This past Wednesday, we all showed up live on Facebook so you could ask me anything about fat-soluble vitamins. Here’s the video, and the audio recording as a podcast. If you love these Facebook Live episodes, make sure to show up at the next one: Saturday, July 9, 2:00 PM Eastern time the theme will …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Many people have been asking me to weigh in on the controversy that is erupted this week with the publication of Dr. Kaayla Daniel’s report arguing that fermented cod liver oil (FCLO) produced by Green Pasture is rancid, low in fat-soluble vitamins, made from pollock rather than cod, and adulterated with trans fat-containing vegetable oil. …
Here’s a handy reference to find most of the public presentations I’ve given at conferences that are not exclusively academic in nature. Against the motion, “Don’t Eat Anything With a Face.” Intelligence Squared US debate. New York, NY. December 4, 2013. Here is the full video: Good Fats, Bad Fats: Separating Fact From Fiction. Sponsored …
My Experience With Vegetarianism — Updated With New Reflections Published June 9, 2013 — Note:The old version of this account, published in 2005, can be found here. I remember vividly the moment I realized everything had changed. Working as an undergraduate in a campus dining hall, I spotted a young man lift up half a stack of …
My focus for the last six years or so on the need to balance vitamin D with vitamins A and K2 has turned out to be a rather prudish solution to the soft tissue calcification that can often be caused by vitamin D. While a concoction of A and K may hold you up on …
Biochemistry textbooks generally tell us that we can’t turn fatty acids into glucose. For example, on page 634 of the 2006 and 2008 editions of Biochemistry by Berg, Tymoczko, and Stryer, we find the following: Animals Cannot Convert Fatty Acids to Glucose It is important to note that animals are unable to effect the net …