One of my November, 2015 Wise Traditions talks is now available online as an article: Saturated Fat Does a Body Good A few things you can find in the article: Saturated fat is about specific foods, not animal foods vs. plant foods; the diets richest in saturated fat derive it from coconut, and the American …
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Mastering Nutrition Episode 10: How to Know if Your Genetics Contribute to Your Sensitivity to Blue Light and Poor Sleep, and What to Do About it
In this episode, I show you how you can determine whether your genetics are contributing to your sensitivity to blue light, poor sleep, and poor daytime alertness, and what you can do about it. Specifically, I look at the research showing that variations in the gene for the vitamin A-dependent protein melanopsin underlie sensitivity to …
Mastering Nutrition 9: Balancing Calcium and Phosphorus in the Diet, and the Importance of Measuring Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
In this episode, I answer a listener’s question about whether I am worried about my phosphorus intake and whether a high phosphorus intake is ok as long as it is balanced by calcium. I describe the biochemistry and physiology of the system that regulates calcium and phosphorus, their distribution in foods, how to determine the …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 8: The Two-Minute Hack Every Computer Junkie Should Be Doing for Their Wrists
In this short episode, I describe how voodoo flossing my computer-damaged wrists has made a tremendous difference in my ability to tolerate weight lifting (especially Olympic lifting) without wrist pain. I don’t think you need to lift weights to benefit from this (though I think you should lift weights). I think this is something that …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 7: The Many Uses of Yoga Blocks Around the House, and Why a Standing Desk Isn’t Enough
In this episode I describe why a set of two yoga blocks has been one of my best low-cost investments in the last year, playing a variety of unexpected roles around my apartment, and allowing me to make major strides in increasing the diversity of positions I can work in to get a healthier level …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 6: Why “Glycation” Is a Bad Reason to Restrict Carbs
In this episode, I respond to a listener’s question about whether glycation is a good argument against a high-carbohydrate diet. I agree that we should avoid refined carbs and empty calories, but in this episode I describe why “glycation” is really a misnomer and why carbohydrate is actually likely to protect against glycation. Listen on …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 5: My Evening and Morning Routines
In this episode I describe how I have designed my evening and morning routines to maximize my quality sleep and productivity. Listen on ITunes. Stream by clicking here. Download by right-clicking (control-clicking on the Mac) here and choosing “save as” (“save link as” on the Mac). Subscribe in your own reader using this RSS feed. …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 4: What I’ve Been Eating, and How I Get It
I’m often asked what I eat, and here I answer the question. In addition, I describe how I have been getting my food and arranging my meals to meet my goals of productivity, fat loss, and good nutrition. Listen on ITunes. Stream by clicking here. Download by right-clicking (control-clicking on Mac) here and choosing “save …
Introducing Mastering Nutrition… Wait For It… PODCAST! Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are now live!
I’m excited to announce that with this post I am launching Mastering Nutrition PODCAST! Here are episodes 1, 2, and 3: I would love it if you could give me feedback by heading to ITunes, subscribing, and leaving me a rating and review. If I get a positive response, I’ll begin releasing more content …
Start Here for Fatty Liver Disease
If you are looking for my writings on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (and a little on alcoholic fatty liver disease), you should start with this article: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Silent Epidemic of Nutritional Imbalance I also recommend you start with the above article as background if you are looking for my information on …