Preamble This is my first published post on the hypervitaminosis A problem, even though I started writing drafts back in 2019! Ironically, I believe that an acute vitamin A poisoning the prior year may have contributed significantly to the health crash that I struggled with for many years, leading to| Mostly Fat
TL;DR: A lot of drugs try to mimic the benefits of ketogenic diets, and Retatrutide might be the closest yet. Nutritional Ketosis Mimetics I've long been interested in pharmacalogical interventions that attempt to do what a ketogenic diet does (and amused or at least bemused by the| Mostly Fat
A brief summary and elaboration of a point from a paper I recently published on energy signals on ketogenic diets (with special reference to effects on sleep). From what I have studied, satiety appears to be a consequence of the recovery of metabolic rate to baseline levels[1]. After a| Mostly Fat
A recurring pet peeve of mine is ubiquitous in alt health discussions. Here's the pattern: Someone has a cluster (C) of unhappy symptoms. Those symptoms reliably go away with treatment approach (A). A theory, or hypothesis (H) is developed for why A might treat C. People get excited| Mostly Fat
(Old material modified from the KetoAF Facebook group -- see KetoAF: not what you think! for an index of the Facebook posts.) "Fat fasting" was coined by Atkins as a short-term tactic for the "metabolically resistant". In its basic form it is 1000 calories a day| Mostly Fat
(Old material modified from the Facebook group -- see KetoAF: not what you think! for an index of the Facebook posts.) The goal of KetoAF is to arrive at eating to satiation where your body is deriving its energy as much as possible from fat, and as little as possible| Mostly Fat
(Old material modified from the Facebook group -- see KetoAF: not what you think! for an index of the Facebook posts.) First pass at a basic guide to macros KetoAF is a strictly Carnivore diet (in terms of allowable foods) that is also low enough in protein and high enough| Mostly Fat
Why I coined this silly term Carnivore is typically only mildly ketogenic The Carnivore Diet, as I cut my teeth on it 15 years ago or so, had a strict ethos that was unrelated to what kind of food sources are acceptable. It was considered strongly against the principles of| Mostly Fat
Before I’m misquoted, let me be clear: No, potatoes are not on the carnivore diet and I will not be making a Venn diagram proposing to extend the definition of Carnivore. No, I’m not currently eating potatoes. Yes, I took a period of time experimenting with| Mostly Fat
This post is hosted on a permissionless platform using private cryptocurrency (Zcash) to allow micropayment donations and anonymity. Follow the link below to read the rest. An enduring mystery known to the low carb and Paleo spheres is how a very low fat, very high carb diet such as the| Mostly Fat
One of the projects I'm working on now that I'm most excited about involves studying sleep neuroscience, and the interactions between sleep, diet, and health. Before finding the carnivore diet, which has consumed the lion's share of my research motivation since its therapeutic effects| Mostly Fat
Recently there has been a push against the high fat in "high fat low carb", based on a combination of half-truths and outright contradictions. In this post, I'll address the simple and wrong idea that eating fat in particular on a low carb diet competes with| Mostly Fat
Beyond urinary ketones Several years ago I wrote about a common complaint to do with measuring urine ketones: sometimes they stop registering even when someone is on a strict low carb diet. This typically seems to happen when ketosis is mild — the strips just aren't sensitive enough,| Mostly Fat
I started making more homemade yoghurt recently, and I found some methods I wanted to share. I wanted to make my own for two main reasons: I wanted it to contain VSL3 (see EDIT!), (a powerful probiotic often used for treating c diff), and I wanted it to be fully| Mostly Fat
Unspeakable among most medical professionals, dry fasting is gaining an almost cult-like popularity: most of the grassroots information about it is steeped in superstition and it is rife with uncritical repetition of rules, the only justification of which is along the lines of "That's what the Leader has proclaimed." I'm| Mostly Fat