Author: Kevin Bae

  • Moderate Method exercise routine

    Moderate Method exercise routine

    I don’t have a goal to lose weight or build big muscles. If I do have workout goals, they would be to maintain muscle tone and to be able to walk and run for at least the next few decades. I’m 57 at the moment, so that means I want to be mobile until I’m…

  • Is using aluminum foil bad for your health?

    Is using aluminum foil bad for your health?

    Paul Saladino, MD, tweeted today about the dangers of aluminum foil. In 48 seconds, he claims that using it to cook or store your food is bad for your health. The key quote for me is, “People who cook with aluminum foil have up to two times higher levels of aluminum in their blood than…

  • The Moderate Method

    The Moderate Method

    The Moderate Method is about a personalized way of living. There are three steps to my method. In order, they are diet, exercise, and life. It’s all rather obvious and meant to be so. You start where you have the most control and move on from there. Diet refers to what you eat, exercise refers…

  • Book: Dark Calories, How vegetable oils destroy our health and how we can get it back

    Book: Dark Calories, How vegetable oils destroy our health and how we can get it back

    I often hear about how bad vegetable oils are for human health. Much of the noise centers around the argument that vegetable oils are harmful because they’re highly refined and have origins in industrial lubrication. On the surface, they might seem bad, but are they really? And if they are, is there an evil corporate…

  • Re-branding to Moderate Method

    Re-branding to Moderate Method

    Life is a wide road. You can walk on one side or the other but you can’t take in all of it unless you’re walking smack dab down the middle. This is why I’m re-branding this site. If you’ve read my about page you’ll know my lifestyle roughly follows a keto-friendly diet with intermittent fasting.…

  • 14 problems with the red meat type-2 diabetes study

    14 problems with the red meat type-2 diabetes study

    Dr. Zoe Harcombe regularly reviews the studies that come out in the media. She often points out the flaws in the reporting and the studies themselves. This week she eviscerates the study that’s hitting the news about red meat increasing the risk of type-2 diabetes. Anyone with any sense and knowledge of diet knows there…

  • Book Review: Outlive, The Science & Art of Longevity

    Book Review: Outlive, The Science & Art of Longevity

    I’m just a regular person. Keep this in mind when reading this review. I didn’t think there was much new information in Dr. Attia’s book. He covers the subject of longevity in three parts. The first is about modern medicine, the second is largely about diet, and the third is about exercise. Sprinkled into the…

  • Diet Doctor launches Hava.co. Is a satiety score a good thing?

    Diet Doctor launches Hava.co. Is a satiety score a good thing?

    Diet Doctor, long known for it’s advocacy and education surrounding the Keto Diet and living a low carb lifestyle, has launched a new company named Hava. Hava seeks to fill a void for people who feel they can’t sustain a life-long commitment to the Keto Diet by focusing on satiety. This innovative approach and our…

  • Mitochondria dysfunction may be the common denominator between metabolic & mental health problems

    Mitochondria dysfunction may be the common denominator between metabolic & mental health problems

    Dr. Christopher M. Palmer, a Harvard researcher and psychiatrist, wrote a book called “Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More. Yes, I know, that subtitle is a mouthful. In Brain Energy, Dr. Palmer connects mitochondria dysfunction to mental health issues like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s,…