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Dave Asprey and his Bulletproof coffee have officially gone mainstream. So many people are now adding butter and MCT oil or MCT powder to their morning coffee and singing the mind-clarifying benefits. I discovered a new twist on Keto-Coffee today that I had to share. Kegenix has introduced their first Keto-Meal Replacement Powder for people on-the-go who want to grab a Keto-friendly convenient meal. While making my coffee this morning I wondered how it would taste in my coffee instead of my usual butter+MCT oil + stevia. All I have to say is I won't be making my morning coffee without it tomorrow. I ran out of MCT oil this morning and was looking for an alternative. I remembered that I had a jug of Kegenix Meal Replacement Vanilla in my pantry so I grabbed it. After reading the label I decided that it was fine to use prior to training...

Introduction & Insights from a Discussion with Dr. Frank Tortorice, MD - show #2675 There is said to be one hundred million people in America that don't know they are pre-diabetic. 84% of them have no idea that they're on the road to becoming diabetic in five to10 years. That’s a third of the population. So to say this is an epidemic is probably an understatement. Many people with type two diabetes could reverse it if they understood how, especially early on. Before a formal diagnosis of diabetes type 2, the odds are very good. If they’ve had type 2 diabetes for less than a few years, (depending on whether or not they have co-morbidities) the odds are reasonably good. If they've had it for a number of years, it may be a little bit more challenging, but not unreasonable. We are talking about major lifestyle changes and using medicines in a supportive...

Considering that obesity is a disease of energy imbalance that promotes storage over expenditure, it is not surprising that treatment revolves around reversing this equation to promote weight loss. However, it is questionable whether weight loss is sufficient to reverse all metabolic changes induced by obesity. A great example of this is the Look AHEAD trial, in which over 5000 overweight-obese patients with type-2 diabetes were followed for an average of 10 years while undergoing an intensive lifestyle intervention that promoted weight loss through a decreased caloric intake and increased physical activity. Despite losing significantly more weight than a control group, resulting in greater reductions in all nearly all cardiovascular risk factors, there was no difference between the two groups in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Another related issue is that formerly obese individuals are prone to regaining their lost weight, leading to a rebound of cardiometabolic risk factors. Anyone can cut...

Gluten is the main structural protein of wheat and related cereal grains. The two best-known diseases related to gluten exposure are a wheat allergy and celiac disease. In both conditions the reaction to gluten is mediated by T-cell activation (adaptive immunity) in the gastrointestinal mucosa. However, a wheat allergy is defined by the IgE-gluten interaction that triggers a release of chemical mediators, such as histamine, whereas celiac disease is defined by an autoimmune response to gluten exposure. It is now recognized that non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) represents a third disease in which neither allergic nor autoimmune mechanisms are involved. The problem is that the NCGS clinical picture is heterogeneous and not specific, including intestinal (diarrhea, constipation, bloating, nausea, and epigastric pain) and extra-intestinal (lack of well-being, anxiety, tiredness, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, foggy mind, and headache) symptoms. Indeed, the exclusion of celiac disease or a wheat allergy and a favorable response to a...

Despite a rapidly increasing world population and ever more hyper-connected, globalized world where people, technologies, and ideas move more fluidly than ever before, nearly 20 million children under five years of age are severely malnourished. Standard treatment of these individuals includes the use of calorie-dense ready-to-use therapeutic foods to ensure rapid weight gain. These foods have been so successful in their goal, that ready-to-use supplementary foods (RUSFs) have been developed for use in moderately malnourished children as well. For safety, shelf-life, and financial reasons, RUSFs are based upon a vitamin and mineral fortified peanut butter paste combined with soy protein. However, preliminary evidence in severely malnourished children suggests that a whey-based RUSF is more effective than one using soy. Yet evidence for the use of whey protein in moderately malnourished children is conflicting, with one of the largest barriers to inclusion being the additional cost. As such, Stobaugh et al conducted...