A while back, a patient told me all those who got the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine would be dead in a year. Well, a year has passed and all of us who got the vaccine are still kicking. I wonder what that patient is saying now. I’m guessing she believes we are not out of the woods—our demise

The first step towards improving your diet Get off soda pop Artificial sweeteners linked to ‘marked effects’ on small intestinal microbiome  Healio Minute, May 12, 2023   CHICAGO — Greater consumption of artificial sweeteners, specifically those that do not contain aspartame, resulted

Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking U.S. surgeon general declares public health epidemic to raise awareness, won’t yet unlock federal funds to combat the issue. By AMANDA SEITZ | The Associated Press; May 1st 2023 Washington (AP); Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health

Is Ozempic right for you? If you think so try “Gulliblex;” it will solve any problem you may have. OK, it may be the only thing that will help lose weight, so, it may ok to try, but I recommend you consider that it is not covered by insurance, it can have gastrointestinal side effects

Surely by now you have heard about the Brain-Gut connection. More details keep coming out. In an article just published, authors correctly identify fried foods as inflammatory to the brain. Unfortunately, they do not address the effect of such foods on the microbiome. When it is unbal

I got a lot of grief for back in the 90s by quoting articles that at that time sounded the alarm on this wide-spread addiction. The article below has faired better. But it still falls wide of the mark: it does not bring up a powerful driver of this ubiquitous addiction: the microbiome

See the article below. Ironically, the NIH reported on this fact over 20 years ago…     It Takes an Average of 17 Years for Evidence to Change Practice—the Burgeoning Field of Implementation Science Seeks to Speed Things Up JAMA. Published online April 5, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.4

“As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” Pythagoras. Add my name to it.