Food for Thought (articles)

This is where you’ll find my easy to understand articles that explain the science of health, nutrition and diet in terms that people without a science background can understand. In the archives, there are also a few personal articles that are marked as such, about my own health- and weight-recovery journey.

As of the end of December 2020, there were 188 articles that I have written in total with a few key articles organized by topic here.

Gut Health Articles

Negative Effect of Dietary Carbohydrate on the Gut Microbiome in IBD
What is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)?
Diagnosing Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

Food Allergy and Sensitivities Articles

The Difference Between Food Sensitivity Tests and Food Allergy Tests
Tyramine Intolerance – underlying cause of migraine headaches?
What is Histamine Intolerance and How Can Dietary Changes Help?
Milk Intolerance May be Caused by A1 Beta-Casein

Health and Aging Articles

Why Eating Less and Exercising More DOES Matter As We Age
Why So Many Post Menopausal Women and Older Men Have Low Iron

Heart Disease and Fat Intake Articles

American College of Cardiology: No Benefit to Lower Saturated Fat Intake
Lowering LDL and Saturated Fat to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
High Cholesterol and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
New Study: Dietary Saturated Fat is Not Associated with Increased Risk of CVD
Is Coconut Oil Pure Poison?

Losing Weight Articles

Stages of Change and Why Most People Regain Weight Loss
The Limitations of Common Ways of Determining Weight Loss
An Accurate New Estimator of Whole Body Fat Percentage

Diet and Disease Articles

Avoiding Type 2 Diabetes Articles

Only Half of People Have Newer Gene that Controls High Blood Sugar
Is the Glycemic Index Reliable for Predicting Blood Sugar Response?
Are You Pushing Your Pancreas Too Hard?
Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia and Hyperglycemia
There Are Now Two Stages BEFORE a Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
Carbohydrate Intolerance & the Chronic Disease Risk of High Insulin
When Normal Fasting Blood Glucose Isn’t Necessarily “Fine”
The Effect of Cannabis on Appetite, Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels
The Tip of the Iceberg – what we can’t see puts us at risk
The Per Person Yearly Cost of Having Type 2 Diabetes
Don’t Try This at Home – when medical supervision is needed
Part 1: What is Insulin Resistance?
Part 2: How is Insulin Resistance Measured?

Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Articles

Vitamin D Supplementation Can Help Protect Against the Flu
New Study: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Won’t Help You Live Longer

Articles Archive (by year)

2021 (2)

01/14 - Negative Effect of Dietary Carbohydrate on the Gut Microbiome in IBD (article)
01/04 - A Keto Diet is Only About How Much Carbohydrate it Contains (article)

2020 (21)

12/13 - No Underlying Health Conditions – likely assumed not assessed (article)
11/20 - The Difference Between Food Sensitivity Tests and Food Allergy Tests (article)
11/06 - Stages of Change and Why Most People Regain Weight Loss (article)
11/03 - Is a Diet High in Carbohydrate Appropriate for Humans? (article)
08/30 - Another Therapeutic Ketogenic Diet and How it Differs from “the Keto Diet” (article)
08/23 - The Stereotypical High Fat Keto Diet is Only ONE Type (article)
08/16 - The Keto Diet — a potentially dangerous and an unhealthy diet (article)
06/30 - American College of Cardiology: No Benefit to Lower Saturated Fat Intake (article)
05/31 - New Protocols for In-Person Clinical Operation for Health Professionals (article)
05/14 - Diabetes Canada Deems Low Carb and Very Low Carb Diet Safe and Effective (article, notice)
05/11 - Now That Things Are Getting Back to Normal – clinical appointments (article)
05/03 - Better Outcome in Covid-19 and T2D with Well-Controlled Blood Sugars (article)
04/29 - Too Much and Too Little is Killing Us – reducing comorbidities (article, personal story)
04/22 - My Three Year Health Recovery Anniversary – a Dietitian’s Journey (article, personal story)
04/16 - Obesity Most Significant Risk Factor to Covid-19 Hospitalization after Age (article)
04/13 - Obesity Poses Significant Risk to People less than 60 years with Covid-19 (article)
04/12 - Why Underlying or Comorbid Conditions are Very Important in COVID-19 (article)
02/25 - Canada Told to Prepare for Possible Pandemic Amidst 7th Case in BC (article, notice)
02/21 - (UPDATED Feb 23) Sixth Case of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Vancouver called a Sentinel Event (article, notice)
02/06 - (Updated Feb.17) Health Officials Tracking Coronavirus Exposure in Metro Vancouver (notice)
01/27 - Five Pounds or Fifty Pounds of Fat – in very real terms (article, personal story)

