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Are Low-Carb Diets Deficient in Micronutrients?
Assessing the nutrient intake of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet: a hypothetical case study design Caryn Zinn, Amy Rush, Rebecca Johnson BMJ Open 2018;8:e018846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018846 Abstract Objective The low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet is becoming increasingly employed in …
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Does a Higher Fat Diet Cause ‘Keto-Crotch’?
Dietary Intake of Selected Nutrients Affects Bacterial Vaginosis in Women Yasmin H. Neggers Tonja R. Nansel William W. Andrews Jane R. Schwebke Kai-fun Yu Robert L. Goldenberg Mark A. Klebanoff The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 137, Issue 9, September …
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Can a Ketogenic Diet and Ketones Improve Brain Health?
Key points Ketogenic diets and ketones are broadly neuroprotectivePositive benefits for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and bipolar type 2 disorder have been shownThe benefits are likely to be due to a combination of factors including improved fuelling, …
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Is the Ketogenic Diet Really a ‘Cure’ for Cancer?
Key points Keto-diets are likely to benefit many cancersOverloading with any fuel could be detrimental to treating cancerKetones can be used by several cancer types (the Reverse Warburg Effect) and can result in aggressive rebound growthPractitioners …
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Blood Type Diets… Still Crazy After All These Years…
Your blood type is often promoted as a way to determine food choices based on (unproven) allergic responses to lectins in foods, (1) and while over 7 million copies of the Eat Right for Your Type diet bookhave been sold, …
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Rachel Grunwell – Health and Wellness Crusader
The Carb-Appropriate Podcast Ep.16 In this episode of the podcast, I chat with yogi, and recovery-focussed personal trainer Rachel Grunwell about her journey from investigative journalism to running marathons and becoming a health-focused journalist and yoga practitioner. Rachel’s new book …