Question: What are the best ways to stabilize blood sugar? I would definitely be trying to lower the glucose response. And what I would do in such a situation would be to run a series of experiments on the type of carbohydrate, as well as the amount of carbohydrate, as well as the context of …

Question: What are the best natural ways to lower cholesterol? The top things that I would think of to lower cholesterol levels are number one, I’d get thyroid status thoroughly checked out. Number two, I would consider experimenting with a diet low in saturated fat or diet low in cholesterol to see how responsive your …

Question: Does high B12 mean it’s not getting into the cell? The right way to address that would be to measure serum or urine or both methylmalonic acid MMA, and that’s a functional marker that’s very specific to B12. If B12 was not getting into the cell, then methylmalonic acid is going to be high. …

Question: What range of folate and homocysteine are good for MTHFR? So 18 to 22 nanograms per milliliter for serum folate and then for homocysteine, I would say seven to nine, I think eight is right smack in the middle and it’s fine. No harm in getting down to five, if you can get there …

Question: Do Ketogenic Diets Lower Glutathione? And so what a ketogenic diet does is put you in a low insulin to glucagon ratio longterm and the insulin to glucagon ratio is what is used for the body to perceive whether it has enough energy to invest in making glutathione. And so the reason the liver’s …

Question: Why do I have a high LDL-C when my diet is on point? Generally in the presence of insulin sensitivity, more carbohydrates, less fat will lower LDL, but in the presence of insulin resistance, more carbohydrate will sometimes raise LDL. And if the LDL is only a little bit out of range and the …