My first painting in many years!

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/stormy-skies-over-the-ocean-angela-stanton.html

I have been painting since the age of 16. In fact, by the age of 19 I made my living painting and took on consignments all through my mid 20s, when I also added sculpting and pottery. I literally thought I was going to be an artist all my life. Who knew that life would take me to the field of sciences?

I thought that as an activist, and if you read this you are following my blog, you only know one side of me: the angry one. The one who is mad at big pharma, big agri, big food, and big anything politics. Angry about clueless doctors but clueless people as well.

Here now, you can see a softer side of me. I paint and I love painting. I am sharing this with selfish interest: I want to look at it. And if you also look at it and have a comment (good or bad), leave one by all means.

Angela

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Course for Healthcare Professionals

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Learn What Nutrition Can Do!

For healthcare providers!

New course by Nutrition Network.

Distinguished Speakers and Their Expertise Our training boasts a stellar lineup of national and international medical experts, each offering a unique perspective and expertise:

Ivor Cummings: The endothelium – normal and pathological perspectives and vascular pathologies in cardiac diseases.

Dr. John Cripps, MD, BSc, FRCSC (Emeritus): The significance of examining patient’s eyes for their overall lifespan and healthspan.

Bitten Jonsson, RN: A deep dive into the brain and the intricacies of addiction.

Dr. Yvo Sijpkens, MD, PhD: An insight into Lipidology.

Dr. Peter Delannoy, PhD, MHP: The intricacies of diabetic kidney disease and its lifestyle management.

Dr. Sue Beckers MB BS, Msc, Nut Med, MRCGP, MPHGI, PG Dip All: Understanding the pathology in Gout and its modulating factors.

Dr. Robert Cywes, MD, PhD: A look into normal liver physiology and pathophysiology.

Dr. Hassina Kajee, MD: Demystifying insulin and insulin resistance.

Dr. Angela Stanton, PhD: The brain, metabolism, and the optimal nutrition – understanding the brain’s physiology, insulin, and nutrients.

Enroll now! There is a 20% discount on the course.

Comments and questions are welcome, as always, and are moderated for appropriateness,

Angela

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Beware of Hidden Charges from Academia.edu

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Are You A Premium Member?

Have you ever heard of academia.edu?

If yes, immediately wash your head clear from the thought of ever joining! The company portrays itself as an academic-sort-of-a-type of institution. It now has an academic journal part, it provides all members absolutely nothing, unless you join as a premium member.

Academicians upload new papers they published. Academia.edu also keeps track of citations–meaning how many times and where an article that you authored or coauthored was cited somewhere.

Note how they suggests that academics from Oxford, Berkeley, etc., use their “database”. I doubt any of that is true. When I get an email about any of my citations, I have to actually approve that indeed, that is “me” and not someone else they just cited. No academic institution would ask this question. They would know perfectly well if the person emailed is one of the authors.

Now, to set the records straight, 3 years ago–just after Covid started in 2020, on June 13, 2020 to be precise, I subscribed so see what this was all about. The subscription is $99. I never received a letter of “Hey! Welcome” or “You are now subscribed” or anything whatsoever… 2021 and 2022 went by fast and we all had bigger fish to fry than an academic membership, so I forgot about this subscription completely.

The Emails

I received emails from them often daily. The emails would say things like: “Someone saw your article” or “Your paper was cited in…” or “Four people searched for you earlier on Google”. These are actual email titles I received from them regularly for the past 3 years. No emails about my premium membership… ever!

The Bill

In comes our credit card bill and we find an unusual charge, this time $173.50. Since I am a member in many academic organizations, my husband, who oversees the bills, usually let’s go a $99 charge, since that is a common membership fee in many places. But $173.50??? Where does an amount like this come from? Luckily, this time he got stuck on the billed amount and asked me what it was about.

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The Editorial is Published!

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

My Editorial in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Some of you may recall that I was invited to write an editorial in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on one of their articles (on the connection of migraine with aura to cardiovascular disease risk). I was also one of three peer reviewers for this article.

The editorial published today but free access is available only through July 25th (I thought editorials were always free access but I guess not).

In any case, please find the editorial here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1hCJN2d9GHwTx%7E

It appears that the article went behind paywall, so please find it attached here:

Angela A Stanton JACC print editorial–6-5-2023Download

Please share if you can.

The more people reading it the better because I have “spiced” this article up a bit with strong words against the modern statistical use of association (meaning things move together for whatever unknown reason) as if it was causation (known and verified cause of whatever outcome we are studying).

This error (really misuse of statistics) underlies over 99% of the published papers on cardiovascular risks associated with high cholesterol, 100% of the published papers on nutrition coming to the conclusion that red meat and saturated fat are unhealthy in any way, 100% of the research on salt concluding that increased sodium leads to increase in blood pressure, and 100% of the papers concluding that the plant-based (vegan/vegetarian) diet is healthy in any shape or form for all people.

Comments are welcomed, as always, and are censored for appropriateness.

