My 2010 Glucose Tolerance Test – Have I Goofed?
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series My 2-Hour Glucose Tolerance TestsBlood Vials from today's Blood Draw I may have goofed today, getting a two-hour glucose tolerance test after a weekend bout of...
View ArticleHospital Blood Sugars – Christopher Fox, MD
Keep your blood sugars low in the hospital, and you may heal faster. That’s the take-home message from this talk, presented by Chistopher Fox, MD, of Boulder Endocrinology in Colorado. Dr. Fox gave...
View ArticleAvandia Under Fire – with Dr. Ron Rosedale
INTRODUCTION: Avandia is a drug that’s been used for over a decade to lower blood sugars in people with diabetes. The reason that made Avandia important is that, in diabetics, blood sugars levels can...
View ArticleFDA Slaps Major Restrictions onto Avandia
From the FDA Press Release on September 23rd: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will significantly restrict the use of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) to patients...
View ArticleSaturated Fat on Trial – Richard Feinman
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series International Symposium on Saturated Fats Are national nutrition recommendations that urge Americans to limit saturated fat based on bad science? Yes, says...
View ArticleHigh Fat for Epilepsy . . . and Alzheimer’s Disease
The New York Times has a great story about treating childhood epilepsy with a ketogenic diet (very high fat–click here for the NYT article). For other conditions that this can assist, listen to our...
View ArticleBone, Serotonin and Leptin – Gerard Karsenty
Note – This Post has been updated now to include a transcript with additional explanations. The updated transcript has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Karsenty. Gerard Karsenty chairs the Genetics...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Disease and Diet – Sam Henderson’s “Milkshake” Idea
LISTEN: Ketogenic Diet and Alzheimers – Sam Henderson Sam Henderson is back in the news, with the Wall Street Journal reporting on his new Axona “milkshake” that provides medium chain triglycerides...
View ArticleNuttall & Gannon – Dreamfield Pasta – Low Carb? Scientific Study says No!...
LISTEN NUTTALL GANNON REVISED (30 Minutes) Nutrition Today has just published something extremely rare, and possibly unique – it’s a peer-reviewed science study that checks out the claims of a low-net...
View ArticleSome Cardiologists Agree – It’s not all about cholesterol
Here’s a good summary of a recent call-in show I hosted on KGNU-Boulder — Shelley . . . From Dr. Jeff Gerber’s blog Jamie Doucet, MD is a local Cardiologist from Boulder Colorado who actually knows a...
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