Six Swaps For Your Best Health

I’ve seen and read a lot of media stories and advice columns on how to drop weight since the new year began. They all seem to have a lot of warnings about what not to eat. But I don’t think it’s a very good idea to constantly deprive yourself. Even worse, I see a lot [...]

Far from Nature

You know I believe that you should imitate our native ancestors and make a variety of protein the center of all your meals.

But it’s not ok to gobble down just any kind of protein. The type you eat is important, too. Or maybe I should say, the nature of the protein.

You see, protein is damaged by heat. You “denature” protein when you heat it for too long, or when you cook it in very high heat. The nature of the protein changes.

This is what happens when they process or “cure” meat. In fact, it’s how they sterilize medical supplies and instruments. They heat them to an extreme, which denatures proteins in any bacteria that may be there, destroying them.

Sorry, Vegetarians…

People still mistakenly believe that eating a lot of protein from meat hurts your bones.

The reason is that some studies found that people would lose lots of calcium through their urine after eating protein.

Scientists have speculated for decades on the reason for all that calcium leaving people’s bodies. Way back in 1968, a piece published in The Lancet theorized that you use calcium from bones to counter the acidity produced when you break down the meat you eat when you digest it.

And the theory stuck.

But just speculating it was “because of meat” doesn’t make it true.

The Skinny On Fat

Guess what they feed a pig if they want to make it as fat as possible as fast as possible?

Low-fat milk.

Because if they give the pig milk with fat in it, the pig gets satiated. It’s satisfied and won’t eat any more. But if they give it low-fat milk, it will eat the grain they feed it forever because it’ll have a deficiency of fat.

Now think of what we’re eating for breakfast in this country…

Careful: Fake Protein Can Make You Weak

Protein powders you find in your local health-food stores lack critical nutrients that give protein its real power.

These overly-processed and misleading products give you cheap, weakened forms of protein that come from sick, diseased animals. And some protein powders even have dangerous levels of lead, cadmium and other heavy metals.

Not only are they a waste of money, but if you eat them, they will only make you weaker and more vulnerable to disease.

To stay slim, strong and potent, you need a reliable source of protein that hasn’t been processed, contaminated or altered.

Today, I’ll show you the 7 factors you need in your protein powder to unlock its natural power.

Suffering Succotash

I like the word “succotash.” Not because I like to eat it, or even because the cartoon cat Sylvester still cracks me up every time he lisps, “Thufferin’ thuccotash!”

I like it because not only is it a great-sounding word, it’s also a great example of how so-called “nutritionists” have rewritten history. And how backward modern “diet” advice is.

More Fake Food – Don’t Fall for the Flaxseed Lie

You’ve probably heard of flaxseed as a “superfood” … a cure-all for everything from cancer to high cholesterol. Flaxseeds are put in everything from cereal and margarine to egg-replacement products today.

Yet flaxseed is not a time-tested food product. It’s not something we evolved with, so there’s no way of telling how eating it will affect humans in the long run.

How to Avoid the Salmonella Scare

Want to know what I had for breakfast this morning?

A delicious fruit smoothie with eggs. Raw eggs.

All this hype about the national egg recall is scaring a lot of people… but not me.

Why?

Because eggs aren’t the problem…

Eggs For Your Health

Contrary to what we read all the time, cholesterol doesn’t cause heart disease. Instead, cholesterol is the thing that heart disease acts upon. So the trick here is to keep your cholesterol healthy – not try to eliminate it as if it were the enemy. It’s an important and natural part of your body. This difference is important – case in point…

Have you heard that a compound in eggs called phosphatidylcholine helps to keep cholesterol soluble in your blood and keeps you from absorbing too much?1 So, eggs are playing that role of keeping your cholesterol healthy…

B Vitamins Better Than Drugs…

Today I want to talk to you about B vitamins. They are your best protection against heart attack and stroke and more powerful than any drug.

B vitamins are controversial, but they shouldn’t be… a lot of what you hear about them comes from misleading reports sponsored by drug companies.

Big Pharma is working on drug versions of B vitamins, especially B6. They’re hoping you’ll “trust” their drug version over the kind you get from a multi-vitamin.

But really, why would you pay hundreds of dollars for a prescription form of B6 when you can get it at your local vitamin store for pennies?

B vitamins are water soluble, which means you’ll find them in the meat of animal protein, instead of the fatty part. Some B vitamins are found in fruits and vegetables, but your best source is red meat. And for B12, red meat is your ONLY source.

About 25 years ago, I developed a phrase to help my fellow medical students remember the names for all the B vitamins. I still use this to teach nutrition today:

Push the “Dump Fat” Button

Your body can dump pounds of fat with one simple command.

With the opposite command, it can pack on the pounds.

Wouldn’t it be better to push the “dump fat” button?

Problem is, we often tell it to do just the opposite.

Why does this happen?

What You Need First After Exercising

Do you dread those everyday aches and pains so much that it keeps you from exercising in the first place?

You don’t have to let those aches and pains stop you anymore.

It’s possible to eliminate muscle aches and stiffness immediately after working out. And you can help rebuild your muscles at the same time.

What you have to do is immediately put back things you use up during exercise. This means carbohydrates and proteins…

Taking Vitamins and Still Feeling Sick?

Ever go to a restaurant where they refuse to cook your steak medium rare?

The warning that your meat is not safe unless you cook it until it’s dry and brown is bad advice. It’s not justified by the facts and cooking your food that way can cause arthritis, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

This indiscriminate overcooking of food is a bad idea. It denatures protein, breaks down vitamins and removes nutrients. Now I’ve uncovered an even more serious concern. Many cooking techniques that achieve a high temperature trigger a chemical change called glycation that mimics aging. New studies have linked eating these foods to premature aging and a host of chronic diseases.

Your Grandparents Had the Right Idea

I am writing to you this morning from my study at home. I like to write here in the early morning because I can see the sunrise through my study window.

On my desk there’s a container with some leftover salmon and spinach salad from last night. I pulled it from the fridge for breakfast.

High protein breakfasts are your best bet to get yourself going in the morning. But nowadays, they’re rare…

Ask Your Doctor for this Forgotten Fat Burner

In two words I’ll show you how to burn fat, build muscle and put an end to overeating.

More protein.

Protein gives you the feeling that you’re full, more so than carbs or fat.

Forget Counting Calories. Do This Instead

Dear Member, Stop! Reader, beware! I was reading The New York Times recently and came across an article, “Calories Do Count.1 Doctors, public health officials, restaurant chain executives . . . are all jumping on the bandwagon about how much calories matter. “Good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion,” the reporter wrote. When [...]