Question: What food supplements and training programs are good for developing muscle mass? Overwhelmingly, what matters for muscle mass is working out, eating enough protein, and eating enough calories.   You want to try and hit 10-20 sets per muscle group per week with eat set hitting within 80% of failure. So, if your doing a …

Question: Should I manage my total cholesterol of 305 just for my doctor or should I be doing it for my own sake? If so, how should I do it? You should want to improve your lipid profile for a lot more than to please your doctor. Let’s revisit this from a cholesterol skeptic point …

  Question: “Do you have any recommendations on how to get enough calcium on a low-carb, no-dairy diet? I’ve read that vegetables provide calcium, but bioavailability is poor.” The bioavailability of calcium from different vegetables is highly dependent on the specific vegetables.  Cruciferous vegetables have very good bioavailability. It’s better than from milk. Spinach has …

Question: What should people with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency be doing not just about glutathione, but about folate, vitamin K, fatty acids, and neurotransmitters? G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, is an inborn error of metabolism. It’s the most common one in the world. About 8% globally have some impairment in this enzyme. The reason that it’s important …

Question: If my tryptophan is low, and I’m on a low-carb diet, would you recommend 5-HTP supplements or tryptophan supplements or both? There are multiple reasons why tryptophan could be low. It could be that you are not eating enough protein, or it could be that you have a high utilization of the tryptophan. I …

Question: What to do if signs and symptoms of zinc deficiency persist despite taking 75 mg zinc gluconate per day. You should do plasma zinc.  Also you know I kind of wonder whether you’re taking that right. So if you’re taking 75 milligrams of zinc like at one time then it’s not surprising because you’re …