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170: What range of folate and homocysteine are good for MTHFR?

169: Do Ketogenic Diets Lower Glutathione?

168: Why do I have a high LDL-C when my diet is on point?

167: Can protein replete glycogen on a low-carb diet?

166: Creatine: do the benefits outweigh the risks for a mid-30s male?

165: How important are MAT1A SNPs to methylation?

164: How to increase red blood cell magnesium content?

163: Why would ferritin rise on a low-carb diet when iron status is stable?

162: What are the best practices for nutrient absorption?

161: What’s the best prenatal nutrition?

160: Supplement Timing and Food Combining for Zinc?

159: How to approach chronic joint pain?

158: How should I break a 36-hour fast?

157: What are optimal levels of B12?

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | December 9, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition, December 9, 2020

156: Are GABA or methylation support useful for panic attacks?

155: Is increasing reactive oxygen species a good strategy for appetite control?

154: What’s the best way to increase ferritin?

153: What to eat for a 35-year-old vegan woman with hypothyroidism and low zinc levels?

152: Are the concerns about cyanocobalamin exaggerated?

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | December 2, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | December 2, 2020

151: What’s a better nasal spray, Sterimar or povidone-iodine?

150: Do postmenopausal women need to worry about iron overload?

149: Should NAC supplementation be pulsed?

148: Why would my threonine levels be low?

147: What’s the best alcohol to microdose?

146: What’s the best nutrition for panic and anxiety?

145: What determines the absorption of nutrients?

144: Do low serine levels require IV supplements?

143: How to fix high iron and calcium, low copper and magnesium, without blood donation?

142: How much time should separate my zinc supplements and nut consumption?

141: What’s the safe use of an iodine nasal spray?

140: Why would ferritin be extremely high when transferrin saturation is low?

139: Can carnitine be used for fatty liver instead of choline?

138: Is it OK to drink a pint of Gerolsteiner mineral water a day?

137: Cataracts: what are the roles of methylglyoxal and polyols?

135: If I use SAMe for depression, what do I need for nutritional balance?

134: Should I take iron every day or use alternate day dosing?

133: Should I spread my collagen out across my meals?

132: Where should I buy my chicken products?

Transcript of the Gabriela Gomes Interview

COVID Conversations | Gabriela Gomes on Herd Immunity

My New Favorite Way to Eat Organ Meats

Small RCT Suggests Gargling With Iodine Clears the Virus in 4 Days

Finally Confirmed! Vitamin D Nearly Abolishes ICU Risk in COVID-19

The First RCT Shows Blocking IL-6 Improves Hypoxia in COVID-19

The Latest Vitamin D and COVID-19 Study

Are We Already Reaching Herd Immunity?

131: Why would blood glucose go up on a low-carb diet?

130: Why do thyroid levels drop on a low-carb diet?

129: Is hydrogen sulfide produced in the gut a bad thing, and what to do about it?

How Diabetes, Like Sugar, May Fuel Viral Growth

128: What if low-carb makes me wake up to pee?

Could Sugar Intake Play a Role in COVID-19?

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | August 19, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | August 19, 2020

127: How does someone get arachidonic acid and choline without eggs and liver?

Whey Protein, Breast Milk, and COVID-19

126: Nutritional suggestions for SI joint pain and sulfur sensitivity?

125: If it’s easier to store fat than to convert carbs to fat, why is it easier to lose weight on low-carb?

124: Long-term shortness of breath after COVID-19: do I need iron?

123: Are liposomal supplements really superior?

Vitamin K and COVID-19

Treatment of COVID-19 With High-Dose Zinc: 4 Cases

122: Why would I develop shortness of breath on a carnivore diet?

Five New Vitamin D and COVID-19 Studies

121: Is it possible to meet all your nutritional needs on a carnivore diet?

136: Is the sugar in Life Extension Enhanced Zinc Acetate lozenges a problem?

120: Why are medium-chain fatty acids ketogenic even in the presence of carbs?

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119: What measurement of magnesium status is best to use for arrhythmias?

118: Is subclinical thiamine deficiency a contributor to many diseases?

An Update on the Safety of Indoor Air

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | July 27, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | July 27, 2020

How Dangerous Is the OUTDOOR Air for COVID-19?

Can Aerosols Spread COVID-19?

How Dangerous Is the Indoor Air in Public Spaces?

COVID-19 Antibodies Stay High But Lose Effectiveness Over Time

COVID-19: The Three Immunotypes

Does Exposure to Animals Provide Immunity to COVID-19?

