READERS SUMMARY:

1. A BOOK, AS A MIRROR…….CAN MAKE YOU FACE A NEW REALITY.

2. DOES SHARING WHAT YOU KNOW CLOSE GAPS YOU HELPED CREATE?

3. DOES THE UNIFICATION OF FACTS LEAD TO WISDOM?

4. CAN THOUGHTS CHANGE OUR DNA?

5. WHAT IS THE HOLY TRINITY FOR OUR SPECIES?

I just want to thank Sean Croxton for asking me to present at Paleo Summit today. The ideas discussed began with a podcast I did with Jimmy Moore, #474. Before I begin here today, I strongly suggest you listen to the Jimmy Moore podcast I did in May of 2011 as a primer for this blog post. It’s going to be a long one, so open a glass of wine as the sun sets tonight. However, I think you need to hear it all tonight since I have your attention from the Paleo Summit. I have planned for this day for some time. I am humbled to share this with you all. It was hard for me to write.

If any of you remember when I first gave my initial thoughts on leptin publicly, it was on a podcast I did with Jimmy Moore in May 2011. I discussed the things that transformed my thinking back then. Most of the time I spent with Jimmy, we talked about… Continue Reading

Cold Thermogenesis Three

READERS SUMMARY:

1.  WHAT IS EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY BASED UPON?

2.  WHY IS CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY CRITICAL?

3.  HOW DOES CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY REACT IN NORMAL ENVIRONMENTS?

4. HOW DO POWER LAWS DETERMINE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL?

5. DO WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN MODERN LIFE OF THIS THAT WE ARE UNAWARE OF?

6. HOW MIGHT DISRUPTED CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY LEAD TO CANCER?

Evolutionary strategy is based upon finding an environmental niche and exploiting it.  Evolution is based upon change and the natural adaptations to it.  Today, we are going to explore how some environmental triggers might open a “biochemical trap door.”

WHY IS CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY CRITICAL?

For evolution to work, a cell first must adapt to its environment. So the first thing any living cell would see in an earth day is a period of day and night.  It also has to find food to make energy (ATP). In addition, it has to control its own cellular division.  The epic battle for the cell is the circadian cycle has to “yoke” the metabolic cycle to its growth cycle. … Continue Reading

READERS SUMMARY:

ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU CAN EASILY CHANGE YOU METABOLISM BY YOURSELF AT HOME?

DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR CALORIE NEEDS TOO?

ARE YOU AMBIENTLY AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT CONSIDERED IT?

CONSIDER THREE NEW RADICAL RULES THAT MIGHT INTRIGUE YOU TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CT

Now that you understand that I believe cold environments were how life first evolved, what implications does this hold for all life and humans today?  I think with this thought experiment we need to begin to talk about another aspect of evolution to fully conceptualize how cold works for biology.  Let’s talk about sleep for 4 short minutes. First, I want you to watch this video before you proceed.

Sleep

Recently, one of my readers pointed out he was confused by Dr. Gamble when she said the normal pattern of sleep in a natural environment had two cycles. He wanted to know why her version and my version for sleep as written in my post “Rx for the Leptin Rx” were not congruent.  It was a great question that really opens the discussion… Continue Reading

READERS SUMMARY:

1. HOW DO WE PERCEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE?

2. DOES EVOLUTION USE CLIMATE AS THE CURRENCY FOR EPIGENETICS?

3. DOES THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BRAIN TIE QUANTUM MECHANIC THEORY TO BIOLOGY?

4. HOW MIGHT ASTROPHYSICS GIVE US INSIGHT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY CONSIDER?

5. IF THE BRAIN UNDERGOES NEUROPLASTIC CHANGE DOES IT FOLLOW THAT BIOCHEMISTRY USES THERMOPLASTIC CHANGE?

Today, we are going to bend your mind a bit by explaining to you many of the things you might be believe as biologic truths published in biochemistry books today are in fact truths, when certain environmental truths are held within a constant range. Yet they change tremendously when certain factors are altered.  Often the biophysical changes do not even have to affect the thermal coefficients of the biochemistry in the hypothalamus. Just the perception of the environmental change from the brain is enough to alter the chemistry as is the enzyme and proteins existed on the top of Mount Everest or on the ocean floor in the coldest environments on earth. … Continue Reading

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What might you consider pre and post op before your surgery?

These all need to be cleared with your surgeon before starting!

In an ideal situation, patients undergoing surgery will have adequate time before the operation to prepare themselves emotionally and physically. This preparation will likely include dietary supplementation, as well as mental and emotional preparation. The healthier patients are when they go into surgery, the healthier they are likely to be during the postoperative phase.  If they are a progressive patient suggest some brain training pre op with biofeedback or transcendental meditation.  It has an amazing effect of decreasing the need for post op narcotic pain meds for pain control.  The less pain meds one takes, the less complications one will face too.

I also recommend that patients with poor glucose control discuss intensive insulin therapy with the surgeon before surgery. Specifically adding 500 mgs of reservatrol for 2 weeks prior to and after the surgery can cut insulin … Continue Reading