This Week in Low Carb News: What Causes Heart Disease and Wheat Makes You

Every week I come across a bunch of articles I want to tweet about and comment on and every week I run out of time to do it. This is my attempt to clear out the open tabs on my browser by putting them all in one place. Enjoy!

Summary of Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s 44 Part Series – “What Causes Heart Disease?” – Awesome article condensing A LOT of information on the causes of heart disease. I especially loved the emphasis on sunlight as an important contributing factor on Nitric Oxide production.

Full Fat vs Skim Milk – Are people still drinking Skim Milk? Gross. Might as well drink water.

Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Metabolic Disease – Turns out there is no correlation between increased fruits and veggies and improvements in Metabolic Syndrome. Can’t wait to see these studies start to be done on meat.

A look at the Original Dietary Guidelines – All those dietary guidelines weren’t based on good science.

The Zero Carb diet is put through a Nutrient Optimizer – A LONG post about the nutrients available in a zero carb diet.

How Does Sugar Affect the Brain? – Is sugar addictive? Oh yeah.

Weight Follows Wheat – An older study that shows a correlation between increased wheat consumption and weight.

Being Vegan Shrinks Your Brain