The title sounds like a contradiction in terms. Ketogenic diets are associated with eating lots of fatty meats, cheeses, eggs, and nuts. Vegetarian diets, on the other hand, are associated with lots of steamed vegetables, salads, legumes, whole grains, and wheatgrass juice. On the surface, these appear to be at opposite ends of the […]
As the years go by, the single biggest indication of the passage of time in my body seems to be the gradual loss of energy. This is not just a personal observation, but it is in fact the single biggest complaint given by patients to every doctor. When asked what they want most in […]
Autophagy, what is autophagy? This word is bouncing around the internet more and more these days as something good for health, but just what is it? The word itself gives us a clue. Auto means self and phagy means eating, so self-eating. It literally means the process of eating ourselves. That sounds strange until you consider that there are no graveyards in […]
My mother turned 91 last week. I decided to give her a rather unusual birthday present – a fast! She has been complaining about having trouble with her memory lately. I have been there so I know how unpleasant that can be. My memory was down the tubes about 17 years ago. I could not […]
As most of you know by now, I am a big fan of the ketogenic lifestyle. In simple terms that means you burn fat for energy in your cells instead of sugar/carbs. The ability to burn both fat and sugar is a way mother nature made us adaptable to living with seasons. In a natural […]
What are the most powerful things you can do for your health? There is a lot of variability in just how these factors might look because people are variable. We all have slightly different genes, which means we all have different strengths and weaknesses. But in general, the top health promoters are: Good sleep/relaxationProper exerciseHealthy […]
Are you feeling run down, tired, or you just don’t have the pep and stamina you used to have? I know we want to think that this is simply normal aging, but it isn’t. We have a deeply ingrained mindset in our culture about how life looks and feels as we age. We believe it […]
One of the joys of aging is gradually losing the battle against gravity. The elastic tissues under the skin and the deeper collagen structural fibrous tissues become weaker as the ability of the body to make new replacement proteins decreases. Elastin, the rubber band-like tissue that allows the skin to snap back into shape after […]
We are made of protein. Protein is the structural element of everything living. Protein is made out of tiny pieces called amino acids. They function like Lego blocks and pieces. With enough pieces you can make just about anything. Amino acids only contain 10 to 20 atoms each and in the human body there are 22 […]
We live in a truly wonderful age for reasons we completely take for granted, like sewers and garbage service. Turn the clock back just a couple hundred years and your typical London home had a cesspit beneath the house that, when full, would then flow into a trough in the middle of the street and hopefully flow […]