The Aesthetics Advisor

Despite billions of dollars and countless research hours, cancer is estimated to claim over 1,676 lives each day in the United States in 2024 [ National Cancer Institute ].  Ultra-modern “genetic” therapies and theories, along with debilitating radiation, chemotherapy, and surgical interventions have done little to reduce casualties in this protracted war. Cancer has always existed as part of the human condition; it became widespread with the rise of Western civilization, [2] [3] along with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Many carcinogens are well known—pollution, chemicals, tobacco, among others—but our complete understanding of the mechanism by which they destabilize healthy cells has remained elusive. In his groundbreaking book,“ Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Preventionof Cancer, ” Dr. Thomas Seyfried offers a comprehensive and penetrating examination of why current research (especially in genetics) misses the mark—and how basic cellular biol...

This interview (below) features repeat guest Georgi Dinkov who is a virtual firehose of information and an expert on the work of the late Ray Peat (1,2) Ph.D., an author and pioneer in nutrition, bioenergetic medicine, environmental factors and regenerative processes. Some of the information in this interview will challenge some of your long held views as it did mine. We all have conformational biases and I encourage you to let yours go for awhile and consider the possibility that some of this information might be true for you and others. This is among the best interviews I’ve done in years, and we take deep dives into a wide variety of topics. The full interview is over three hours long, so I’m dividing it into two parts. This is Part 1. This year, on a near-daily basis, I’ve been listening to Dinkov’s podcast for two to three hours at a stretch, and I sometimes repeat them two or three times, because each episode is just so chockful of information. If you want...

A keto diet can provide almost instant relief for certain symptoms and sometimes can even lead to rapid weight loss. While many may experience short-term benefits, there are long-term consequences of low-carb diets that can make your health worse than before you started. This article will address just two concerns of making your body rely on gluconeogenesis (the backup pathway to make the body produce its own carbs internally when we do not consume enough dietarily). But first — addressing some common arguments for low-carb. Temporary Symptom Suppression Versus True Healing The removal of an entire food group (like carbs) can certainly improve symptoms. For example — maybe there was a carb source you were consuming that was really aggravating your gut. Removing gut triggers will always make us feel better! But there is a big difference between temporary symptom suppression and true healing — as restriction always comes with long-term costs. Running on stress hormones (which can occur i...