In response to #2, I am wonder about where to get the butyrate producing microbes. All literature I have found says that Roseburia, Eubacterium rectale and Ruminococcus bromii are in the guts of healthy people, but no further clues about where those healthy people got it? When I take RS, it isn't te...

I'd like to participate too. I filled out Lilly's study.

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I don't think I'll believe in the list. It checked for RDA's and I don't think that is all inclusive. The fact that eggs are so low highlights the fact that there are so many nutrients that we need that aren't captured in the standard list....

Great intro, Russ. As an engineer, I came to the same conclusion you did. Doctors often completely suck at troubleshooting.

This talks about what you eat in addition to RS is pretty important too.

http://mrheisenbug.wordpress.com/2014/0 ... ot-enough/

I use it on the above and even in my coffee. Makes things taste festive.

A study showing Kiwi for APOE4:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23151354

I have low TC, but my HDL has never been over 40s.

One needs 500ish mg a day. Unless one is eating liver and eggs, it would be hard to get that.

If you are going to have a baby, you definitely need to look into Choline. Choline is a nutrient that is hard to get even the RDA in today's diet, given that it isn't in many foods besides organ meats and eggs. Studies show prenatal choline increases the memory by huge amounts. I read about the stud...

Here are 2 more:

world distribution of APOE http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... 0301.x/pdf
world alzheimers map: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/caus ... y-country/