2019 (55)

12/20 - New ADA Standards of Medical Care Includes Low Carbohydrate Diet (article)
12/18 - Is Your New Year’s Resolution to Lose Weight or Improve Your Health? (article)
11/22 - When to Eat and Not Eat, How Many Meals and Snacks (article)
10/27 - Vitamin D Supplementation Can Help Protect Against the Flu (article)
10/17 - Extended Benefits? (specials)
09/10 - Why Eating Less and Exercising More DOES Matter As We Age (article)
09/08 - Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) (article)
09/04 - Diagnosing Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) (article)
09/01 - What is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)? (article)
08/19 - When Real Food is Deemed Offensive and Disturbing, not Processed Food (article)
08/07 - Tyramine Intolerance – underlying cause of migraine headaches? (article)
08/04 - Why So Many Post Menopausal Women and Older Men Have Low Iron (article)
07/23 - What is Histamine Intolerance and How Can Dietary Changes Help? (article)
07/21 - Milk Intolerance May be Caused by A1 Beta-Casein (article)
07/19 - Arthritis is Not a Normal Part of Aging – it’s a degenerative joint disease (article)
07/17 - Three Ways to Put Type 2 Diabetes into Remission (article)
07/14 - Trouble-shooting Ongoing Constipation on a Low Carb Diet (article)
07/12 - What is IBS and Why Do Symptoms Improve on a Low Carb Diet? (article)
07/11 - Have You Been Diagnosed with Diverticulosis? (article)
07/09 - Experts: WHO Draft Guidelines Excludes Key Facts and Studies (article)
07/02 - Focus on Limiting Ultra Processed Food Not Saturated Fat & Sodium (article)
06/28 - CFG Snapshot – conflating Ultra-Processed Food and Whole, Real Foods? (article)
06/24 - Only Half of People Have Newer Gene that Controls High Blood Sugar (article)
06/23 - Lowering LDL and Saturated Fat to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (article)
06/20 - High Cholesterol and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (article)
06/18 - Distinguishing Food from Food-like Products (article)
06/16 - A Little Black Dress – a personal health and weight loss update (personal story)
06/02 - The Three Things that Canada’s Food Guide Got (Mostly) Right (article)
05/31 - Problems with Counting Net Carbs (article)
05/14 - Is the Glycemic Index Reliable for Predicting Blood Sugar Response? (article)
05/08 - Cancer Cases Related to Excess Weight Will Triple Over Next 20 Years (article)
05/05 - ADA: Brain’s Need for Glucose can be Fulfilled by the Body (article)
04/23 - ADA includes use of a Very Low Carb (Keto) Eating Pattern in New Report (article)
04/18 - Eating one slice of bacon per day does NOT increase your colon cancer risk (article)
04/17 - Is Walking ‘Real’ Exercise? (short video)
04/11 - New Study: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Won’t Help You Live Longer (article)
04/09 - Complex Carbohydrates as Long Chains of Sugar Molecules (article)
04/07 - New Study: Dietary Saturated Fat is Not Associated with Increased Risk of CVD (article)
03/24 - Green Tea Should not be like Buckley’s® (article, personal story)
03/22 - The Connection Between Sugar and Cancer (article)
03/18 - Now Licensed for Virtual Dietetic Practice Across Canada (article, specials)
03/01 - American Heart Association: Some Kids & Teens at Risk for Premature CVD (article)
02/22 - Are You Pushing Your Pancreas Too Hard? (article)
02/15 - McGill Professor: Risks and Benefits of Low-Carb Keto Diets (article)
02/13 - Why I Posted My “Before” Pictures When I was Still Obese (personal story)
02/07 - Middle-Eastern Style Lentil Soup – whole food plant based (personal story, recipe)
02/01 - Reflections of a Nutritional Centrist (article)
01/27 - Carbohydrates are Not Evil (article)
01/24 - New Canada Food Guide – carbohydrate estimate of the sample plate (article)
01/22 - The New Canada Food Guide at a Glance (article)
01/20 - EAT-Lancet Diet – inadequate protein for older adults (article)
01/18 - The New EAT Lancet Diet – healthy & sustainable for whom? (article)
01/10 - Background to the New Canada Food Guide Draft (article)
01/09 - New Canada Food Guide Drops Meat and Milk Groups (article)
01/07 - The Mediterranean Diet (article)

