by Chris Masterjohn New blog over at WestonAPrice.Org about how a nourishing diet may sometimes increase blood lipids by curing somone of fatty liver disease: Why Is My Cholesterol So High On This Diet? Read more about Chris Masterjohn, PhD, here.
The Awesomest Paleo Book Ever
I wasn’t going to reveal this until next year, but I’ve been inspired by Melissa McEwen’s recent review of the worst paleo book ever to reveal my plans to unleash the awesomest paleo book ever in the spring of 2012. In fact, the more I reveal about this book in coming blog posts, the more and …
Meeting the Choline Requirement — Eggs, Organs, and the Wheat Paradox
In several recent posts, I argued that most of us aren’t getting enough choline, and that the disappearance of choline-rich foods like liver and egg yolks from the modern diet is likely responsible for the silent epidemic of fatty liver disease that may be afflicting 70-100 million Americans. If you missed them, you can find them …
I Warned Them This Drug Might Kill People…
by Chris Masterjohn I was happy to see last night that the two letters to the editor I’ve written about vitamin E have been cited recently. I’m sad that another recent paper did not cite my letter about why their drug might be killing people, which we’ll get to below. The first letter was published in the …
Does Choline Deficiency Contribute to Fatty Liver in Humans
by Chris Masterjohn I hope all of those who celebrated had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Giving thanks is at least as healing as a healthy diet! For those of you who celebrated it just to eat a lot or for entirely other reasons, I hope you also had a wonderful holiday, and for those of you who did …
Thanksgiving, A Source of Eternal Joy
by Chris Masterjohn Sandrine Hahn, a Weston A. Price Foundation chapter leader, created a wonderful Thanksgiving illustration, found here. It contains a beautiful quote from Konrad von Gesner: Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. Gesner was …