Question: Can protein replete glycogen on a low-carb diet? Yes, it’s possible. And I don’t know exactly what the dosing is, but I think it’s totally possible. It comes at the risk, I don’t want to say risk, but at the downside of creating a lot more ammonia. But I think it’s quite possible. I …

Question: Creatine: do the benefits outweigh the risks for a mid-30s male? I think that there are borderline no risks to creatine supplementation. I know some people get bloated from it that usually passes. Anecdotally, some people get insomnia. I think if nutrients are balanced and you just stick with it, that’ll go away. There’s …

Question: How important are MAT1A SNPs to methylation? These in principle, could reduce the activation of methionine, but I don’t know that there are any studies that have looked at whether that’s the case. And so, just because a SNP isn’t a gene doesn’t mean that it reduces the activity of that gene. In fact, …

Question: How to increase red blood cell magnesium content? Well, the first thing you want to do is look at your serum levels. And if your serum levels are low, you want to look at your urinary levels. And if your serum levels are not low or especially, if your serum are high, then you …

Question: Why would ferritin rise on a low-carb diet when iron status is stable? Well, they sound copper deficient because copper is needed to mobilize iron out of ferritin. Copper is most abundant in plant foods, except that it’s also very rich in liver. And it’s pretty decent in a number of shellfish, but on …

Question: What are the best practices for nutrient absorption? Large meals and fat soluble vitamins. Large meals are the ally of fat soluble vitamin absorption. Fat absorption from poor fat digestion, is the enemy of not only the absorption of fat soluble nutrients, but also the absorption positively charged minerals. There might a few of …