ketogenic diet
Personal Fat Threshold model of insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity
I recently shared Dr Ted Naiman’s latest “insulinographic” that attempts to explain the adipose centric theory of diabesity. It created some great discussion as well as some confusion, so I thought it would be worth an article to unpack the critical insights about how insulin really works in our body and what we can do …
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Optimal ketone level for ketosis
key points “Keto” is booming! But there is still a lot of confusion about what exactly constitutes “optimal ketone level for ketosis”. Most of the magic of ketosis occurs when you burn your own body fat rather than eat more dietary fat or consume exogenous ketones. If your goal is weight loss or diabetes management, …
Vegan vs keto for blood sugar control
A comparison of the keto diet and vegan diet vs the for diabetes (e.g. Mangoman, Dr Greger and What the Health).
Nutrient density at macronutrient extremes
In the previous article, Which Nutrients is YOUR Diet Missing?, we looked at nutrient density and the micronutrients that you might be lacking when following popular dietary strategies such as vegan, Paleo, keto, or zero carb. As a follow-up, I thought it would be interesting to look at the effect on essential micronutrients if we …
Nutrient deficiencies in YOUR diet
I recently took a look at which nutrients might be missing from various popular dietary approaches in preparation for a recent on nutrient density. At a population level, the chart below shows the proportion of the US population has a nutrient deficiency in various micronutrients. Many people are not getting enough vitamin D, vitamin E, …
The insulin load… the greatest thing since carb counting!
how to manage the insulin load of your diet for better blood glucose control and weight loss
Antonio C. Martinez II’s type 2 diabetes reversal
Can fasting improve blood glucose levels and reduce the need for diabetes medications? Antonio Martinez was eager to find out, so he set out on his own n = 1 experiment. Antonio is an Attorney at Law (Martindale Hubbard Distinguished Rating and in The Legal Network Top Lawyers in New York) and businessman who …
What are optimal blood glucose levels for ketosis?
a detailed look at optimal blood sugar and ketone levels for ketosis and metabolic health
superfoods for therapeutic ketosis
A therapeutic ketogenic diet has a very low insulin load from non-fibre carbohydrates and a higher amount of dietary fat to achieve higher ketone to manage chronic conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, alzheimer’s, dementia etc. The chart below shows our insulin response versus insulin load which considered fibre and protein as well as carbohydrates. People wanting to following a ketogenic diet should …