Fat of the Land (and sea): The Skinny on Fats
There is an awful lot of confusion in most people’s mind about fat. In the last few decades, even the word itself has become demonised. This is particularly the case…
Diet Conspiracy – Big Food and Big Pharma
Sometimes, when I view the vast amount of carnage brought about by the food recommendations that originated in the work of Ancel Keys and culminated in what we now know…
Nutrients: 10 Best Supplements on a Keto Diet
A well designed ketogenic diet does not really need much in the way of supplementation. Most of the key nutrients will already have been more than adequately catered for. This…
Bone Broth: 6 Benefits and 2 Myths
There are records of people consuming tasty bone broths going back two and a half thousand years. In China, it was considered a medicine, used to strengthen the kidneys and…
Neurogenesis and Keto
Neurogenesis is the new kid on the block. For the best part of the last century, we believed that by our early twenties we had grown all the neurons that…
Best Ketopensioner Books February 2021
This month, I have managed to consume another three books that relate, at least tangentially, to keto. The ketogenic diet comes up as part of the discussion in each volume….
Biohacks: 20 Ways to Improve your health
I thought for this week’s blog I would list the top 20 fundamental biohacks that I have learnt in the last years or two. One of the joys of this…
How to increase BDNF
Why is BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) such an exciting aspect of brain chemistry? It’s a good question and, fortunately, it has a good answer. For most of the 20th century,…