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In April of 2011, I posted a rebuttal of a Nature paper from Stanley Hazen’s group at the Cleveland Clinic arguing that choline from animal foods causes heart disease: Does Dietary Choline Contribute to Heart Disease? Their argument was that … Continue reading

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I recently came across several papers published in The Veterinary Record in the 1960s documenting the efficacy and risks of injecting cows with a mega-dose of vitamin D just before calving to prevent “milk fever,” which isn’t a fever at … Continue reading

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This is the sixth installment in a series of posts in which I am laying out the most salient points from my 2012 Real Food Summit talk, “Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom.” See these links for part 1, part 2,  … Continue reading

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This is the fifth installment in a series of posts in which I am laying out the most salient points from my 2012 Real Food Summit talk, “Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom.” See these links for part 1, part 2,  … Continue reading

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This is the fourth installment in a series of posts in which I am laying out the most salient points from my 2012 Real Food Summit talk, “Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom.” See these links for part 1, part 2, … Continue reading

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This is the third installment in a series of posts in which I will lay out the most salient points from my 2012 Real Food Summit talk, “Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom.” See these links for part 1 and part … Continue reading

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In my recent interview with Dr. Mercola, we discussed measuring vascular calcification with coronary CT scans. This technique offers valuable information, but also a large dose of radiation, so we agreed that we should be cautious about using them. Recent … Continue reading

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This is the second installment in a series of posts in which I will lay out the most salient points from my 2012 Real Food Summit talk, “Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom.” In part one, I described Price’s “study design” … Continue reading

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As I first wrote about back in 2007 in my article, “On the Trail of the Elusive X Factor,” matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a vitamin K-dependent protein that directly protects soft tissues from calcification and (whether directly or indirectly) … Continue reading

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Last September I gave a two-part talk for Sean Croxton’s Real Food Summit over at Underground Wellness called “Weston Price on Primitive Wisdom,” which covered Price’s scientific approach, perspective, and conclusions. The talk was free for a few days, but … Continue reading

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