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Once you think you know everything, you have entered dangerous territory. The more advanced the expert, the more likely they are to be open to learning and saying 3 little words. “I don’t know.” Believe it or not, the higher the level of excellence in a field, the more flexible individuals are in their thinking, […]

We live in a world of extremes.⠀⠀Mondays carbs are bad for you. Remove all carbs, or you will instantly turn into a pumpkin.⠀Tuesdays, animal fats, vegetable oils, saturated fats all will kill you.⠀Wednesdays consuming animal proteins will kill you and the planet.⠀It seems as if our current paradigm is extreme. Perhaps the answer is somewhat […]

Collagen peptides are unique as their amino acid composition is made up largely of glycine, proline, arginine, hydroxylysine, and hydroxyproline. Collagen has low biological value, mainly due to the low amounts of BCAA, lysine, and tryptophan. No, it does not improve muscle mass. However, there may be benefits to augmenting an optimal protein diet with […]

175 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔀 130⠀⠀I heard this quote while attending (virtually) a medical conference on obesity- this meeting is considered the gold standard in education. The conference discussed how fat mass disease is pathological, psychological, and pervasive.⠀⠀An unhealthy body weight is a real disease. ⠀⠀Before you get upset and take this as “fat-shaming” or the […]

There is a lot of confusion in the weight loss space. While there are certainly many factors as to why high-quality weight loss can be challenging, one cannot overlook the core fundamentals. One core principle is understanding what you put in your mouth. We live in a world where obesity is an epidemic, and the […]

Shane is a humble guy who doesn’t say much …besides, talk is cheap. He speaks through his actions. Yesterday two things happened; our baby boy turned a month old, and Shane finished his second year of medical school. This is a huge feat for many reasons. 🙌🏼 He’s worked for years to get here. Shane […]

Before I get into the direct answer; let’s start by talking about the food guide pyramid that came in the mid-1980’s, basically it said we’re going to reduce higher quality proteins and animal proteins, because of cholesterol and saturated fat. That we should eat a lot more plants, that’s what Americans did. We reduced our […]

Do you trust food labels? Food companies get a lot of flexibility in what they report on a food label. They use information about individual ingredients and then estimate what may be in the final product. Food companies are allowed nearly 20% error in an individual package. Another important example is protein. The food label […]