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ChrisMasterjohn Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is dedicated to extolling the benefits of traditional, nutrient-dense, cholesterol-rich foods and to elucidating the many fascinating roles that cholesterol plays within the body. Chris is a frequent contributor to Wise Traditions, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and is a perennial speaker at the annual Wise Traditions conference. He has written five peer-reviewed publications, and has submitted two additional experimental papers for peer review, one of which has been accepted for publication. Chris has a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut and is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois where he is studying interactions between vitamins A, D, and K. The contents of this blog represents his independent work and does not necessarily represent the positions of the University of Illinois.

How to Know if Your Genetics Contribute to Blue Light Sensitivity and Poor Sleep — and What to Do About It

Vitamin A Plays an Essential Role in Setting the Circadian Rhythm and Allowing Good Sleep

When SAMe Helps, Consider Magnesium and Your Metabolic Rate

Are Kombucha and Other Fermented Foods Toxic Because of Their Aldehyde Content?

Should We Avoid Animal Protein to Optimize Methylation?

Did Cod Liver Oil Contribute to the Historical Decline in Measles Mortality and Mortality From Other Infectious Diseases?

An Ancestral Perspective on Vitamin D Status, Part 2: Why Low 25(OH)D Could Indicate a Deficiency of Calcium Instead of Vitamin D

An Ancestral Perspective on Vitamin D Status, Part 1: Problems With the “Naked Ape” Hypothesis of Optimal Serum 25(OH)D

Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin: Marker of Vitamin K Deficiency, or Booster of Insulin Signaling and Testosterone?

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 7: Placing Price’s Work in Context

Does Carnitine From Red Meat Contribute to Heart Disease Through Intestinal Bacterial Metabolism to TMAO?

Thyroid Hormone and Vitamin A Protect Against Vitamin D Toxicity in Cows

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 6: Conclusions — Real Food, and the Difference Between Knowledge and Wisdom

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 5: Conclusions — Wheat and Other Cereal Grains

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 4: Was Price’s Approach an “Evolutionary Approach”?

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 3: The Scope of Price’s Work

Could MGP Eventually Be Used as a Non-Invasive Marker for Cardiovascular Microcalcifications?

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 2: Problems With Comparing Different “Racial Stocks,” With Inuit Adaptations in Vitamin D Metabolism As an Example

An Upcoming Plasma Marker of Blood Vessel Vitamin K Status

The Scientific Approach of Weston Price, Part 1: Nature’s Closest Thing to an RCT

Did Family Planning Contribute to the Modern Decline in Infectious Disease Mortality?

Egg Study Redux: Correcting the Stats

Does Eating Egg Yolks Increase Arterial Plaque?

Why Animal Fats Are Good for You — My Low-Carb Cruise 2012 Lecture

I’m 95% Confident This is a Good Definition of a P Value

Being Statistically Significant Is Nothing Like Being Pregnant

The Maasai, An Interlude — What Does All This Sociocultural and Historical Stuff Have to Do With Heart Disease?

AJCN Publishes A New PUFA Study That Should Make Us Long For the Old Days

Glutathione 101, Part 1: Cysteine Misbehaves, But Glutathione Saves

With the Wave of a Wand, Raw Milk Wipes Away the Wheeze: How Our Good Friend Glutathione Protects Against Asthma

New Evidence of Synergy Between Vitamins A and D: Protection Against Autoimmune Diseases

Good Lard, Bad Lard: What Do You Get When You Cross a Pig and a Coconut?

Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane, Fishing for Our Good Friend Glutathione in the Waters of the Memory Hole: How T. Colin Campbell Helped Prove That Protein Protects Us

The Masai Part II: A Glimpse of the Masai Diet at the Turn of the 20th Century — A Land of Milk and Honey, Bananas From Afar

Fat and Diabetes: Bad Press, Good Paper, and the Reemergence of Our Good Friend Glutathione

The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 3)

The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 2)

The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 1)

The Masai: Introduction

The 2010 USDA/HHS Guidelines — A Rather Bizarre Definition of “Nutrient Dense”

Vitamin D — Problems With the Latitude Hypothesis

Is Vitamin D Safe? Still Depends on Vitamins A and K! Testimonials and a Human Study

Why Is My Cholesterol So High On This Diet?

Addendum to “The Curious Case of Campbell’s Rats”

The Curious Case of Campbell’s Rats — Does Protein Deficiency Prevent Cancer?

The Biochemical Magic of Raw Milk and Other Raw Foods: Glutathione

Reductionism and Holism Go Hand in Hand

Denise Minger’s Refutation of Campbell’s “China Study” Generates Continued Debate

Does Eating Fat Clog the Liver?

Denise Minger Refutes the China Study Once and For All

New Evidence of Synergism Between Vitamins A and D — Can They Cure Diabetes?

Are Some People Pushing Their Vitamin D Levels Too High?

Drs. Linday and Hollick and Colleagues Defend Cod Liver Oil, Citing the Weston A. Price Foundation!

Further Questions on Vitamin A

More Attacks on Vitamin A

Does Meat Really Leach Calcium from the Bones?

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