Caffeine Info Links
How does caffeine affect blood pressure? Does Coffee Raise Blood Pressure? Blood Pressure Chart from Disabled World. Fluctuating Blood Pressure In The Elderly
The Difference between Functional Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Natural Medicine and Integrative Medicine
Functional Medicine is often confused with terms like holistic, integrative and natural medicine. While thought on occasion to be interchangeable terms, they are in fact quite different. From Chattanooga Functional Medicine
Protein on Keto
Found this nice Ideal Body Weight Calculator as seen in the image above but the results are all metric which is confusing for me. The only take away was that I am “Within 5% of IBW” which sounds good. Also there is this great article on Diet Doctor entitled “Protein on a low-carb or keto … Read more
Inflammation Markers
PubMed study on Lp-PLA2 and CRP as inflammation markers for PAD. The straight dope on cholesterol – Part VIII by Peter Attia
Olive Oil Purity and Quality
From the North American Olive Oil Association is this explanation of “Purity” vs “Quality”. The certified oils list found here is updated twice a year and Kirkland’s is not there unfortunately. Kirkland’s olive oil is packed in Italy and contains oils from different Mediterranean countries. More information provided by Olive Oil Times. More information from … Read more
Insulin Resistance HOMA-IR
Find the calculator at “The Blood Code“. Prevalence of Both Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes from CDC
Labs – Which Online is Best?
LifeExtension – Has good sales but after that prices get a lot higher. Walk-In-Lab: Has option to pick Quest or LabCorp and prices are better than LifeExtension after their sales end. Questdirect – Worth checking their price. Health Tests Direct: Like Walk-In-Lab in options and prices. RequestATest: Worth a look, but a little higher than … Read more
Ivor Cummins and Patrick Theut
Super interesting video on reversing CAC score with K2 and other supplements. Patrick Theut Supplement List “Dial your body in” everybody is different. Low carb Keto diet Vitamin K Vitamin D3 – Vitamin D level should match HDL level. CoQ10 Selenium Magnesium – Magnesium Malate Vitamin C Fish oil – must take with fat food. … Read more
Hyper-Responder
What is a Hyper-Responder?The term, “hyper-responder” has been used within the ketogenic / low carb, high fat (keto/LCHF) community to describe those who have a very dramatic increase in their cholesterol after adopting a low carb diet. This increase can be anywhere from 50% to 100% or more of their original, pre-diet cholesterol numbers.Typically, a keto/LCHF … Read more
Metabolic syndrome
Diagnosis The National Institutes of Health guidelines define metabolic syndrome as having three or more of the following traits, including traits you’re taking medication to control: Large waist — A waistline that measures at least 35 inches (89 centimeters) for women and 40 inches (102 centimeters) for menHigh triglyceride level — 150 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), or … Read more