Nutrition and lifestyle are the keys to longevity
A blog by Michael Butler
Articles and opinions for my family & friends about how I am living a healthier life informed by scientific research undertaken since being diagnosed with heart disease. Starting with the principle that each of us is biologically unique, everyone can use nutrition and lifestyle to achieve their greatest potential.
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- Agriculture 1
- Biology 1
- Book list 5
- Book review 3
- Carbohydrate 8
- Carnivore diet 1
- Chronic disease 17
- Chronic inflammation 1
- Circadian rhythm 1
- Dietary guidance 1
- Electrolyte 1
- Environment 1
- Evolutionary mismatch 6
- Exercise 2
- Fat 1
- Fermented food 7
- Fibre 2
- Food 4
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- Holobiont 1
- Human Metabolism 14
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- Human health and disease 15
- Human microbiome 8
- Human nutrition 12
- Immune suppression 1
- Immune system 1
- Industrially processed ingredients 3
- Inspiring stories 1
- Insulin resistance 3
- Ketogenic diet 8
- Low carbohydrate diet 1
- Macronutrient 5
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- Mental health 7
- Microbiome 9
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- Micronutrient 4
- Mountain biking 3
- Multiple sclerosis 1
- Nature 2
- Nutrient density 9
- Nutrition 19
- Paper review 8
Cookbooks we use regularly
My wife and I initially struggled with how to eat more healthily. These 11 cookbooks gave us the confidence to get rid of the seed oils, sugars and starches, and grains that formed the basis of our unhealthy eating habits and the roadmap to adopt a new, healthy lifestyle. Eating healthily can be cheap, easy, quick, and delicious. No matter what we’re in the mood for, there are tasty recipes available.
Public Health Collaboration Annual Meeting 2024
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) was the main topic of a recent conference I attended. I learned a lot about the cause, detection and treatment of T2D and wrote this article to summarise what I saw and heard.
Reversing multiple sclerosis: the inspiring story of Dr. Terry Wahls
“Food is the bedrock of health. Our food choices can either lead to disease or create health and vitality.” I defy you to read this story and not be inspired by one woman’s story of how she reversed the debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis with food. She now leads a healthy, relatively normal life