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Blood Sugar and Your Brain

Blood Sugar and Your Brain

Caffeine & Ketosis: Friend or Foe?

Caffeine & Ketosis: Friend or Foe?

A lot of times I'm asked about the impact of caffeine consumption on ketosis. Does it help? Hurt? A new study out of Canada seeks to answer this question.
Diet Drinks Threaten the Brain

Diet Drinks Threaten the Brain

The message that we should all dramatically reduce our sugar consumption is really gaining traction and for good reason. This was a central theme of Grain Brain, and these ideas have certainly been validated...
Improved Attention From Your Child? Feed Them This.

Improved Attention From Your Child? Feed Them This.

With more than 6.5 million American children being diagnosed with ADHD, and close to 70% of them being medicated, it sure makes sense that we should consider how lifestyle factors, including diet, may affect...
Is Coconut Oil Still Healthy? The Truth Behind The Recent Headlines.

Is Coconut Oil Still Healthy? The Truth Behind The Recent Headlines.

You may or may not have seen the American Heart Association’s (AHA) latest report, but I'm sure you’ve probably seen the social media frenzy that followed their statements on coconut oil. An article by USA ...
GMOs: An Important Health Threat

GMOs: An Important Health Threat

You know it’s almost trendy now to talk about GMO foods and avoiding GMO foods. Oftentimes, when I lecture and ask the question as to why GMOs are a danger, I don’t really get much of an answer. So in today’...
The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter MD and Dr. Steven Gundry

The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter MD and Dr. Steven Gundry

Dr. Steven Gundry is a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, New York Times best-selling author, and medical researcher. During his 40-year career in medicine, he has performed over 10,000 heart surgeries and dev...
Artificial Sweeteners and Obesity

Artificial Sweeteners and Obesity

Go to any bookstore (or Amazon) nowadays, and you can find 100 different takes on the diet book. Now, whether these diets are focused on high-fiber, gluten-free, eating for your blood type, or going Paleo is...
Ketosis & Parkinson’s Disease: Improving Symptoms with a Ketogenic Diet

Ketosis & Parkinson’s Disease: Improving Symptoms with a Ketogenic Diet

If you feel like you are hearing about more and more about Parkinson's Disease in the media lately, you shouldn't be surprised. Cases are being presented with more and more frequency, such that Parkinson's r...
Diabetes, Obesity and Brain Health

Diabetes, Obesity and Brain Health

Over the past several years I have been writing about the detrimental effects of type 2 diabetes on brain health. For example, we've seen an extensive amount of research published that shows a strong relatio...
Artificial Sweeteners – Alzheimer’s and Stroke

Artificial Sweeteners – Alzheimer’s and Stroke

To those of you who follow my blog, the recent study demonstrating a remarkably increased risk for stroke, as well as Alzheimer’s disease, in relation to consumption of artificially-sweetened beverages shoul...