1. Apoe4 status: 3/4 2. Type of fasting: Time restricted eating: only eat between hours of 2p - 8p. Doing a Valter Longo style 5 day fasting mimicking diet every 6 months. Next one will be in March. 3. Reason for fasting TRE: Primarily to keep inflammation down and insulin sensitivity as optimized a...

It tends to work best in sushi. I agree it is very difficult to eat on it's own. I get some periodically from a local health store and I take it like medicine, a spoonful that I down as quickly as possible.

Hi Floramaria and Socalguy, we may be the only SanDIeo people around right now. I live in Carmel Mountain Ranch which is North of the City by about 15 miles (but still in San Diego). We could meet at my house or anywhere else convenient to both of you. I could to in on a Tuesday or a THursday. Woul...

I just came across this paper shared by Ivor Cummins who has done a lot of great work in the lipid space as far as being a skeptic of the cholesterol hypothesis for CVD. The paper focuses on using Apo B/Apo A1 ratio as being a very strong predictor of CVD. He mentioned something similar on the LIvin...

I always buy the Season sardines in olive oil since they are often on sale. I buy them by the case when they are on sale. I'd imagine the olive oil isn't very good quality so I rinse the olive oil off before eating them in my salads. I've also been leery of the quality of added olive oil in canned ...

One more followup as I just got my APO B results back. APO B dropped by 50% and is now in the optimal range. So APO B is fully under control at 66 mg/dl. LDL-P is in the low 1200 range. My doc wanted to bump up Crestor from 5mg to 10mg because my LDL-C is 83 mg/dl and she wants it below 70 mg/dl. I ...

Jump rope is not recommended for anyone with degenerative disk disease( which is basically everyone over 60) unless you are a very experienced jump roper(like boxers) and can jump with very little impact. Thanks! Well, I'm 63 :lol: , but have jumped since I was a little kid & used to teach (35 ...

Anyone else eating mackerel and/or sardines regularly? Lots of Wild Planet sardines in water. One of my favorite fast meals when I'm quite hungry but have to get going: I put sardines on a plate with a bunch of avocado. I drizzle good olive oil on the sardines and salt them, then I splash balsamic ...

Funny enough Dr Gundry just released a new video on this topic. His go to is stainless steel but he said ceramic and enamel coated are OK.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmL9eZZ ... e=youtu.be

The one sweet I see Gundry and Valter Longo recommend is dark chocolate. They generally prefer 70% cocoa content or greater and Longo recommends chocolate with no added sugar. Granted it won't be sugary sweet and will be quite bitter but it does contain polyphenols so there is some potential benefit...