I have just returned from Zalaszentgrót, Hungary, for the Paleomedicina Clinical Open Dayswhere I listened to many interesting case reports and lectures about the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet (PKD). The PKD is a diet that takes the best from both the Paleo and the ketogenic diets, and in its most strict form excludes all plants. I […]
Tenuous arguments from fibre apologists According to many plant-eating enthusiasts, we must eat fibre to be healthy for the following reasons: Note: These are not the only arguments people make for eating fibre. These are only reasons related to butyrate. Fibre is the only way to get butyrate. Butyrate prevents colon cancer. Butyrate in the […]
Tracing a chain of ideas Sometimes the assumptions that scientists start with about what is “good”, “healthy”, or “normal” can cause them to interpret results in a completely different way than someone starting with different assumptions would have. Then, the resulting conclusions become the assumptions in the next round of interpretation, leading to a chain […]