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | July 11, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | July 11, 2020

Low Potassium Levels in COVID-19

New Insights Into Clotting and COVID-19

My Head and Neck Tension: 30 Minutes on the Elliptical to the Rescue

Sleep ME (Chilli) Discontinued

IgA Antibodies, Vitamin A, and COVID-19

NSAID Use in COVID-19 Remains Questionable

12 New COVID-19 Studies

Lactoferrin, Whey Protein, and COVID-19

COVID-19, Iron, and the Anemia of Chronic Disease

A Few Interesting COVID-19 Studies From Today

Mayo Clinic Data on Long-Term Shedding, Antibodies, and Positive/Negative Flipping

COVID-19 Specifically Targets Sweet Tastes

Povidone-Iodine Safety, Efficacy, and Lugol’s

Povidone-Iodine Kills the Coronavirus in 60 Seconds

Vitamin D Does Not Explain the Race/Ethnicity-COVID-19 Relationship

How You Can Support My Work

“Leaky Blood Vessels” May Underlie Clotting in COVID-19

The First Vitamin D Study With Pre-Infection Levels Weakens the Association

ACE2 Probably Does Not Explain Why Older Males Have More Severe Disease

ACE Inhibitors and ARBs in COVID-19: Unrelated to ACE2 and Apparently Not a Problem

Do Glutathione Supplements Work?

Glutathione and COVID-19: Very Preliminary Evidence

The Liver is Clotted But Not Very Inflamed in COVID-19

Vitamin D: The First Study on COVID-19 Infection Risk

Confirmed: Blood Clots Underlie Stroke in COVID-19

The First Zinc and COVID-19 Study in Humans: Very Promising

Two New Vitamin D Studies

Why the Mutated Virus Spreads Faster in America and Europe Than East Asia

Remdesivir Is Probably a Reproductive Toxin, and Its Benefit Is Unclear

Naproxen (Aleve), Clotting, Viral Growth, and COVID-19: Preliminary Evidence

The Virus Has Mutated to Spread Faster

117: Should a female focus on lowering DHT to avoid pattern baldness?

The Second Study on Vitamin D and COVID-19 Is Now Out

116: Is there an optimum number of meals or insulin spikes per day for optimizing thyroid function?

115: What can be done to reverse hypothyroidism other than taking thyroid medicine?

114: Why would a woman have no cycle? Why would a woman have an anovulatory cycle?

New Evidence That Interferon Can Be Harmful in COVID-19

Update on Vitamin D and COVID-19 Using the First Observational Study Released

113: What to do about premenstrual water retention?

112: Dietary nutritional advice for breast cancer prevention and thoughts on HRT?

Machine Learning From 8.2 Million Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Clinical Notes Identifies Early Symptoms

Small Blood Clots May Be at The Root of the COVID-19 Hypoxemia

111: What are causes for night sweats in men?

110: With an ovary removed, when should I think about increasing progesterone or estrogen?

109: Why do I wake up early every morning when I’m depressed?

My Response to Rhonda Patrick on Vitamin D and COVID-19

108: How does the body make hormones and what nutrients and foods do they need to do this?

Can the Anti-Parasite Medication Ivermectin Treat COVID-19? Probably Not

COVID-19 and The Smoking Paradox

107: Should someone with low testosterone go back on testosterone replacement therapy or wait it out?

106: What to do about low libido after a LEEP procedure?

The Case Against Hydroxychloroquine Grows Stronger

105: Would a seasonally low vitamin D intake and high calcium intake cause soft tissue calcification?

New Data Suggesting the Open Air Is Safe During a COVID-19 Outbreak

COVID-19: How Much Worse Will This Get Before It Gets Better?

104: Question on Iodine, Fatigue, and Detox Reactions

Is Baicalein From Skullcap Effective Against COVID-19?

103: How to lower Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin (SHBG)?

102: Why does estrogen regulate tryptophan metabolism

Can Cats and Dogs Get COVID-19? An Emerging Controversy

The Coronavirus May Circulate in a Community For 4-6 Weeks Before Detection

101: Insomnia is different between people who are and aren't on HRT?

If You Lose Your Sense of Smell or Taste, What Are the Chances You Have COVID-19?

100: The use of pregnenolone to manage perimenopausal symptoms, particularly insomnia.

Could Elderberry Cause a Cytokine Storm in COVID-19? Extremely Unlikely.

099: Guidance on what time of day it is best to take T4 and/or T3?

Two Easily Available Lab Markers to Identify Patients at Risk of Severe COVID-19 [COVID-19 Updates]

098: A rant on why many people use “MTHFR” to slap a label on their health problems.

In COVID-19, the Nose Gets Infected, and The Nerves Get Damaged: Two New Studies [COVID-19 Updates]

Taking Advantage of the COVID-19 Throat Infection Study With Zinc and Copper [COVID-19 Updates]

097: Are there safety concerns in supplementing cyanocobalamin rather methylcobalamin in those with MTHFR polymorphisms?

