MDMA, 221–22
meal planning, 305–8
meat industry, 173
meat products
foie gras, 80
from grass-fed animals, 33, 53
and gut microbiome, 182–83
industrial and processed meats, 302
nutrients in, 173–76
“one bad day” rule, 173, 309–10
medicine, 5–6, 7–8, 15, 17–19. See also pharmaceuticals
meditation, 110, 217, 239, 264
Mediterranean diet, 25, 48–49, 92–93, 224–25
melancholia, exercise vs., 279
membranes, 40–41, 54, 337
memory, 233, 264–65, 274–75. See also cognitive function
mental health, 44, 44n, 168–70
metabolically obese, normal weight (skinny-fat) people, 96–
97
metabolic health
and carbohydrate ingestion, 106, 107, 108
chronically elevated insulin vs., 97
chronic stress vs., 108
excessive fruit consumption vs., 83–84
and gluten ingestion, 108–9
metabolic flexibility, 159–61, 172
for preventing Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, 104
relationship of thinness to, 80, 96
and trans fat CLA, 53
and triglycerides, 78