The default model of nutritional deficiency looks something like this: Marker for nutritional status is low Recommendation/treatment is to increase intake of that nutrient The problem is that both of these points may be incomplete, to the point of leading to ineffective remedies.
From the New York Times: [Dr. Fred Kummerow] became a pioneer of trans-fat research, one of the first scientists to assert a link between heart disease and processed foods. It would be more than three decades before those findings were widely accepted. “Cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease, except if it’s oxidized,” Dr. …
I don’t think the importance of Ancel Keyes’ so-called “Seven Countries Study” can be understated in regard to its effect on US health policy and beliefs. If someone wanted to examine this 60-year-old paper for themselves they would find obtaining any information about it very difficult to obtain. It can be found in PubMed (assuming …
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Ignaz Semmelweis’ life paints a portrait of those who make profound discoveries which are deem unscientific by the contemporary medical and scientific communities. Despite his successes in reducing mortality of puerperal fever, aka childbed fever, his ideas were rejected by most scientists and physicians at the time. His attempts and failure to convince doctors of the …
The similarity of the chemical composition of the universe to that of the human body has been remarked upon before. Since I am studying more chemistry as of late I thought writing these out would help cement the knowledge and might be of interest to others. Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon are 3 of the 4 …
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A couple of clients have asked about the media reports which have suggested a causal link between fish oil supplementation and prostate cancer. I do not want to spend a lot of time on this so here are the major problems with the reporting: No participant in this study was tracked on their use of …
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For those who are seeking health information for themselves or loved ones it is useful to be able to read primary source material and understand the significance and limitations of the findings. However, I think it is asking too much of people to insist they spend their time reading numerous research papers just to understand …
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Kilmer McCully, author of The Homocysteine Revolution, learned first hand the consequences of challenging the medical dogma on the exclusive role of cholesterol as a causative factor in developing heart disease. Some of his experiences are recounted in the 1997 article The Fall and Rise Of Kilmer McCully. He was moved to an inferior laboratory …
I’ve decided that I will try to only embed short video clips and just link to longer lectures. It really is a remarkable time to be alive because of the information we have access to, literally, at our fingertips and for free. With so much quality education material available the bigger tasks are sifting the …
I’ve collect 3 short videos on MTHFR that are worth watching if you are interested in this particular relatively common gene polymorphism. The first gives some background and talks about the link to fibromyalgia. The second gives more information and talks about the links to autism. The third ultimately pitches a product but I think …