Health Leaders Discuss Diet I was inspired to write this post after a lot of research on the Blue Zones, and after seeing a few posts by the people at Blue Zones, and Dan Buettner the National Geographic Fellow that spearheaded the research on Blue Zones. In addition, I have had the opportunity to listen […]
Month: May 2018
It is true that vegan men have 13% HIGHER testosterone levels than meat eaters and 8% higher than vegetarian men. It is according to this study: This 2000 Cancer Research Campaign study: Hormones and diet: low insulin-like growth factor-I but normal bioavailable androgens in vegan men (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374537/pdf/83-6691152a.pdf) has the results. The study included 696 men […]
Despite the myths that the Mediterranean and similar diets have copious amounts of olive oil, any oil is not a health food. Oil has no dietary fiber, is void of micro-nutrients, and will contribute to weight gain. As a chef, believe me that learning to cook without oil was certainly different for me. I have […]