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Gut Bacteria Predict Type 2 Diabetes Risk

January 6, 2022

Gut Bacteria Predict Type 2 Diabetes Risk

One of the important themes in my book Brain Maker had to do with the role of our gut bacteria in metabolism. In the book, I reviewed the research that related changes in the gut bacteria to risk for diabet…

Controlling Uric Acid – The Key to Metabolic Health

December 22, 2021

Controlling Uric Acid – The Key to Metabolic Health

Our most important task if we are to achieve optimal health centers on optimizing our metabolism. This means doing everything we can so that we maximize our control over things like blood sugar, body weight…

An Integrated Plan for Lowering Uric Acid

December 7, 2021

An Integrated Plan for Lowering Uric Acid

It’s often said that “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” And this is particularly true when it comes to what we can gain from combining specific nutritional supplements. For example, while tak…

How Our Gut Bugs Influence our Memory

November 19, 2021

How Our Gut Bugs Influence our Memory

By Dr. Austin Perlmutter What does current research tell us about the connections between the gut microbiome and our memory? Ancient Greek texts describe two opposing rivers running through the underw…

Introducing: Drop Acid

November 3, 2021

Introducing: Drop Acid

The most threatening pandemic of our modern times is not a virus. The number one cause of death on our planet are chronic, metabolic conditions and the multitude of diseases they produce. These include diab…

The LUV Diet vs. the Ketogenic Diet—You Can Have It Both Ways

October 28, 2021

The LUV Diet vs. the Ketogenic Diet—You Can Have It Both Ways

One of the most exciting trends over the past decade in the nutrition world has been the recognition of the value of ketosis. Typically, getting into ketosis, meaning that the body has shifted away from bur…

Are Eggs Good or Bad For You?

October 22, 2021

Are Eggs Good or Bad For You?

I really love eggs. Yes, I’ve called them a “perfect food” many times in the past, and fortunately the evolving data continues to support this view. These days, there is so much focus on the state of our…

Uric Acid Affects COVID-19 Outcome

October 4, 2021

Uric Acid Affects COVID-19 Outcome

It’s become very clear that various metabolic conditions are associated with worse outcome as it relates to COVID-19 infection. For example, things like obesity, elevated blood sugar, type 2 diabetes, and e…

Ketosis and the Heart

September 28, 2021

Ketosis and the Heart

So much has been written in recent years supporting the brain benefits of a ketogenic diet as it relates to protecting and even enhancing brain function. But this unique diet, like any other dietary plan, c…

Uric Acid – How We Got Here

September 14, 2021

Uric Acid – How We Got Here

As scientific research begins to more fully understand the incredible depth of the relationship between elevation of uric acid and some of our most aggressive metabolic problems including diabetes, insulin …

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