In episode 19 Marty Kendall and I talk about nutrient dense diets and explore why some recommendations are more or less trustworthy

In episode 18 Peter Ballerstedt and I talk about how sustainable agricultural practices can help people feed themselves better

In episode 17 I talk to Dr.Shawn Baker about carnivorous diets and athletic performance, the diets myths surrounding them, and micronutrient needs on all-meat diets

In episode 16 I talk to Ted Naiman

In episode 15 Gabor and I review two studies looking at liver health by linking the process of de novo lipogenesis, with the activity of mTORC2, ChREBP-β and SREBP1c.

In episode 14 Gabor and I review a study from 2015 paper looking at the knock-on effects of adapting to cold temperatures in terms of insulin sensitivity and the behavior of fat tissue.

Short summary: In episode 13 Gabor and I review a 2011 study looking at the metabolic consequences of rhesus monkeys being fed a grain-based diet supplemented with 500mL of fructose loaded Kool-Aid a day over a year.

Short summary: I talk to engineer Dave Feldman about what his dietary self-experiments taught him cholesterol in human physiology. His “N = 1” experimentation is not only very interesting and rigorous but most importantly, it cannot be explained by current mainstream notions in lipidology. We also discuss the implications that this may have for cardiovascular disease.

Short summary: In episode 11 Gabor selects 2 papers on the physiology of migrating birds that fatten up for their voyage and we discuss what this can tell us about human obesity. The first paper is from 2002 by Bairlein and is called “How to get fat: nutritional mechanisms of seasonal fat accumulation in migratory songbirds” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12008967. The second is called “Adipose energy stores, physical work, and the metabolic syndrome: lessons from hummingbirds” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16351726 and is by Hargrove et al. from 2005.

Short summary: With guest Ellen Davis we discuss the many medical applications of ketogenic and low carb diets, all of which is explored in depth in her 3 books “Fighting Cancer with a Ketogenic Diet”, “The Ketogenic Diet for Type 1 Diabetes” and “Conquering Type 2 Diabetes with a Ketogenic Diet”.