Question: Nutrition for children with ADHD. In adults 100 to 800 milligrams per day has been used in a couple studies showing effects in the brain. One of the things that’s going wrong in ADHD is that the brain is not getting dopamine’s signal that something is valuable enough to keep paying attention to it. …
What to do about sky-high pyroglutamate? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #70
Question: What to do about sky-high pyroglutamate? Pyroglutamate, its other name is 5-oxoproline. It is something that is primarily produced when you are synthesizing glutathione, but you do not have enough of the second step in glutathione synthesis to keep up with the first step. Maybe you need more glycine, but your glycine isn’t low …
What nutrients are needed to break down old, damaged bone and build new, healthy bone? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #29
Question: What nutrients are needed to break down old, damaged bone and build new, healthy bone? So you are breaking down bone all the time throughout every second of your life. We are always breaking down bone, we are always building up new bone, and if you had any kind of defect in the ability …
The Carnivore Debate: Part 1
Dr. Paul Saladino, Carnivore MD, and I sit down to talk about the carnivore diet. In part 1, we focus on whether you can get all the vitamins and minerals you need on a carnivore diet, and how to best design a carnivore diet to maximize the nutrition you get. We discuss what I consider …
If your cholesterol is high, how do you avoid having a large burden of oxidized LDL? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #11
Question: If your cholesterol is high, how do you avoid having a large burden of oxidized LDL? First, normalize your cholesterol. And no, I’m not saying that high cholesterol is the cause of heart disease. It’s not, but oxidized LDL is, and the number one cause of both high cholesterol and oxidized LDL is not …
How would you address normal TSH but low T4? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #05
How would you address normal TSH, but low T4? Well, the first thing I’d do is I’d look at your T3. For those of you who aren’t familiar with thyroid hormones, TSH tells your thyroid to make thyroid hormone. T4 is the precursor. T3 is the active hormone. If your TSH is normal, that means …