The Optimal Dose — Summary

I became interested in Vitamin D years ago after reading The Vitamin D solution, and then running a personal experiment supplementing Vitamin D, during which I didn’t get the cold for more than two years. Even in a full-blown winter in Germany in which all my relatives got sick, the flu didn’t catch me once. … Read more

Research: How to tell fact from fiction — Excerpt

In the following excerpt from Dr. Garth Davis’s book Proteinaholic he explains how to recognize valid research and manipulated/biased/sponsored research. Research Truth and BS: How to Speak Science In Chapter 3, I told you about my rapid transformation from sick, overweight, and sluggish patient to healthy, lean, energetic triathlete. Had I been an accountant, a bricklayer, … Read more

The Blue Zones — Book Summary

Learn how to live a long, healthy life Foreword by Karl: Did you ever feel discouraged about the apparently contradictory information about nutritional science out there? The media seems to catch every opportunity to make yet another sensational headline with diets like the Paleo diet, the Ketogenic diet, low carb diets, high carb low-fat diets, … Read more

Follow your gut — Summary

Learn how important our gut is to our health and brain It is estimated that our body contains about 100 trillion microbial cells. In this book, you will learn the important role those microbes have on our health. The human microbiome The human microbiota is the collection of single-cell organisms living in the human body. A high … Read more

Salt Sugar Fat — Summary

Learn how the food industry hooks us with salt sugar and fat. Often resulting in fatal diseases Ever since the food industry began specializing for the taste bud of people to compete for the “stomach share” of the people, the industry started to become more and more aggressive with highly processed additives like salt, sugar, and … Read more

The Big Fat surprise — Summary

Learn the difference between “good” and “bad” cholesterol and what impact fat has on our health The story of nutritional science is not a sober-minded, research-based one. Instead, it falls under the “Great Man” theory of history. Strong personalities — Ancel Keys being the key figure — steered events eventually leading up to the “diet-heart hypothesis.” … Read more

The Fast Diet — Summary

Reap the scientifically proven benefits of Intermittent fasting The evolutionary advantage of fasting For millennia, our ancestors had to survive as hunters and gatherers. Which means, they had no regular meal schedule. Our ancestors simply ate whenever they had the opportunity and then had to survive days sometimes weeks without food. Thus, our bodies evolved to … Read more

Eat to live — Summary

Create a healthy diet from the author’s research on 2000+ scientific papers In this book physician and nutritional researcher, Joel Fuhrman created a guide, which cuts through the countless diets out there to create a nutrient dense, plant-based diet. A huge amount of research has shown that serious chronic diseases are a direct effect of … Read more

Why we get fat — Summary

Learn how an overly carbohydrate rich diet can cause us to get fat and sick Caloric or energy balance is an oversimplification The oversimplification that we get fat simply by consuming more calories than we need doesn’t do the complex processes of our body justice. It fails to address why some impoverished and underfed people get … Read more

It starts with food — Summary

Get some good advice about a better diet How food influences the mind and immune system Food producers know how to take advantage of our hardwired tastes. We evolved a taste for sweets which provide us with immediate energy, fatty foods which give us a lot of calories long-term energy, and salt, wich keeps us hydrated. Fast … Read more

The Omnivore’s Dilemma — Summary

Learn where to obtain a healthier, more ethical and sustainable food supply In the hunter-gatherer era, the nutrition of our ancestors was pretty much defined by their environment. But in our modern interconnected the world, where a product is shipped across the world, there are a plethora of choices available. This is known as the omnivore’s … Read more

The China Study — Summary

Learn how a change in your diet can prevent and sometimes even reverse diseases. The health of many westerners has steadily worsened despite big advancements in medicine and healthcare. The rate of diabetes among 30–39 year-olds rose by 70% between 1990 and 1998 and since 1970 cancer rates have risen. Even modern medicine with all its … Read more