172 : Does Protein Increase your Blood Glucose: Debate with a Bariactric Surgeon Dr. Rob Cywes.

Over a year ago I attended a lowcarb USA conference where Dr. Rob Cywes gave a talk. Can't remember what his talk was about but he a statement that the protein you eat turns to sugar. I thought that was incorrect an so waiting in the question line to ask if he would clarify that for me. That didn't change anything. I ...

Keto Mason Jar Ice Cream

Sometimes you want a little bit of ice cream and you don't want to use the ice cream maker since it takes time to prepare. With an ice cream maker, you have to put the freezing bowl in the freezer for at least 24 hours. Here is a quick and easy way to make some ice cream - the kids will love making this Keto ...

Jalapeno Martini

We have a lot of jalapenos in our garden - way more than I thought we would get. Initially, I did not know what I was going to do with them, so I sliced some up and put then into some vodka.   I did it to preserve the jalapeno, but I also like 'hot' martinis. I have since made jalapeno jelly and jalapeno relish which ...

171: What I Learned while Working at Starbucks that Made Me Go Back to Medicine.

Did you know that the 'auto-pilot' mechanism actually never indicates whether or not the plane is on the scheduled route. It only works by notifying the pilot that the plane is off course and needs to be corrected and gives the direction back to where it should be. but while it is on course, and everything is working ...

170: Why I Left Medicine … And Why I Returned

Seems like in life nothing is a straight line is it? Except possibly looking back in hindsight and then you can see how things line up, how your experiences were additive and sequential in just the right magically difficult way.so it was for me, bankrupt, dying (certainly my wife thought I was 'passing on') grieving ...