Question: neither my mother nor myself respond to T3 supplementation (cytomel; up to 140 mcg/d). Body temp remains low and reverse T3 stays normal. Could you discuss the factors that might interfere with thermogenesis in response to T3, and offer considerations how to improve this? Having normal levels of reverse T3 tells you that the …
Vitamins and Minerals 101: Get What You Need on Any Diet, by Chris Masterjohn, PhD, covers how to get all the vitamins and minerals you need to be healthy on any diet. Each nutrient has a chapter that covers why the nutrient is important to your health, how to know if you have too little, …
What to Eat: Get the Vitamins and Minerals You Need on Any Diet, by Chris Masterjohn, PhD, covers how to get all the vitamins and minerals you need to be healthy on any diet. Each nutrient has a chapter that covers why the nutrient is important to your health, how to know if you have …
What to Eat, by Chris Masterjohn, PhD, covers how to get all the vitamins and minerals you need to be healthy on any diet. Each nutrient has a chapter that covers why the nutrient is important to your health, how to know if you have too little, too much, or the wrong balance with other …
What to Eat: A Guide on How to Nourish Yourself on Any Diet, by Chris Masterjohn, PhD, covers how to get all the vitamins and minerals you need to be healthy on any diet. Each nutrient has a chapter that covers why the nutrient is important to your health, how to know if you have …
How to Know What to Eat: Learn to Design the Ideal Eating Plan Specifically for You, by Chris Masterjohn, PhD, covers how to get all the vitamins and minerals you need to be healthy on any diet. Each nutrient has a chapter that covers why the nutrient is important to your health, how to know if …
Question: “What are your top three non-nutrient factors that prevent someone from entering beta-oxidation or ketogenesis? I mean like sleep disruption.” Top three non-nutrient factors? Unless you are taking a drug that prevents lipolysis, then they aren’t non-nutrient. The overwhelming things that govern those are carbohydrate and fat intake. You eat more fat, you have …
Question: “Any recommendations for peripheral neuropathy? Testing vitamin B, lion’s mane?” First of all, there is no such thing as vitamin B. I’m not trying to be a nitpick, but there’s literally almost a dozen B vitamins, with different tests, that do different things. So, I think it’s important to establish a habit of never …
Question: “If cholesterol, LDL-P, and oxidized LDL are high, the sterol panel is normal, and TGs are great, would you suspect clearance of the particles driven by LDL receptor in the liver is the issue, and what would you recommend to boost LDL-R?” Yes, it sounds like you should target LDL-R. The big regulators of …
Question: “What are your recommendations on magnesium supplements and dosage?” My opinion is that most people shouldn’t be supplementing with high doses of magnesium. I think if you’re going to supplement with more than 400 milligrams a day, you should be testing your magnesium status, and you should be making decisions on that. I think …