2018 (58)

12/28 - A New Year’s Resolution – a goal without a plan (article)
12/27 - Will You Achieve Your New Year’s Resolution? (article)
12/26 - Why I Suggest Avoiding These New Year’s Resolutions (article)
12/18 - Low Carb Diet in 2019 American Diabetes Association Standards of Care (article)
12/14 - The Difference Between Reversal and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes (article)
12/05 - Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia and Hyperglycemia (article)
11/30 - There Are Now Two Stages BEFORE a Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes (article)
11/29 - Carbohydrate Intolerance & the Chronic Disease Risk of High Insulin (article)
11/26 - When Normal Fasting Blood Glucose Isn’t Necessarily “Fine” (article)
10/17 - Finally Reaching Normal Body Weight – a Dietitian’s Journey (personal story)
10/16 - The Effect of Cannabis on Appetite, Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels (article)
10/10 - American Diabetes Association & European Association Classify Low Carb Diets as Medical Nutrition Therapy (article)
10/07 - American Diabetes Association & European Association Approve Low Carb Diets (article)
09/30 - Silver Bullet for Addressing Carb Cravings (article)
09/28 - A Trial of the Evidence (article)
09/27 - Extended Benefits? (specials)
09/04 - Low Carbohydrate and Ketogenic Diets – more information (article)
08/29 - Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Linked to Risk of Premature Death? (article)
08/28 - An Accurate New Estimator of Whole Body Fat Percentage (article)
08/24 - Is Coconut Oil Pure Poison? (article)
08/23 - Do Low Carb Diets Shorten Lifespan – a closer look (article)
08/22 - Low Carbohydrate Eating for People with Diabetes – important position statement (article)
08/21 - My Approach to Eating Low Carb and Links to Popular Recipes (article, personal story, specialized recipes (for specific health conditions))
08/16 - The Tip of the Iceberg – what we can’t see puts us at risk (article)
08/09 - Alzheimer’s Disease as Glucose Dysfunction of the Brain (article)
08/02 - When Fat Was Made the Villain (article)
07/30 - Early Warning Signs that May Help Prevent Developing Type 2 Diabetes (article)
07/28 - Stanford Blood Sugar Study Findings Known for More Than 45 Years (article)
07/26 - American Diabetes Association (ADA) is Making Sense of Carbs (article)
07/13 - Consuming Dairy Fat Doesn’t Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease — may protect (article)
07/12 - Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes ARE reversible – a Dietitian’s Journey (personal story)
07/04 - Update on My Own Weight Loss Journey (personal story)
06/26 - Refined Carbohydrate with Vegetable Oil Was Known to Cause Weight Gain (article)
06/21 - Some Carbs Are Better Than Others – Part 4 – the Insulin Index (article)
06/20 - The Perils of Food Processing (Part 2) – what food components and other factors affect the absorption of carbs (article)
06/19 - A New Study Explains Why Carbs and Fat Together are Irresistible (article)
06/13 - 10 Common Myths about a Low Carb Diet (article)
06/11 - CBC Interview with a Low Carb Physician – five minutes and all the basics (article)
06/08 - The Perils of Food Processing – how the preparation of food affects how quickly it is absorbed (article)
06/04 - Evolving Theory of Obesity – the perfect storm of refined carbs and industrial seed oils (article)
05/31 - The Per Person Yearly Cost of Having Type 2 Diabetes (article)
05/29 - Therapeutic Ketogenic Diet in Type 2 Diabetes Lowers CVD Risk at 1 year (article)
05/24 - Two More Good Indicators of Cardiovascular Risk (article)
05/22 - Why Waist Circumference and Waist to Height Ratio is so Important (article)
05/08 - Don’t Try This at Home – when medical supervision is needed (article)
04/26 - Some Carbs are Better than Others (for Diabetics) – Part 3 (article)
04/24 - May 1st to June 21st only (specials)
04/20 - Are Some Carbs Better Than Others – Part 2 (article)
04/17 - Are Some Carbs Better Than Others – Part 1 (article)
04/05 - Concerns with Polyunsaturated Vegetable Oils – Part 2 (article)
04/05 - Concerns with Polyunsaturated Vegetable Oils – Part 1 (article)
03/21 - Do Saturated Fats Cause Heart Disease? (article)
03/15 - The Marketing of Polyunsaturated Vegetable Oils (article)
03/12 - Researchers that Blamed Saturated Fat as Cause of Heart Disease – paid by sugar industry (article)
03/01 - The Role of Protein in the Diet of Older Adults (article)
02/22 - Unreliability of Many Blood Glucose Monitors (article)
02/07 - Significant Improvement in Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms Possible Long Term (article)
01/11 - Bubby’s Chicken Soup (article)

