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Is Butter As Powerful as a Statin?
Notice: A Grain of Salt Advisory is in effect for this post. See comments and this new post for details. Subsequent data collection has changed the conclusions presented below.Butter is an interesting...
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Do Carbs Lower HDL?
Attack of the Safe StarchesIf you have been lurking around paleoland recently you will have heard the debate about safe starches (you may be sick of hearing about it in fact). Last fall I ran an...
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Welcome readers. I wanted to post some follow up details on my experiments so far and say a bit more about the themes I will be writing more about. You'll notice that my headlines so far have been...
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The Microbiome and Insulin Sensitvity
One of the largest organs in your body is technically outside of your body. It is the microbiota in your intestines. It comprises 90% of your cells and 99% of your genes. This organ regulates, and is...
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A Case of Physics Envy?
With the airing this week of the HBO obesity documentary "The Weight of the Nation," reporting on the obesity epidemic has reached a fever pitch. I wanted to take a break from my usual programming to...
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Butter Not Like a Statin After All?
I began my original butter experiment without a hypothesis about the effects of butter on cholesterol. I was tracking blood lipids so that I could identify any possible adverse reactions. After...
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Recipe Section
If this blog were a mainstream health book, this would be the obligatory recipe section. So if you are interested in my take on minimalist high-butter cuisine, read on. Bulletproof Mussels(inspired by...
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Goals, Salt and Viromes
Here's an update on what's been going on here at megafauna central. Health goals, salt sensitivity, and the microvirome.Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that the quote in the mast-head has changed....
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Computational Hemodynamics
This is a quick update on salt, and a digression about computation and blood pressure control. Read all the way to the end for a grain of salt advisory on the carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis.My salt...
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Salt Experiment Results
As previously reported, I spent a few weeks this summer conducting a self-experiment on salt sensitivity and blood pressure. The experiment included a three week phase on a low carb whole foods diet...
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The Postprandial Elephant
Hello readers. Before I get started I wanted to let you know that you can follow me on Twitter Twitter or Facebook. I'm not a heavy user of social networking sites, but I've been posting here and there...
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How I fell down a murine rabbit hole
This post is about animal models and postprandial elephants.Personal updateBefore I get started on today's topic, I wanted to introduce my latest experiment. Although butter had a temporary beneficial...
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Apricot-braised Trout
In honor of apricot season, here is something you might want to do with a bunch of extra apricots -- braise fish in them! Trout is not the mildest of fish, but the other flavors in this dish,...
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A very high carbohydrate diet for the reduction of elevated non-HDL cholesterol
AbstractPublic health authorities have for many years recommended diets high in complex carbohydrates for weight loss and prevention of heart disease. However, the research literature does not...
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