2) an experimental animal model in which brain

Nice little paper here from some lads in West Virginia – I’m inclined to agree with them; whaddya think Gary – could they have stumbled on to something here? 😉  Link to paper: http://downloads.hindawi.com.sci-hub.org/journals/jnume/2013/682673.pdf Excerpt diag:    

Just writing here about Metabolic Syndrome, that cornerstone of Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Heart Disease in the modern population; while doing so, I came across and old reference from an early seminar I gave on Met Syn. Thought this paper was worth a re-post, as it was the best recipe for rapid descent into met syn that I’d

http://ktla.com/2015/03/20/dr-matthew-budoff-and-modern-medicines-deadly-scandal-in-the-widowmaker-documentary/ The Widowmaker is here – time to replace big $$$ retrospective emergency plumbing procedures, with proper low $$$ prevention; and yes, LCHF is a big part of calming the atherosclerotic fires! http://widowmakerthemovie.com/ 

Nice recent paper looking at Mexican’s with CIMT – shows what’s really important for atherosclerotic Disease development. Yep, it’s the Blood Sugar baby – with it’s evil and highly connected twin – high Blood Pressure. The Kholesterol Kops keep running around in their surrogate circles – but we in the LCHF community know the dominant root causes;

Bit of fun on twitter this eve, with more knocking of the benefit relating to LCHF achieving higher HDL, lower Trig, better ratios. Some people insist that this benefit is ‘unproven by RCT’. Well of course there are no RCT’s – who the hell would pay for one that would prove 50 years of Low Fat BS

Cleaning up archives here and came across this slide; the Sat Fat probably gets its non-statistically significant slight bump due to the peeps washing it down with too much carb – naughty sheeple. 

Ok, so we’re in associational territory again – but what the hell; topic of HbA1c came up with George Henderson yesterday, and I dug out this nice auld cut on the Norfolk Study (featured data from it in the Cholesterol Conundrum). HbA1c is not a perfect marker for issues, but all the mechanisms check out nicely, and

Not sure if this paper got aired before much, but it’s a zinger – big thanks to Dr. Tommy Wood for pointing me towards it; he noted that without solid carb restriction, replacing carbs with beef protein doesn’t help the hyperinsulinemia at all, although it does help the Blood Glucose. In this experiment however, although

Another juicy Insulin paper, this time comparing CHD family history peeps; so what ties with whether you go down or not? I’ll give you a clue – it ain’t the LDLc. Aw shucks – sure I’ll highlight the important stuff in red – is that fair or what? As always, awaiting a response from the

Oh here we go again; I’ll never tire of reminding people that Insulin sits at the center of Heart Disease risk, and most other modern afflictions also. Here are a couple of great papers – the first deals with C-Peptide levels and the Mortality Reality (for ‘C-Peptide’ read ‘Insulin’). The second also deals with C-Peptide,

Delighted on Friday to screen Donal O’Neill’s excellent new movie: ‘Cereal Killers 2: Run on Fat’ to a large audience; this is a highly informative and entertaining run through the benefits of high fat diets – for long term health, and for elite athletic performance. We had a great reception to the movie, and good

An excellent and entertaining movie that shows the power and health-protecting nature of a high-fat dietary regime: Diabetes? Sorted. Obesity? Sorted. Heart Disease? Minimized. Athletic Performance – OPTIMIZED!!http://www.runonfatmovie.com/  

WATCH HERE:  http://widowmakerthemovie.com/see-the-film/ Earlier in the year I had the pleasure of seeing a preview showing of this revealing movie; it tracks the history of two technologies, and shows how the money dictates the method. On the one hand we have Coronary Stenting, which although proven in trials to be an ineffective treatment in the

UPDATE 28th Feb: Jason has two more recent talks that mirror his excellent presentations at Karen Thomson and Tim Noake’s incredible Low Carb Summit in Cape Town:   Until all the excellent talks from the recent OM Health Low Carb Summit in Cape Town are released, these talks from 2013 cover the insulin/drug/mechanistic realities of T2 Diabetes, and the

So much about this talk I like that there isn’t a place to start; even without the computerised analysis, the use of fully integrated Root Cause Diagrams alone could change the game for wider understanding of many afflictions. Oh the multiple interaction effects, synergies, feedback loops, relationships where a factor is deleterious both when high

No Intro, I’m watching it now – my favorite Pathology Professor, talking sense about my favorite macromolecular structures. What an indulgence on my part – and you should really relish it too! 

24min onwards for Type II, this is super stuff. Also see 35min for Insulin Insights that you will enjoy….  

Well, busy times indeed, but needs must – this is one event that cannot be missed; thank you to Professor Noakes and Karen Thomson for their exceptional leadership in organizing this seminal event; just booked flights – will be an honor and a privilege to be there!  https://www.lowcarbhighfatexperts.com/ 

Right, my D Debacle had a stated weakness that I highlighted – the difficulty of separating D status from healthy Sun exposure; solar exposure is an inextricable part of our evolution as a species, and I’m more and more inclined to think that the Dermatology Society has made an utter arse of this arena; to wax biblical,

Really enjoyed this one also, covered Vit D, Cholesterol Capers, Crying Men, Lp(a) and a bit more besides  🙂 http://vinnietortorich.com/2015/01/angriest-trainer-332-one-one-ivor-cummins/