2017 (18)

10/25 - What Regulates Body Weight? (article)
09/14 - MOVED – A Dietitian’s Journey on new url (article)
08/03 - What is the Anti-Inflammatory Protocol and what is it used for? (article)
07/28 - Part 2: How is Insulin Resistance Measured? (article)
07/26 - Part 1: What is Insulin Resistance? (article)
07/07 - Insulin and Leptin – very different effects in lean versus overweight people (article)
06/28 - Tracking Carbs Instead of Counting Calories (article)
06/20 - One in Two People Will Get Cancer – new report finds (article)
06/14 - New Obesity Study Sheds Light on Dietary Recommendations (article)
06/13 - Obesity Pandemic – new study (article)
05/11 - 1977 Dietary Recommendations — forty years on (article)
04/27 - Humans – the perfect hybrid machine (article)
04/24 - Low Carb Green Tea Matcha Smoothie – role in weight and abdominal fat loss (article)
04/20 - The Limitations of Common Ways of Determining Weight Loss (article)
04/05 - From Paleo to Present – a brief history of the human diet (article)
03/26 - Two People, Two Options: living healthy or dying prematurely (article)
03/22 - FEATURED: Significance of Insulin Resistance (article)
03/22 - A Low Carb High Healthy Fat Diet (article)

2016 (5)

11/30 - Lactose Intolerance (article)
06/03 - Staying Hydrated in Hot Weather – more than ‘8 glasses’ (article)
05/18 - Do Saturated Fats Really Increase the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke? (article)
05/11 - Coconut Oil – beneficial or risky? (article)
03/17 - The “Skinny” on Fats (article)

2015 (6)

11/23 - Carbs or Fat – which one should we eat less of? (article)
08/31 - What Food Needs to be Thrown Away after a Power Failure (article)
07/30 - Weight Gain as a Hormone Imbalance not a Calorie Imbalance (article)
06/24 - Obesity Rates in Canada and Changes to Canada’s Food Guide (article)
05/25 - Canada’s Food Guide – an Epidemiological Experiment Gone Terribly Wrong? (article)
03/17 - Early Introduction of Peanut Dramatically Decreases the Risk of Development of Peanut Allergy (article)

2014 (3)

10/17 - Health Benefits of Legumes (article)
09/30 - Health Benefits of Cruciferous Vegetables (article)
01/09 - Gluten-free Tax Credit from Revenue Canada (article)

2013 (18)

12/30 - Gluten-free Southern Dumplings (for stews) (specialized recipes (for specific health conditions))
12/30 - Gluten-free Pancakes (with blueberries or …) (specialized recipes (for specific health conditions))
12/23 - Gluten-free pizza crusts (suitable for those with Celiac Disease) (specialized recipes (for specific health conditions))
11/19 - Bottled Water – health versus environmental, ethical and economic costs (article)
10/26 - Food Poisoning and Food Recalls – Part One – e. coli (article)
10/19 - Why NOW is the best time to make your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight (article)
10/11 - NEW UBC STUDY – Genes predispose some people to focus on the negative (article)
09/11 - Staying properly hydrated (getting enough water) (article)
07/06 - A Barbie Doll Modeled After the Average American Woman (article)
06/29 - Simple Eye Test may be able to Detect Food Addiction (article)
06/08 - Difference between Food Allergy and Food Intolerance (article)
05/07 - Getting Your Body Ready for Summer ? (article)
05/04 - Stanley Cup Special – The Health Benefits of Beer (article)
04/30 - What are “Antioxidants” (article)
04/18 - Role of Green Tea Powder (Matcha) in Weight and Abdominal Fat Loss (article)
03/27 - The Paleo Diet – Did it ever Prevent Hardening of the Arteries? (article)
03/14 - Health Benefits of Chocolate (article)
01/16 - New Year’s Resolutions – weight loss and healthy eating (article)

2012 (4)

11/17 - Multivitamins in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (article)
10/01 - New Statistics Canada report finds almost a third of Canadian children are overweight or obese (article)
08/01 - Vitamin D status of Canadians – from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (article)
07/01 - Canadian study reports that cardiovascular risk is higher among certain ethnic groups (article)

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