Tag: high-fat
High-fat diet causes depression by increasing inflammation; low-dose aspirin reverses both
The evidence for depression as an inflammatory disease is pretty strong at this point, and several pharma…
Hyperlipidemia (induced by ketogenic diet) drives tumor growth, even in the absence of obesity
For years, mainstream medicine and popular diet gurus have promoted the ketogenic diet as a “cancer-fighting” strategy. The…
High-fat diet ups cortisol/serotonin (5-HT), hinders 5-HT deactivation, causes leaky gut and systemic inflammation
I am sure I will get a lot of hate-mail about this, but frankly this is not…
Low-fat protein meal after workout boosts muscle growth, high-fat protein meal is neutral or has negative effects
Another study that would probably generate a lot of controversy and hate-mail for me. Meh, such is…
Low-carb diet and chronic (even mild) stress sufficient to cause heart disease (CVD) and depression
I first tried low-carbing, circa 2008, and quickly realized just how detrimental it is to health, especially…
High-fat/low-carb diet causes systemic inflammation, impairs gut barrier, aggravates inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Another “controversial” study, which adds even more evidence to the hypothesis that low-carb diets (and by extension,…
High-fat, low-carb diet may cause obesity, inflammation, anxiety (by raising serotonin), even suicide
Double whammy for two popular medical dogmas. One of them is that serotonin is the “happy hormone”…
Males eating a low-carb diet father children with metabolic syndrome and diabesity
A really interesting study, which covers two very controversial topics in a single experiment. First, whether environmental…
Another “paradox” – elevated cortisol, from high-fat diet, increases inflammation
Over the last year or so I posted about several studies demonstrating that even short-term usage of…
Keto diet can cause lethal kidney failure
The bad news for the low-carb diets just keep piling on. This case report is about a…