Benjamin Bikman
@BenBikmanPhD
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Endlessly fascinated by the scope of diseases caused by insulin resistance and what to do about it.
Joined December 2015
RT @bigfatsurprise: New study--a good example of why the term "ultra-processed foods" (UPF) is not helpful. (Also--a lesson on why you alwa….
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RT @bigfatsurprise: Hey people, did you know that the EAT Lancet 2.0 diet will be coming out in early October? . Stay tuned for the multi-m….
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RT @AKoutnik: 🧵NEW STUDY: Low-carb vs high-carb pre-exercise meals.-Middle-distance runners (n=30)🏃♂️.-"Carbohydrate oxidation performance….
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RT @JordanHarbinger: Insulin resistance triggers everything from Alzheimer's to erectile dysfunction. @BenBikmanPhD examines the metabolic….
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Make America Fentanyl Free supports President Trump’s efforts to end the fentanyl crisis.
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RT @davidludwigmd: Do low-carb diets make people overeat & gain weight versus low-fat diets?. That's the upshot of a 2-wk crossover study i….
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RT @bigfatsurprise: A vegan diet for children is not nutritionally complete and requires supplementation. Which tells you we're not evolut….
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RT @janellison: I can't count the number of times our son @BaszuckiMatt told us during his five years of illness that the problems he was h….
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Official Trailer | Forever Young- The End of Aging Has Just Begun
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People with heart disease are rightly encouraged to exercise--it improves cardiovascular function, builds endurance, and can enhance quality of life. But that advice often comes with another recommendation: eat a carbohydrate-rich snack before activity to “fuel” the workout. A.
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To all my fellow LDS friends who are prepared to discuss D&C 89 this weekend, please remember President Benson's comments on the most misunderstood word in modern scripture. Regarding the word "sparingly", he declared the Lord is ". counseling us in this revelation against.
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The brain loves ketones. This new study ( explores how BHB, the main ketone from a ketogenic diet or ketone BHB supplements, directly calms brain immune cells (microglia). In this study, physiologic BHB levels (~1.5 mM), easily reached with diet or.
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These results support the hypothesis that blood BHB levels achievable on a KD elicit significant concentration-dependent anti-inflammatory effects in microglia. Increasing BHB concentration through...
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I feel the same way. No time like the present, but a few years earlier would have made it easier.
I wish I had raised my kids this way. Rice cereal as a "first food"--what a mistake! .Babies need nutrient dense foods to thrive--eggs, meat are among the best
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RT @bigfatsurprise: Treating diabetes with meat and fat since 1797! Only in today's upside down world of medical ' expertise' do we demoniz….
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This is a great commentary on the needed shift in how we view lipids and decide which matter most. In the midst of our decades-long obsession with cholesterol, triglycerides has been overlooked as the marker that may matter most.
“These new data regarding a causal role for triglycerides in increasing cardiovascular risk should prompt us today to redouble our efforts to reduce hypertriglyceridemia in our patients using non-pharmacological approaches.”
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Trump hasn’t been seen in days, is Trump dead?. Trump: scanning security footage for the career roast of the year
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RT @MichelleHurnRD: First American Diabetes Society Virtual Event. I’d be honored if you guys check it out! . Wednesday August 13th 12-5pm….
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This newly published report by @IainCampbellPhD is worth reading (. I appreciate their rigorous approach to revealing the metabolic foundation of bipolar disorder, including not only the seasonality of the disorder, but also some traditional and effective.
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Molecular Psychiatry - Metabolic plasticity: an evolutionary perspective on metabolic and circadian dysregulation in bipolar disorder
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RT @bigfatsurprise: Higher-carbohydrate diet is associated with higher rates of brain infarct (stroke) and cognitive decline (dementia) in….
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RT @Square1Wellness: More Meat Mondays!🥩.I share this piece by Chris Kresser often with individuals. Red Meat: It Does a Body Good! #meathe….
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Red meat has been blamed for everything from heart disease to cancer. Yet, the evidence indicates the contrary. Read on to learn the true health benefits.
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