One of the more difficult aspects of playing around with circadian rhythms is that there is quite a bit of individual variability that can affect outcomes. People regularly ask me: When is the best time to eat? When should I exercise? How much exercise should I do and what type? How should I break up … Continue reading Genes, feeding, & light: How eating at night could promote leaky gut
Month: May 2018
How hyperglycemia is destroying your gut health
As someone who had pre-diabetic blood glucose readings in his late 20s, I came to understand the many problems that awaited me if I didn't get my posterior in gear. I remember the first time I had a bad reading during my annual physical. An aberration I thought. I wasn't extremely overweight and I exercised … Continue reading How hyperglycemia is destroying your gut health
The only useful approach to avoiding Alzheimer’s disease…
While I'm in no rush to meet my end via any means, I can think of no worse final chapter in the story of a person's life than succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease. A slow progressive cognitive decline, punctuated by forgetting your family, not being able to form new memories, and a total loss of executive … Continue reading The only useful approach to avoiding Alzheimer’s disease…
Great 2-part documentary on gut health
If you're like me, you can't get enough of your learn-on about gut health. From time to time, I kinda get bored of reading research articles and enjoy a little fluff. So I was pleasantly surprised to come upon this 2 part series on gut health from Catalyst, an Australian investigative science television series … Continue reading Great 2-part documentary on gut health
New study identifies key factor in regenerating the gut wall
Well, it seems as though it's gut week this week as another amazing study has been published that may make a few of you who eat 5-6 meals a day a little concerned. Especially if you have some sort of functional bowel disorder. If you read my last blog on the best way to prevent … Continue reading New study identifies key factor in regenerating the gut wall
Hyperglycemia causes leaky gut, new study shows
Hyperglycemia causes a number of problems in people who regularly experience it. In the US, 1 in 3 people have either pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes. But you don't need to have either to experience hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia occurs in most everybody when the conditions are right. Unfortunately, the 2 primary conditions that cause it are … Continue reading Hyperglycemia causes leaky gut, new study shows