Suicide, Omega 3, and the Military

Another one for the marine-derived highly unsaturated fatty acids are probably really important for proper brain function files:  This new paper...

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Folate! The Beginning.

Did I ever mention that I'm not a big fan of the folate cycle?  Not because it's not important, but because it is intensive, poorly understood, and...

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More About Thiamine

Some of the most harrowing stories of nutrient deficiencies come from the 18th and 19th century British Navy.  Perhaps because the officers on the...

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Do Carbs Make You Crazy? PCOS and Type II Diabetes Edition

Previously, we discussed the question of Do Carbs Make You Crazy?, reviewed some literature to suggest that a bolus of sugar to a fasting person could...

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Nutritional Brain Bomb - Thiamine Deficiency

Yes, I will get back to the carbohydrate insanity series shortly.  But in the comments of the second post, Jack Kruse and Itsthewooo noted that studies...

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Do Carbs Keep You Sane? Midmorning Post-Bagel Slump and the Wurtmans

We are going to rely more on this most excellent review paper by Dr. David Benton of Swansea, UK, Carbohydrate ingestion, blood glucose, and mood to...

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Do Carbs Make You Crazy? More About Blood Glucose, Violence, and Mood

I began this series yesterday with a bit of an introduction and some exposure to some differing theories about carbohydrate consumption and mental health...

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Do Carbs Make You Crazy?

Perhaps I should be more circumspect in my title.  After all, there are several popular ideas out there - one that carbohydrates cause blood sugar...

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AHS 2011 Presentation - Slides and Video

Just in case you missed them:The slidesThe videoNext up, I will look at carbohydrates, blood glucose, and mood connections. &nb...

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Neuroregulation of Appetite

The cause of obesity has been a hot topic in the paleoblogosphere lately.  Let me be the first to tell you that I am no obesity researcher or expert...

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Omega 3, Inflammation, and Anxiety in Medical Students

During all the fist-pumping, bright, sparkly eye-admiring, and general back-slapping of the inaugural Ancestral Health Symposium last weekend, the world...

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AHS 2011 - MovNat at Venice Beach

One of the benefits of being an AHS presenter was an opportunity to attend a MovNat One-day Workshop on Venice Beach the day after AHS.   I'm actually...

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AHS - The People Post

I was excited to see the talks at the Ancestral Health Symposium, but let's face it, I've been to enough talks in my career to make me want to dismantle...

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