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Does It Matter Where You Get Your Protein?

All animals must eat protein regularly to survive—proteins form enzymes, muscles, hormones, and other vital bodily components. How much protein do we need, and does it matter where we get it?

October 30, 2023

All About My New Book: Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind

This comprehensive guide explains how to combine the surprising truth about brain food with the cutting-edge science of brain metabolism to optimize your mental (and physical) health.

EAT-Lancet's plant-based planet resting on a bed of cabbage

January 19, 2019

EAT-Lancet's Plant-Based Planet: 10 Things You Need to Know

My critique of the EAT-Lancet report reveals that their arguments for the planetary shift to a plant-based diet are inconsistent, unscientific, and downplay the serious risks to life and health posed by vegan diets.

woman offering low-protein high-carb muffins

December 4, 2018

The Truth about Low-Protein, High-Carb Diets and Brain Aging

A new study claims a low-protein, high-carb diet may help ward off dementia, despite a growing body of clinical evidence suggesting that low-carb diets can be helpful for brain problems.

Georgia Ede presenting at Low Carb Breckenridge

April 24, 2018

Which Diet Is Healthiest for the Brain?

We have a global mental health crisis on our hands. In this presentation, I argue that there are ingredients within popular modern diets that place the brain at high risk for failure.

December 31, 2017

Top Ten Tips for a Healthier Brain in 2018

How’s this for a resolution? Resolve to improve your mood, concentration, and energy, lower your stress, rebalance your hormones, and reduce your risk for dementia and other chronic diseases—all within six weeks.

September 30, 2017

The Vegan Brain

Do vegetarian and vegan diets contain the micronutrients our brains need to function properly? What are the most important potential brain nutrient deficiencies that ALL plant-eaters need to be aware of?

September 5, 2017

Your Brain on Plants: Micronutrients and Mental Health

Do plant-based diets contain the micronutrients our brains need or are vegans at higher risk for mental health problems? Beyond B12: what you need to know.

February 17, 2017

Clinical Trial Finds Diet Works for Depression

A groundbreaking new RCT—the SMILES Trial—demonstrates for the first time that people with depression can improve their mood by eating a healthier diet.

April 14, 2013

Does Carnitine from Red Meat Cause Heart Disease?

Despite the acrobatics researchers Koeth and Hazen perform in an attempt to link the carnitine in red meat to heart disease, their experiments fail to show a plausible connection.

April 6, 2013

The History of All-Meat Diets

Mainstream nutrition advice instructs us to avoid meat and opt instead for a plant-based diet. But how healthy were Eskimos and other people around the world who ate all-meat diets?

February 14, 2013

Keto for Cancer: Week 2—Protein and Ketosis

The important relationship between protein and ketosis: How I finally got my ketones above 4.0 mM, as Dr. Seyfried recommends for people with cancer.

December 1, 2012

Attention! Is Your Diet Causing Your ADHD?

The two key brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) in ADHD are dopamine and norepinephrine. Protein and fat play a critical role in their regulation. Can we rebalance our brain chemistry with our diet?

September 30, 2012

7 Tips for Restless Legs Syndrome

Dancing in the dark? Your diet may be causing your restless legs syndrome. Here are seven specific recommendations for how to treat RLS without medications.

September 18, 2012

Five Meaty Myths to Chew On

Meat-phobia is sweeping the country. Alarming headlines proclaim that meat, especially red meat, will kill us. How did a food we have eaten for millennia become so dangerous?

Read more … Five Meaty Myths to Chew On

August 14, 2012

Cholesterol Is Good for You

Fascinating facts about cholesterol—what it is, where it comes from, what it does in the body, and how it is connected to heart disease.

Read more … Cholesterol Is Good for You

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