Low Carbohydrate

Eric Westman, M.D. – Ketogenic Diet Seminar – A Diet To Treat Cancer? VIDEO

Published on Apr 19, 2013 YouTube Ketopet (www.ketopet.com) is one of the world’s leaders in using ketogenic diets and metabolic therapeutics to help pets with cancer and other diseases. This video is part of a debate featuring Dr. Eric Westman, co-author of “The New Atkins For A New You.” Dr. Westman practices and teaches at […]

Dietary Protein in Weight Management

A REVIEW PROPOSING PROTEIN SPREAD AND CHANGE THEORIES John D Bosse, Brian M Dixon Nutr Metab. 2012;9(81) ABSTRACT AND INTRODUCTION Abstract A large volume of human clinical data supports increased dietary protein for favorable changes to body composition, but not all data are conclusive. The aim of this review is to propose two theories, “protein […]

Duke University – The Science and Practice of Low-Carb Diets – Video

Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012 Duke University’s Dr. Eric Westman answers viewer questions about the Atkins diet during a live “Office Hours” webcast interview, January 19, 2012. Westman is the director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine program and co-author of “The New Atkins for a New You.” Moderating is James Todd from Duke’s Office of […]

A Low Carbohydrate, High Protein Diet Slows Tumor Growth and Prevents Cancer Initiation

Victor W. Ho Cancer Res July 1, 2011 71; 4484 Abstract Since cancer cells depend on glucose more than normal cells, we compared the effects of low carbohydrate (CHO) diets to a Western diet on the growth rate of tumors in mice. To avoid caloric restriction–induced effects, we designed the low CHO diets isocaloric with […]

Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on the Quality of Life in 16 Patients With Advanced Cancer

A Pilot Trial Melanie Schmidt, Nadja Pfetzer, Micheal Schwab, Ingrid Strauss, Ulrike Kämmerer Nutr Metab. 2011;8(54) Abstract Background Tumor patients exhibit an increased peripheral demand of fatty acids and protein. Contrarily, tumors utilize glucose as their main source of energy supply. Thus, a diet supplying the cancer patient with sufficient fat and protein for his […]

Your Brain On Ketones: How a high-fat diet can help the brain work better

Published on April 18, 2011 by Emily Deans, M.D. in Evolutionary Psychiatry Full Story:  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201104/your-brain-ketones The modern prescription of high carbohydrate, low fat diets and eating snacks between meals has coincided with an increase in obesity, diabetes, and and increase in the incidence of many mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. In […]

Central sensitization: Implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain – Full Text

Pain. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Mar 1. Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2011 Mar; 152(3 Suppl): S2–15. Published online 2010 Oct 18. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.09.030 PMCID: PMC3268359 NIHMSID: NIHMS249521 PMID: 20961685 Clifford J Woolf Abstract Nociceptor inputs can trigger a prolonged but reversible increase in the excitability and synaptic efficacy of neurons […]

Two Brave Men Who Ate Nothing But Meat for an Entire Year

Inhuman Experiment Blog Thursday, September 10, 2009 Low-carb diets and paleolithic nutrition are all the rage these days, and for good reason. Compared to the Standard American Diet, both of them are superb. Few of us would dare to take the two to their extreme, however. Giving up sugar and wheat is one thing, but […]

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Low-Carbohydrate Diets

Linda Wasserbach York Annual Review of Nutrition Vol. 29: 365-379 (Volume publication date August 2009) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-070208-114232 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with insulin resistance, obesity, and other features of metabolic syndrome and is known to be the most common cause for abnormal liver enzymes. The recent surge in the number of patients […]

Beneficial effects of a Paleolithic diet on cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes

A randomized cross-over pilot study Tommy Jönsson Abstract Background Our aim was to compare the effects of a Paleolithic (‘Old Stone Age’) diet and a diabetes diet as generally recommended on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin. Methods In a randomized cross-over study, 13 patients with […]

Metabolic Effects of the Very-Low-Carbohydrate Diets: Misunderstood “Villains” of Human Metabolism (Full Text Article)

J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2004; 1(2): 7–11. Published online 2004 Dec 31. doi: 10.1186/1550-2783-1-2-7 Anssi H Manninen Abstract During very low carbohydrate intake, the regulated and controlled production of ketone bodies causes a harmless physiological state known as dietary ketosis. Ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as […]

Long-term effects of a ketogenic diet in obese patients

Exp Clin Cardiol. 2004 Fall; 9(3): 200–205. PMCID: PMC2716748 Clinical Cardiology Hussein M Dashti, MD PhD FICS FACS, Abstract BACKGROUND: Although various studies have examined the short-term effects of a ketogenic diet in reducing weight in obese patients, its long-term effects on various physical and biochemical parameters are not known. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects […]

Insulin and It’s Metabolic Effects : Ron Rosedale, M.D. – Transcripts of Presentation

Insulin and It’s Metabolic Effects Ron Rosedale, M.D. Presented at Designs for Health Institute’s BoulderFest August 1999 Seminar Full Story Let’s talk about a couple of case histories. These are actual patients that I’ve seen; let’s start with patient A. This patient who we will just call patient A saw me one afternoon and said […]