John O'Connor's Latest Articles - Page 3
When a Gluten Free Diet Isn’t Enough to Heal the Gut
I had a friend visiting last week who has celiac disease. Watching him carefully navigate restaurant menus made me realize how relaxed my “gluten free” diet truly was. Why is… Read More
Don’t Believe in Nutrigenomics? Take a Look at Mikhaila Peterson’s Blood Work on the Carnivore Diet
Steak for every meal, everyday. That’s the carnivore diet in a nutshell, and it’s growing in popularity. Unhealthy right? Probably. I’ve written previously about the Carnivore Diet and why I… Read More
Beyond Gout: Why Lowering Uric Acid Matters
If you’ve arrived at this blog post chances are you’ve already scoured the mountain of identical posts out there that discuss uric acid in the context of gout. But before… Read More
Adventures in Urinary PH: is the Alkaline Diet Scientifically Valid?
Yes, you read that right, I am regularly measuring the PH of my urine using special test strips. I pee into a cup, dip in a PH strip and then… Read More
My Search for the World’s Best Salmon
In light of the very real concerns about the farming methods used to raise most of the “Atlantic Salmon” you find in the grocery stores (and on restaurant menus), how… Read More
My experience supplementing with NAC: benefits, side effects, potential risks
Let’s start with an attention grabbing fact about NAC. N-Acetylcysteine, or NAC for short, is one of a handful of dietary supplements that is also used quite frequently in hospital… Read More
Breaking Down My Blood Sugar Numbers: Is HbA1c of 5.1 Good?
This is a post about my blood sugar numbers, including HbA1c (a metric that measures average blood sugar levels over the past 3 months), why they’re relatively low and strategies… Read More
Can a Plant Based Diet Suppress the Immune System?
How does adherence to a whole foods, plant based (“wfpb”) diet impact the immune system? Could it be responsible for low white blood cell and platelet count? If so, does… Read More
Are your supplements making you sick?
Sacrilege, right? Supplements are healthy! They provide us with the important micronutrients our bodies need, but can’t always get from the mineral depleted foods of the modern farming system. They… Read More
Why I don’t eat vegetable oil
This is a post about why I don’t eat vegetable oil, not as much a post about why vegetable oil is bad for people in general (although it is), so… Read More
The Vegan studies that weren’t
Most of us can agree: eating less meat is better for our health and better for the planet. But how far should we take it? John Mackey, CEO of Whole… Read More
Important Blood Tests to Get in Addition to LDL-C
If you’re like most people, you go to the doctor once or twice a year to get blood drawn. A few weeks later, you get a call to go over… Read More