This episode is a recording of the Facebook Live event, “Ask Chris Masterjohn, PhD, Anything About Health, Fitness, and Nutrition” that originally aired on Tuesday, July 12, at 5:00 PM eastern time. You can watch it as a video, stream or download it as a podcast, or even read the transcript. Here is the video: …
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Mastering Nutrition Episode 16: Dietary Management of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH)
In this episode, I discuss dietary management of familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). This question was asked on the Facebook Live episode from 06/16/2016, “Ask Chris Masterjohn, PhD Anything About Heart Disease,” but I was unable to get to the question within Facebook’s time limit. Please note that HeFH is a medical issue and the purpose of …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 15: You Asked Me Anything About Heart Disease, Facebook Live, 06/16/2016
This past Thursday, we all showed up live on Facebook so you could ask me anything about heart disease. Here’s the video, and the audio recording as a podcast. Don’t forget this Saturday at 2:00 PM eastern time you can show up live again to ask me anything about methylation! Here is the full schedule …
Mastering Nutrition Episode 11: Paleo f(x) Grab Bag: Carbs, Sex Hormones, Type 1 Diabetes, and More
In this episode, I discuss some important insights from my Paleo f(x) talk and audience responses to it, including the potential dangers of treating type 1 diabetes with a low-carb diet, the importance of carbs and body fat for fertility and sex hormones, and why some people might have a great sex hormone profile on …
Sugar is the Ultimate Antioxidant and Insulin Will Make You Younger
No, I don’t mean that ironically. A little hyperbolic? A little, but not ironic. This is my new Examine.Com Research Digest Editorial about some underappreciated benefits of glucose and insulin. The Research Digest costs money, but as a member of my audience you can read my editorial and also get a sneak peak at the …
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 …
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 …
My New Wise Traditions Article, “Nutritional Adjuncts to the Fat-Soluble Vitamins,” Is Now Online!
My new article from the Winter, 2012 issue of Wise Traditions, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, is now up online! The article gives a brief history of how the concept of synergy between the fat-soluble vitamins repeatedly eluded us through the twentieth century, with a a little peak at the rise …
My Interview with Dr. Mercola On Cholesterol, Vitamin K, Insulin, Blood Lipids, CT Scans, Calcification, and Heart Disease
From a Christmas-celebrator to the rest of you, Merry Sixth Day of Christmas! I hope you’re all enjoying whatever you might be celebrating during the season of expanding daylight and just plain enjoying life. Dr. Mercola posted a video interview today that we had recorded a few weeks back, about cholesterol, vitamin K, insulin, blood …
My AHS 2012 Talk Is Now Up! Oxidative Stress and Carbohydrate Intolerance
My talk at the 2012 Ancestral Health Symposium, “Oxidative Stress and Carbohydrate Intolerance,” is now freely available online! Enjoy! Chris Masterjohn — Oxidative Stress & Carbohydrate Intolerance: An Ancestral Perspective from Ancestral Health Society on Vimeo.