How much protein is excessive?
As we discussed last week, excessive protein is turned into glucose and then to fat. But how much protein is excessive? That's the real question that …
Tag: weight-loss-and-nutrition
Dietary Fat and Hyperinsulinemia
I've often recommended switching to a diet higher in natural fats and lower in refined carbohydrates. What's the deal with dietary fat? Simply put, di…
The Big Fat Fix Review – A Must-Watch Movie
If you are interested in taking back control of your health - eat fat! That's the message of 'unconventional' British cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra,…
Megan’s Ketogenic Challenge – August Update
By Megan Ramos, IDM Program Director & Clinical Educator Good morning everyone! Sorry for the delay. Some really exciting stuff has bee…
You can’t handle the truth!
Sometimes the truth is hard to take. In the movie, A Few Good Men, Tom Cruise plays a military lawyer trying to find out the truth about a murder. He …
Megan’s Six Month Ketogenic Challenge!
I received hundreds of emails after I posted a brief update about myself and how I have been following a ketogenic diet in addition to intermittent fa…
Why The First Law of Thermodynamics is Utterly Irrelevant
There are many adherents to the Calories In/ Calories Out (CICO) theory that constantly bleat about "It all comes down to the First Law of Thermodynam…
How to Fix your Broken Metabolism by doing the Exact Opposite
We saw last week with the Biggest Loser study that basal metabolism plummets when you lose weight with calorie reduction. As contestants lose weight, …
The Biggest Loser Diet – Explained!
This week, splashed all over the New York Times, was an article about a paper written by Kevin Hall, a senior researcher at the National Institute for…
How NOT to write a diet book
Have you ever noticed that there's a formula for writing best-selling diet books? I'm going to reveal the secrets right here, right now. Â I've been t…
