Introduction by Michael Cummins, Fri 22 Dec '17

Introduction

We’re not doctors, nurses or nutritionists. We’re just a regular family. We work in STEM fields, we like to know the "why" behind things and we have an interest in participating in our health and wellbeing. We use this page to accumulate resources and thoughts on the topic. It serves us, perhaps it will serve you as you study how to participate in your own health and wellbeing.

"The population will become split between the smart and the dumb. The smart ones will begin taking their health into their own hands because they’re already seeing that what we are doing now is not working. Our diet is not working because 70 percent of us are overweight and obese, we have 29 million diabetics and 75 million more prediabetics, and the rest of us don’t even know we’re prediabetic! People are realizing that what we are doing is not working and they are looking for other ways around this. That’s where do-it-yourself healthcare and self-monitoring will become the norm."

Dr. Dwight Lundell, in Cholesterol Clarity, page 35 by Jimmy Moore, Eric Westman, MD.

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23 Dec '17 Ketones, produced by the liver
23 Dec '17 Stored Glucose
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