I loved this book. I hope you read it. The author’s conclusions reflect my attitude, up to a point, about the Health Care System and the Wellness movement. Unlike her, I feel both have good things to offer, like emergent care and a simple plant-based diet and light exercise. Other tha
Guys may be more likely to eat better after this article. If they are not, they may be shooting blanks before too long. Western Junk Food Diet Linked to Impaired Testicular Function Dana Najjar. Medscape June 28, 2019 “A Western junk food diet — high in processed and red meats, refine
“The pharmaceutical revolution of the 50s and 60s has petered out.”[1] Every week we see articles about some pharmaceutical recall, side effects, overpricing, research hanky-panky and other melodramas. This issue highlights a few of those problems. They do not mean that there is no va
Research discovering the wide effects of the Microbiome on our health is growing exponentially, as predicted. Practically ALL health issues are linked to how your gut bacteria is shaped by the food you eat and the chemicals you insult them with. If a particular link between the Microb
Do your legs seem to have a life of their own? If so, it is very likely that you also have gastrointestinal problems, like bloating, constipation, reflux, indigestion, etc. This is yet another example of the Brain-Gut connection. Wait! What do your legs have to do with the brain and t
The point has been made ad nauseum in this site: it is not the cholesterol. It’s what we eat and how food is altered by the microbiome. Reference TMAO and Heart Disease: the new red meat risk? JAMA 2019:321:2149 “A problem has emerged: saturated fat intake may not be as tightly linked
I don’t believe so. The problem with the recent report is that most people still think cholesterol is bad for people. NO! we need it to make up our hormones, neurons and cell membranes in general. The issue is OXIDIZED cholesterol from a liver laboring under too much sugar (See blog “
Diseases are rooted in the gut, a fact I have highlighted my whole career. When we understand the profound ramifications, we stop hacking at the leaves and beating around the bush. Understanding this explains why disparate, seemingly incongruent issues are related. For example, long t
