Creatine, best known for its ability to build muscle and enhance athletic performance, is also critical for fertility, digestion, mental health, protecting your hearing, and keeping your skin vibrant and youthful. In this episode, Alex Leaf of Examine.Com and I discuss everything you need to know about creatine. I focus on the basic science of …
In August of this year, 25-year-old bodybuilding mom Meegan Hefford was found unconscious in her apartment, brought to the hospital where she was declared brain-dead, and died soon after. The cause? “Too much protein before competition,” according to the New York Post. She had recently doubled her gym routine, started dieting, and begun slamming protein …
I’ve written a few posts about advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in the past, which can be found here. These posts include a refutation of the common belief that the “receptor for AGEs” (RAGE) is actually a receptor for AGEs, and a refutation of the implausible and unreliable data suggesting that butter is a major source …
In my Cholesterol Podcast on the Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore, I offered the view that atherosclerosis and many other degenerative diseases can be seen as a process of oxidative damage wherein polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) get damaged by toxins, heavy metals, and byproducts of normal metabolism, break into pieces, and then …