Saturated Fat and Inflammation
I don’t recommend high consumptions of coconut oil and saturated fats such as often found in ketogenic diet and here is why. Both gram positive and gram negative bacteria are present in large quantities in the intestine. Gram negative bacteria, such as E. coli, might be one of the major sources for circulating endotoxin. “It has [...]
Probiotics to support detoxification
Exposure to toxins may have detrimental effects on humans and animals, even at low concentrations. Specific probiotic and bacterial strains may have properties that enable them to bind to toxins we are exposed to in our environment, such as food and water. Different strains vary in their ability to bind and detoxify, often times relying [...]
What is the Hype about High Protein Diets?
For this review, I want to summarize the findings on the dietary carbohydrate to protein ratio and how it may influence body composition and blood lipid profiles in adult women. There is evidence that older adults experience age-related changes in body composition, such as increase in body fat and decrease in lean body mass (Kim, [...]
The Truth about Vitamin E
I was interested in learning more about vitamin E supplementation to address oxidative stress. Dr. Tan wrote a nice summary of Vitamin E in his book “The Truth about Vitamin E”. Vitamin E is a family of eight separate but related molecules, and that includes four tocopherols (delta, gamma, alpha and beta) and four tocotrienols [...]
