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April 25, 2016 Low Fat Milk Makes You Fat Reference:  Arch of Disease of Child 2016,  Did you hear the news this week about milk? It’s simple. A longitudinal study 0f over 10,000 American children was performed to evaluate the effect of drinking low fat (1% milk) versus 2% or full fat milk (3.25%). Now, recognize… Continue reading Low Fat Milk Makes You Fat

April 18, 2016 Selenium, Alzheimer’s and Competition for Nutrition   Reference: Frontiers of Aging 2014, Mayo Labs, Science News   Selenium isn’t a supplement we think about much. We get a fair amount of it when we eat Brazil nuts, but also broccoli, organ meats, seafood, grains and breads. Generally, it is thought that we need about 55 mcg a day… Continue reading Selenium, Alzheimer’s and Competition for Nutrition

April 11, 2016 Cut the Risk of Cancer with Vitamin D   Reference Science News, PLOS One,   Let’s get to the chase. The Institute of Medicine, the supposed gurus and final authority of truth, justice, and the American way decided that a level of 20 ng was enough for humans, and could be achieved in most Americans with… Continue reading Cancer Risk Drops with Vitamin D

April 04, 2016 Magnesium Stearate: Supplement Toxin?   Reference:   Mercola, Kresser, Wikipedia,   What is Magnesium Stearate? I’ve been asked about it a couple of times and decided to do my own investigation.   If you look on the bottle of your supplements from many major, reputable supplement manufacturers, you will find it listed as an ingredient in addition to the… Continue reading Magnesium Stearate, Supplement Poison?

March 28, 2016 Resistant Starch – Secret Super Food? Reference:  AJCN, 2005,, International Jr Obesity Have you heard of resistant starch? It’s been making the rounds and has even sparked some books. In its simplest explanation, it’s starch that isn’t easily digested. There are actually four different categories that have been sorted out so far. 1) starches attached… Continue reading Resistant Starch: Super Food

March 21, 2016 Lead’s Effect May Last Lifetimes   Published:  March 21, 2016   Reference: Science News 2016, Translational Psychiatry   The recent controversy about lead in Flint, Michigan has raised the topic of lead poisoning again. Lead removal from America has been one of the public health victories of the last century.   We have gotten it out of our… Continue reading Lead’s Effect May Last LIFETIMES (plural)

March 14, 2016 Nothing is More Interesting than Rapamycin   Reference: AntiOxid and Redox Signal 2015, Chris Kresser Podcast, Nature   Published:  March 14, 2016   Rapamycin? Sounds like an antibiotic. It is! And it might be the most interesting antibiotic ever.   What makes it interesting is that it impacts the mTOR pathway, which is the most primitive pathway of metabolism of… Continue reading Nothing is More Interesting than Rapamycin

March 07, 2016 To Live Long, Senescent Cells Gotta Go   Reference: Nature Feb 2016,   Your cells in your body are constantly dividing, up to a limit. Once they reach that limit, they stop. They are now “senescent”.   They have gotten old. Instead of doing their job, they are in the way and stop performing. Worse, they pump… Continue reading Senescent Cells and Living Longer

February 29, 2016 Testosterone and Risk of Alzheimer’s in Men   Reference: Moffat Neurology 2004,   Testosterone, all about men’s sexual health, right?   Well, that is true, and it certainly is what most men think is most important, but it’s certainly not all. And here we have today a reference study of the importance of testosterone to men’s brain… Continue reading Testosterone and the Risk of Alzheimer’s in Men

February 22, 2016 2016 Food Guidelines are Here! Seismic Shift   Published: Feb 22, 2016 Reference:   J Acad Nutrit Diet, Health.gov,   Finally, the 2015 Guidelines have been published – 6 months late. So they called them 2016 Guidelines and haven’t even actually published them, just a teaser page saying they are coming and a reference to studies looking… Continue reading 2016 Food Guidelines Are Here