Angela

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Invited Editorial for JACC

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Elsevier) editors asked me to write an editorial commentary on an academic article that is also going to be published (not written by me) on the association of cardiovascular disease and migraine with aura.

While there is a strong association between migraine with aura and an increase in the risks associated with various cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes, in most scientific literature, this academic article will surprise you! 

My editorial discusses why their findings are what they are. 

My editorial will be published on June 13, 2023. I will update and post a link as soon as it is out. The title is: Are We Sure We Know the Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease?

Sorry for MIA otherwise, as you can see, I have been very busy with other things, including creating a lecture on neurology for the Nutrition Network, which will be offered as part of their Neurology module for continuing educational credit for healthcare providers.

I am also working on the final edition of my migraine book (current edition is here) and am hoping to release it early next year.

Comments are welcome, as always, and are moderated for appropriateness,

Angela

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Super Migraine Sufferer

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

What? A Boston Marathon?

The Medal of Completion

Migraineur Runs the Boston Marathon

Angela Stanton I promised I would report on how my marathon went. I ran a 3:16 (7:23 pace per mile). and finished in the top 10% of women at the Boston Marathon, even higher in my age group. It was a tough day. Lots of rain, including hail, wind and hills. It wasn’t my fastest ever time (which is 3:13 from NYC marathon) but I finally finished without nausea, and I don’t feel sore at all. I did feel underfueled during the race and that is going to take some tweaking if I want to get faster.

But I beat 90 percent of women, 99 percent of whom were likely stuffing white carbs the whole weekend. There may be a way to address carb thresholds in the future but for this first go, I am very happy. No edema, no feeling dizzy at the end, no migraine i did drink some seltzer in the finishers chute. Gratuitous photo of the medal. Food was carnivore.

See more testimonials.

Angela

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Long Time No Hear

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Busy Times!

It’s been awhile that I posted anything new. While I am working on a few things, I thought the least I could do it post the most recent interview links.

In the order of most recent to earlier:

“Fighting the Migraine Epidemic: The Groundbreaking Work of Angela A Stanton, PhD” by Coach Stephen BSc Hons

Interview with Angela Stanton; by Rebekah Farmer

Podcast

Fabulously Keto by Jackie Fletcher and Louise Reynolds: “127: Angela Stanton – Fighting The Migraine Epidemic”

Much more stuff is cooking in the oven.

Angela

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New YouTube Interview

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

A super cool video on just about everything. I hope you enjoy it!

UPDATE 11/3/2023: This video was moved under a “premium” subscription (meaning you need to pay) by Vinnie Tortorich. You can find it here: https://vinnietortorich.com/2022/03/treating-preventing-migraines-dr-angela-stanton-episode-2066/

We talk about migraine to start with but soon switch to economics, neuroeconomics, mathematics, and education. Fascinating and highly controversial subject.

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New Alliance with Request A Test

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

For those who don’t have some/all blood tests covered by insurance or their doctors don’t want to order some tests they wish to have.

Today, November 18, 2022, Request A Test medical testing company released two packages that they created with my recommendation. I designed these specifically for migraine sufferers, although obviously they can be used by anyone.

One of the tests is for the evaluation of all of the vitamins and minerals that can be problems to migraine sufferers. You find this test here. It is a combination of previously available packages and individual tests now bundled into one.

And the other test is a test for cardiovascular health that incorporates insulin and vascular inflammation caused also by homocysteine and not just cholesterol, plus previously available cholesterol tests, like NMR. You can find this test here.

In addition to having these tests available to you, if you are in my migraine group on Facebook, you also receive a discount code.

Join us if you are a migraine sufferer!

Angela

Comments are welcome, as always, and are monitored for appropriateness.

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Ketosis & Measuring Ketones Explained

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.
(Image from google)

By Popular Request

Over the years I have been asked several times to discuss ketones (as in ketone bodies), ketosis, and the measurement of ketones or the level of ketosis. The word “ketone” is commonly misunderstood by the public and often misused by commercial interests. In this article I hope to dispel some myths and correct some mistaken ideas, not only in terms of what ketones are but also how we can measure them in our body and what information each measuring method may reveal.

What Are Ketones?

In the above image, which I copied from an academic article over a year ago (no longer remember which one), you can see that there are three types of ketone bodies. These three types are measurable and are the most understood by today’s science.

The picture should be read by starting in the middle top, where you can see “Fatty Acids” that are converted to Acetyl CoA, which then magically appear as Acetoacetate. This process is complex, and I won’t cover it here. Nevertheless, it took us to the first ketone body: Acetoacetate. To the left and right you can see two other ketone bodies, and arrows indicating the direction of the conversion. So, Acetoacetate can convert to Acetone in one direction (to the right), meaning that Acetone cannot convert back into Acetoacetate. Once it is Acetone, that’s it. And if you look in the other direction (left side), you see 3-B-Hydroxybutyrate (BHB) with a double arrow, meaning that when Acetoacetate converts to BHB, it is possible for BHB to convert back into Acetoacetate. This will become important!

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