The Metabolic Effects of Carbs, Fats, and Protein Carbs: Carbohydrates cause a strong release of insulin and trigger your body to store and save most of what you just ate.… read more →

Will You Need The Blood Code? Sooner or Later. The Blood Code: Unlock the secrets of your metabolism, Dr. Richard Maurer You need it now! If you have been told that you have hypothyroid… read more →

I was a speaker at the Paleo f(x) conference last weekend. 1500 attendees—all interested in ancestral diet and fitness for health and performance. It was a treat for me to… read more →

BMI – The ubiquitous health assessment is wrong Why does your doctor, and every other medical office, use the body mass index (BMI) to assess your weight and health? Every… read more →

If you are on prescription metformin and you are initiating an exercise program . . . Bravo to your efforts! Exercise works better than metformin to control blood sugars, and… read more →

Researchers looked at the gene that signals the manufacture of a salivary enzyme, amylase, that begins the process of carbohydrate digestion. Some people have extra copies of this gene and… read more →

How do I use my skin-fold calipers? A skin-fold caliper is a device that measures the thickness of a fold of skin in millimeters (mm), with its underlying layer of… read more →

Single blood tests rarely provide meaningful information on their own. There are very few places in science—or life, for that matter—where a single piece of data gives a meaningful and… read more →

The following post is from Step Three of The Blood Code: Unlock the secrets of your metabolism. I know this seems complicated at first sight but once you know your… read more →

Not a surprise when seen through the lens of metabolic efficiency. The very environmental conditions that rewarded one, rewarded the other. And women were the recipient of most of this… read more →