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AJCN Publishes A New PUFA Study That Should Make Us Long For the Old Days

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Chris Masterjohn

I just got back from the 2012 Low-Carb Cruise, where I gave a very well received 45-minute talk called “Why Animal Fats Are Good For You,” in which I pointed out the important nutritional value of animal fat, but also … Continue reading →

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Glutathione 101, Part 1: Cysteine Misbehaves, But Glutathione Saves

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chris Masterjohn

I’ve written a lot about our good friend glutathione on this blog (here and here), and I’ll be writing about him quite a bit more in the future.  When it comes to boosting glutathione status, a nutrient-dense diet rich in … Continue reading →

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New Evidence of Synergy Between Vitamins A and D: Protection Against Autoimmune Diseases

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Chris Masterjohn

One of the perennial topics of this blog is the synergy between vitamins A and D.  A new Japanese study published last July in the journal Immunology Letters (1) provides further evidence of this synergy, this time suggesting the dynamic … Continue reading →

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Fat and Diabetes: Bad Press, Good Paper, and the Reemergence of Our Good Friend Glutathione

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Chris Masterjohn

A number of people have asked for my comments on the recent headlines claiming that “high-fat diets cause diabetes,” based on a recent paper published in Nature Medicine (1): Oshtsubo K, Chen MZ, Olefsky JM, Marth JD.  Pathway to diabetes … Continue reading →

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The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 2)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Chris Masterjohn

Note: As always, if the font is too small, you can enlarge it using the control and plus buttons. This post is the second installment of “Part I” in this series.  Here we are simply obtaining a glimpse of the … Continue reading →

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The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 1)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Chris Masterjohn

As always, if the font is too small you can enlarge it using the control and plus buttons. The opening of Melissa Llewelyn-Davies’ five-part 1984 documentary, Diary of a Maasai Village contains a kernel of wisdom that will form a … Continue reading →

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Understanding Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom — Ancient Doesn’t Cut It

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Chris Masterjohn

In Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Price put great emphasis on the degeneration caused by the nutritional transition to modern industrial diets.  It can be tempting for us to simplify this into the easily digestible message that tooth decay and other … Continue reading →

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Weston Price Looked for Vegans But Found Only Cannibals

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Chris Masterjohn

As I prepare for my talk in NYC this weekend, I have to tone down the blogging a bit.  So it will be back to our regularly scheduled data-packed science next week, but for now, I’d like to offer an … Continue reading →

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Does Dietary Choline Contribute to Heart Disease?

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Chris Masterjohn

I’ve been writing a lot about choline lately.  Most recently, my article entitled “Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Silent Epidemic of Nutritional Imbalance” contained a major section on the role of dietary choline in protecting against fatty liver disease, which … Continue reading →

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