Question: Advice for what to do after suffering a transient ischemic attack A TIA, a transient ischemic attack, is like a mini stroke, but they all kind of fall into the same category where the development of plaque is a very significant part, is the major thing disposing you to having an event like that. …
I take the coronavirus very seriously. Although I find it unlikely that I would die or develop serious complications if I caught it, I don’t want to spread it to the more vulnerable members of my family. I also fully support the concept of “flattening the curve.” If slowing the spread of the virus can …
Question: When on a ketogenic diet, it is a problem if ketones are going up to 5 to 6 millimoles per liter? One of the popular ketogenic advocates was saying that if the ketones are getting above 3, then it’s from not eating enough protein. I don’t really see it that way. I think that …
Question: Are there any solutions to getting nauseated from zinc supplements even at low doses and even when the zinc comes as oysters? With the zinc, my general recommendation is to take zinc on an empty stomach. The thing that is not controversial is that phytate is the principal inhibitor of zinc absorption. Phytate is …
Question: Could low LDL hurt female fertility? I haven’t seen evidence of it, but that would not surprise me at all given that cholesterol is what you make sex hormones from. If you see levels that low, I don’t know that it’s intrinsically a problem. You kind of want to start looking at what are …
Question: Is it safe to take creatine when nursing? If you felt fatigued and you took the creatine and all of a sudden that started reversing, then you either felt fatigued because you had low creatine synthesis, or you felt fatigued because you had a methylation problem. Those aren’t mutually exclusive. If you’re not methylating …