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Sugar – Could it really be killing us?

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Dan Hunter

Sugar! My sweet, most-beloved! Are you really my enemy? How could that be when I love you so much? That sugar was killing us was the accusation made by its most widely known and harshest critic, Robert Lustig, MD, back in 2009 with … Continue reading →

Rethinking Paleo – the good, the bad and the ugly

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Dan Hunter

Just the other day, I ran into this mostly great blog post by one of my favorites, Stephan Guyenet, that discussed a 2012 study supposedly comparing a Paleolithic diet with a conventional coronary care diet. In this case, I have to disagree with both … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Journal Study that Will Obfuscate Rather than Clarify

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Dan Hunter

A friend sent me a journal link to evaluate and now I have to rant! The journal article was reporting the results of a study comparing the effect on diabetic blood sugar control of a low-carb ketogenic vs a low GI … Continue reading →

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What Is the Best Diet for Managing Diabetes?

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Dan Hunter

This is really part 2 of a “catch-up” series on what I’ve been researching and thinking about recently that started with yesterday’s, “What Do I Know Now That I Didn’t Know Then?“. For anyone trying to manage their pre- or … Continue reading →

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My Current Diet Experiment – Surprising Weight Loss Continues!

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Dan Hunter

— Good Carbs, Bad Carbs? My latest diet experiment was started in response to the lab tests that concluded my previous diet experiment because despite a significant reduction in sat fat, my LDLc number didn’t really budge (actually, it went up … Continue reading →

Posted in Low carb, Nutrition, Personal | Tagged LDL, LDL cholesterol, Low carb, nutrition | 2 Comments

ApoE4, Alzheimer’s and Cardiovascular Disease … and The Lipid Hypothesis?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Dan Hunter

So much to blog; so little time! I want to continue with discussing the Plant Positive slide 33 from my last post, but I have more pressing personal concerns that are taking my attention. I didn’t mention it when I … Continue reading →

Posted in CHD, Cholesterol, Cholesterol Wars, Lipid Hypothesis, Low carb, Personal | Tagged CHD, cholesterol, LDL, LDL cholesterol, Low carb, nutrition | 3 Comments

The Cholesterol Wars, 3.00: Review of “The Futility of Cholesterol Denialism, Part 1” by Plant Positive

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dan Hunter

This is an introduction to my second discussion of a Plant Positive (PP) video. The subject material presented is huge. In order to discuss this without being superficial, I’ve broken my comments up into a number of posts, each mostly … Continue reading →

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My Current Diet Experiment – Surprising Weight Loss!

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dan Hunter

This experiment was started in response to the lab tests that concluded my previous diet experiment: My thought at the moment is, the prudent experiment would be to raise my carbs even a little further (safe since my A1c is … Continue reading →

Posted in Low carb, Nutrition, Personal | Tagged LDL, LDL cholesterol, Low carb, nutrition | 2 Comments

Thyroid Labs Update – Well Thyroid / Sick Thyroid?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Dan Hunter

To rule out the possibility of human error, my thyroid function was retested a few days ago, with a test for antibodies added to rule out or confirm autoimmune thyroid disease. Here’s the result:

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Holy Shiitake! Look at these lab values!

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Dan Hunter

The lab released these last night. Looks like the wild and crazy ride my cholesterol numbers have been on for the last year might be explained by …

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