Posts Tagged ‘nutient dense’
Where it is vs. where we want it to be
The body’s ability to recover from injury, disease, and other assaults to its well-being is paramount. As the crisis created by these insults often takes precedence over less pressing bodily needs, it’s in the body’s best interest to respond appropriately for timely restoration of health As the restoration of health is physiologic, it is most…
Read MoreApoe4 – the Ancestral allele
APOE4 (A4) carriers, especially homozygotes (carry 2 copies of the APOE4 allele, A4/4s) are considered to have a genetic predisposition to a shortened life-span, cardiovascular disease, and most notoriously, to Alzheimer’s disease (up to 12x the risk). Because of this, A4 has been dubbed the Alzheimer’s gene, with some going as far as calling it…
Read MoreBridging foundational health with cutting edge technology
Many nutritional supplements, on the cutting edge of technology, are produced through chemical isolation (separating a nutrient from its natural source) or by artificial means in a lab with the end result being a synthetic version of its food based counterpart. Isolated and synthetic supplements are devoid of what makes them balanced in bioactivity and…
Read MoreFood first: The big roll
Not one to follow a diet plan, count calories, or weigh and measure food, I instead stick to 3 basic tenets: Eat for nutrient density, whole food raised as nature inteneded. Prioritize essential macronutrients (what’s sustaining–protein, what we’d most like to burn–fat). Hone and follow my intuition and instincts! Using intuition and instincts, when…
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