Came across this concept in the Joe Rogan podcast with Andy Galpin, who’s a sports physiologist. Great episode. He used the terms cooks, bakers and chefs to describe people who are on diets and on fitness programs. Cooks. -people who like making their own recipes, after they’ve been given an outline of the basic concepts. […]
Core training.
Most people think of planks and crunches when they think about training the core. The midsection, the core, the lumbar and lower Thoracic spine with all the surrounding muscles of the hip and the diaphragm need to do more than just hold in a static position for a few seconds. A crunch or a plank […]
Questions and answers. For doctors and patients.
Treating a shoulder pain. How hard can it be? Give the guy a combination of NSAIDs and add a proton pump inhibitor for the inevitable acidity that will follow the painkillers. You could also add a muscle relaxant of you think there’s an element of spasm involved. That’s it, right? Why is this damn doctor […]
Reasons to avoid modern grains and grain based foods
They are high glycaemic index They are nutrient poor They take away space from your plate that could be occupied by more nutrient dense food They cause gut inflammation by direct toxic effects, gluten for example They cause gut inflammation by disrupting the gut microbiome. The large influx of easily broken down carbohydrates will promote […]
Improving movement quality
Movement is the output of our body that results from various stimuli. If the inputs from these stimuli are garbled, masked or absent, the output (movement) will be of inferior quality. Even in the presence of normal or superior hardware. Inputs are 1. Eyes 2. Vestibular system (balance organs inside the middle ear) 3. Contact […]
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is kind of a big deal these days.. The video below explains it’s importance well. I’m posting this small write up for people who can’t be bothered to spend one and a half hours listening to this fascinating lecture on probably what is one of the most crucial reasons for the current epidemic […]
B complex vitamins
There are several different molecules that make up the B family of vitamins. The most predominant *external* source of B vitamins is animal origin food. Organ meats, muscle meat, milk, eggs. You’ll find similar materials in vegetarian foods, but they’re not the same. The results from vegetarian sources are inconsistent and can’t be relied upon […]
GOOD FAT, BAD FAT.
Fat (the organ), not the adjective, is much maligned. There’s no good and bad fat. It’s just fat. There’s several kinds of it, and they all have their own function. Fat should be considered an organ. It isn’t just plain storage for excess calories. It plays an active role in metabolism. I’d like to classify […]
Personal fat threshold theory
This theory seems to have first showed up in 2014, and is now gaining traction in the low carb /keto /evolutionary medicine circles. It is a more evolved explanation of our metabolism and the modern epidemic of metabolic diseases. It explains why diets work, whether they are low carb or low fat. It explains why […]
A diet for sedentary Indian diabetics
Cut right back on grains. That’s the one thing you should take away from this post. Second thing is that fasting is good for you. Provided you’re not on insulin or a massive quantity of oral hypoglycaemics. If you’re already on medication for diabetes, you’ll need to start cutting back on medication as you change […]