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July 04, 2016 Duct-Tape for a Good Night’s Sleep  Reference: Airwayfit.com, Jr Physiology, Red-Green Show, Otol Head Neck Surg 2015,   Ok! Here’s the story. Sleep apnea is being identified as a greater and greater risk for many conditions, including Alzheimer’s, heart attack, obesity, and many other wicked conditions. It keeps climbing the list of medical problems that we haven’t generally addressed.  If you take… Continue reading Duct Tape for a Good Night’s Sleep

July 01, 2016 A Chocolate a Day Keeps the Doctor Away, But the Sugar….  Reference: British Journal of Nutrition April 2016, Science Daily,    We have heard about chocolate being good for you for years. The idea keeps popping up and catching our eye. Here is another. Again, it is a bit confounding because it’s based on… Continue reading A Chocolate a Day Is Good for You,

June 26, 2016 Obesity, Autism and Gut Bacteria  References: Cell June 2016,   Did you know that women who are obese when pregnant give birth to autistic children at a 50% higher rate? Did you also know that the intestinal flora of obese folks differs from that of normal folks?  Ok, take those as givens and follow… Continue reading Obesity, Autism and Gut Bacteria

June 20, 2016 Lack of Zinc Hurts Digestion  References: Br Jr of Nutrition June 2016, Science Daily ‪Published June 20th, 2016, ‪ How much do you know about zinc? Likely not much. It’s element # 30 in the periodic table but is probably important because it has the same chemical reactivity as magnesium, and we have dozens of important… Continue reading Lack of Zinc Hurts Digestion

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June 09, 2016 Multi-Mineral Mix Saves Brains, (In Mice) Reference:  Environment Mol Mut June 2016, Life Extension, Science Daily June 2016, The human brain is particularly vulnerable to chemical stress. It uses a lot of oxygen (20% of our use), doesn’t have any anti-oxidants to cool off the oxidation that comes along with burning energy and has a… Continue reading Multi Mineral Mix Saves Brains (In Mice)

May 28, 2016 High Dose Vitamin D for Autoimmune Disease Reference: DermatoEndocrinology, Autoimmune illnesses have been associated with Vitamin D deficiency, if not resistance. Taking vitamin D has been a mainstay of treatment for decades in the functional medicine world, as we have reacted to the dramatic increase in autoimmune disease in the last 70 years.… Continue reading High Dose Vitamin D for Autoimmune Disease

May 23, 2016 Whole Coffee Extract and Brain Growth Reference:  British Journal of Nutrition, Futurceuticals Study, Ever heard of BDNF? Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor. BDNF. It’s the Holy Grail of brain health. It’s the hormone that makes brain cells grow. You want BDNF. Folks with Alzheimer’s don’t have any. It plays a role in helping memory get cemented… Continue reading Whole Coffee Fruit Extract, Memory and BDNF

May 16, 2016 B3 – Nicotinamide, the Anti-Aging Silver Bullet  References: Science May 2016,  Published May 16, 2016 Nicotinamide is the B vitamin your body makes after taking Niacin. Niacin makes you flush when you take a bunch of it, and that is caused by the conversion to Nicotinamide. Our bodies being as crafty and complex as… Continue reading B3 Nicotinamide, The Anti-Aging Silver Bullet

May 09, 2016 Sirt-1 and Saving Your Brain  References:  PNAS 2013,   We need three things to make it to healthy aging: our eyes, our knees and our brains. At the current rate, 50% of us are getting Alzheimer’s if we get to age 85. Bummer. The means by which Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) causes its havoc… Continue reading SIRT-1 and Saving Your Brain