Nick Norwitz: an athletic diet?
Nick Norwitz started as a carb-fuled marathon runner. After his lifestyle destroyed his health, he turned to a ketogenic diet to heal.
Category: Exercise
Muscle to fat ratio impacts basal metabolism and insulin resistance. Walking, lifting weights and high intensity exercise shape body & mind.
From the palliative care ward to an MD-PhD
Nicholas Norwitz grew up eating a “healthy” diet. Developed Osteoporosis & Ulcerative Colitis that he resolved with a ketogenic diet.
Mani’s “keto boot camp” by Cassey Hauser
My son’s friend, Cassandra Hauser, and I had planned a trip driving through South America in the summer of 2019. But, when my brother’s long-term caregiver became very ill with lung cancer I brought...
Layperson terms for ketone body metabolism?
Hypoglycemia & hyperglycemia, low or high blood sugar levels, interact with ketoneketone bodies (human) = acetone, acetoacetate (ACA), ß-hydroxybutyrate (ß-HB). Ketones are a substance produced by the... levels to produce either symptomatic or asymptomatic conditions. Layperson definitions & leading-thinker discussion.
Ketosis versus ketoacidosis, metabolic flexibility or pancreatic disability?
Ketosis is the natural production of ketone bodies in the fasted state by the liver and kidney from fatty acids. Ketoacidosis results from dysregulated pancreatic beta-cell insulin production.
What is metabolic health anyway?
It depends on who you ask, but there are some generally agreed upon parameters for measuring metabolic health. It can be measured in our blood or bodies. These medical, physiological and laboratory test markers...
Diabetes for Dummies, aka Diabetes Dirge
Metabolic health – normal versus insulin resistant muscles affect basal metabolism.
Lifestyle Medicine, the key to metabolic healing
What is lifestyle medicine? Lifestyle medicine can be the central vehicle for metabolic intervention and metabolic optimization. Generally speaking, metabolisms are improved with behaviors rather than with the stuff of conventional health care, i.e.,...
Keto doctors near me
Over 20 directories of Keto Providers near me: Doctors | Dietitians & Nutritionists | Other Coaches & Fitness Experts | Other variants of therapeutic carbohydrate restriction | Building my keto treatment team. Here is...
Pain started my ketogenic journey (Part 1)
Pain relief, diabetes reversal, lowering inflammation and mental clarity were the directions of my ketogenic journey.
A Lifetime In Submarines And Isolation for Self-improvement during Quarantine
“You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties—and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”—VADM James Stockdale, USN
Raj’s journey: obese & diabetic to healthy
Raj Seth’s notes for his recent podcast on LowCarbMD with Doctors Brian Lenzkes and Jason Fung. Fat as a kid I had always been fat as far back as I can remember. I developed...