ACE2 Explains Why Smoking Leads to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes [COVID-19 Updates]

If You Are Sick, What Are the Chances It’s the Coronavirus? [COVID-19 Updates]

096: What about pyroluria and measuring kryptopyrroles?

095: How to manage blood levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

The COVID-19 Coronavirus Infects the Throat, Not Just the Lungs [COVID-19 Updates]

094: Can PEMT genetics cause fat malabsorption, mineral deficiencies, and oxalate problems?

Can Quercetin or EGCG Reduce the Risk of COVID-19? [COVID-19 Updates]

Are Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Zinc Ionophores? [COVID-19 Updates]

Can Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine Treat COVID-19?

093: Could an elevated BUN indicate protein malabsorption and low stomach acid?

A French Trial Suggests Hydroxychloroquine is Promising Yet Risky, but Wasn’t Randomized

092: Are bilirubin and uric acid useful markers of antioxidant defense and oxidative stress? What are better markers?

091: Does it matter what form of B12 you take?

090: Is it useful to measure urine pH?

089: Why AGEs and deficient insulin signaling are the main problem in diabetes.

088: Nutritional recommendations for MTR and MTRR polymorphisms.

087: Nutrition for children with ADHD.

086: Nutrients important for neuroregeneration

085: Advice for what to do after suffering a transient ischemic attack.

084: When on a ketogenic diet, it is a problem if ketones are going up to 5 to 6 millimoles per liter?

083: Are there any solutions to getting nauseated from zinc supplements even at low doses and even when the zinc comes as oysters?

082: Could low LDL hurt female fertility?

081: Is it safe to take creatine when nursing?

080: Can you explain plant polyphenols and hormesis?

079: What to do when serum magnesium is high but RBC magnesium is low?

077: Is folate unstable in frozen liver or just in frozen veggies?

076: How much vitamin C should I take with collagen?

075: Are liver capsules as good as eating liver?

074: Should I take 3 grams of leucine per meal?

073: What are your thoughts on root canals?

072: What does it mean when histamine intolerance and blood sugar dysregulation occur together?

071: If PTH is mid-normal, do I need a calcium supplement?

070: What to do about sky-high pyroglutamate?

069: In hemochromatosis, why would ferritin be low but transferrin saturation high?

068: Does folic acid act differently in the body than natural folate?

067: Can frozen vegetables be trusted for folate?

066: How much spinach, broccoli, and kale is too much?

065: What can be done nutritionally to specifically improve antiviral immunity?

064: Can you give any suggestions for increasing delta-6 desaturase activity?

063: What are the pros and cons of boosting sulforaphane?

062: Is it true that we can’t absorb more than 1.5 grams of creatine at one time?

061: NMN vs. NR: What’s better? And is TMG necessary?

060: What to do about cataracts.

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | February 8, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | February 8, 2020

059: If free T3 looks good, why is TSH still a little high? Why hasn't the T3 brought it down enough?

Recording and Transcript of Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | February 4, 2020

Ask Me Anything About Nutrition | February 4, 2020

078: Is there a potential for adverse effects of 5-10 mg of folate for heterozygous MTHFR?

058: What food supplements and training programs are good for developing muscle mass?

057: Should I manage my total cholesterol of 305 just for my doctor or should I be doing it for my own sake? If so, how should I do it?

056: Do you have any recommendations on how to get enough calcium on a low-carb, no-dairy diet?

055: What should people with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency be doing not just about glutathione, but about folate, vitamin K, fatty acids, and neurotransmitters?

054: If my tryptophan is low, and I'm on a low-carb diet, would you recommend 5-HTP supplements or tryptophan supplements or both?

053: What to do if signs and symptoms of zinc deficiency persist despite taking 75 mg zinc gluconate per day.

052: What to do about high arsenic.

051: Are low total omega-6 levels on the ION panel a cause for concern?

050: What to do when high selenium levels won’t come down, even if you’ve stopped supplementing.

049: When should you take creatine, if you don’t have an MTHFR SNP?

048: When to take tryptophan on a ketogenic diet.

047: Alex Leaf answers a question about creatine non-responders and methylation.

046: How to bring up low levels of arachidonic acid.

045: How to interpret the pattern of high citrate, low cis-aconitate, low glutamate, and high glutamine.

044: Nutritional strategies for glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) deficiency.

043: How much fatty fish should you eat?

042: How to deal with the fact that blood tests for nutritional status aren’t adapted to children.

041: Matt stone and the “overdeification” of vitamin A.

040: Is it ok to mix carbs and fat?

039: What are “parent essential oils”? Should we get these instead of cold-water fish oils? Response to Brian Peskin’s theory.

038: How to use an Oura ring to monitor HRV and optimize recovery and performance.

037: Concerns about vitamin A in pregnancy