Category: Misc

I follow Jimmy Moore regularly on twitter and a few months ago he tweeted something that really got my attention: he managed to normalize his cholesterol!

The thing is, he hasn’t been posting his results in the typical blog format and instead has been reading them off on video-logs (vlogs) on Periscope which I’ve been too lazy to install.

I’ve finally hunkered down and figured out how to use Periscope and watched the episode where he revealed his results.  Of course I took some notes and will share them here.… Read More

I came across an article on written by Dr. Crownover, a sports medicine physician, about five dietary interventions that can improve tendon health, and it got me thinking about all the different things that I’m doing currently doing to maintain my connective tissue health.

In the past year, as I’ve increased my training volume to BJJ 4-5x per week and weightlifting 1-2x per week, I’ve luckily avoided any significant injuries to set me back.

(I did have a minor bout of tendinitis at one point when I stupidly doubled my BJJ training volume to almost 10 sessions in one week… but I managed to recover after a week or two of rest and some ART).… Read More

This article popped up recently in my Facebook feed about how someone lost 80 lbs in the past year:

I’ve spent the past year losing 80 lbs and getting in shape. A lot of people have been asking me how I did it; specifics like what diet I was on, how many times a week I worked out, etc etc. So I thought I’d just answer everyone’s questions by giving you guys step by step instructions on how you can achieve everything I have… IN JUST 4 EASY STEPS!

Wanted to share this great flow chart comparing how people think low carb diets work vs how the complexities behind how they actually work.

I first came across on Bill Lagakos’ Twitter.  After some quick searching I found that the original source is actually the Smart Training & Flexible Dieting Facebook Page.… Read More

Dr. Tara Dall is the lipidologist that I consulted when I concluded that I needed the help of an expert.  I checked with her and she said it was ok for me to share her name and profile with my readers.

If you’re so inclined, you can read through her 13 page Curriculum Vitae here, but rest assured, she’s well trained and extremely knowledgeable and I was extremely happy with the service that I received.

Here are links to the posts documenting my consultation with her:

• What a Doctor Asks His Lipidologist
• Consultation with the Lipidologist
• Reviewing the Labs My Lipidologist Ordered

If you’ve read through any of these prior posts, you can tell that I did quite a bit of research prior to my meeting with her and asked some pretty in depth questions. … Read More

I’ve been listening to some of Rhonda Patrick Phd’s stuff recently and was intrigued when I heard her explain a potential mechanism for increased LDL on Robb Wolf’s podcast that I hadn’t heard before.

Her explanation went something like this:

Systemic inflammation leads to inflammation in the gut which then causes bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an endotoxin released by gut bacteria, to leak through the intestinal wall and enter our blood.

Once LPS enters our circulation it binds to LDL particles and prevents them from binding to hepatic LDL receptors.… Read More