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January 09, 2022 “Benign” Incidental Tumors on Adrenal Glands are Common This is a hugely important study that may go a very long way to explaining puzzling conundrums in menopausal women. Most notably, “Why can’t I lose weight?” or “Why do I have high blood pressure suddenly out of the blue?”. You may have never… Continue reading Benign Incidentalomas of the Adrenals are Common and Cause Trouble

January 02, 2022 COVID Metabolomics Finds Monolaurin as a Predictor of Mortality We have referenced this before, metabolomics, and here it is again around COVID. It becomes more important to understand. With Omicron surging at 5-7 times infectivity rate, you may want to pay attention to this idea. What is metabolomics? It is the study… Continue reading Monolaurin Prevents COVID Mortality

December 27, 2021 Heterochronic Parabiosis – It’s Longevity Right in Your Blood If I were to tell you that I could take an old mouse and make it suddenly perform like a much younger mouse by exchanging half its blood with a young mouse, you would raise an eyebrow. And if I showed you the… Continue reading Heterochronic Parabiosis, a Path into Exosomes

December 19, 2021 L-theanine and the Curious Longevity of the Japanese The Japanese live longer than any other G7 nation. In part, that is because of lower rates of obesity. They have less heart disease, prostate, and breast cancer. They eat more fish and seaweed (iodine). And they drink green tea. As they immigrate to… Continue reading L-theanine and the Curious Longevity of the Japanese

December 12, 2021 Phosphatidylcholine Prevents Diabetes You have no idea what cognitive dissonance this study evokes! This might be a whole new field of inquiry opening up, or it may be sloppy research and bad statistics. The Finns have done pretty impressive, evidence-based medicine in their research. For being a country off on the edge… Continue reading Phosphatidylcholine Prevents Diabetes

December 05, 2021 Vitamin K2 and COVID Revisited We have written a column on the curious resistance of the Japanese to COVID-19 being associated with the consumption of natto. Natto is a unique Japanese dish, eaten mostly for breakfast, and made from fermented soybeans. The Fukushima prefecture eats the most natto and has had the… Continue reading Vitamin K2, Vitamin D, and COVID Revisited

November 26, 2021 Taurine, and the Longevity of the Japanese If I told you that I can explain the major reason some folks didn’t get strokes or heart attacks, you would push me away and challenge me. No way! I get asked that question all the time. Why do women live longer? Why are the… Continue reading Taurine and the Longevity of the Japanese

November 14, 2021 Brain Volume and Cognitive Decline It’s a cardinal feature of Alzheimer’s. A shrunken brain. In fact, we have known since Rosser’s Study in Neurology that the volume of the brain correlates directly with the level of cognitive function, and the rate of decline of volume is directly matched to the rate of… Continue reading Brain Volume and Cognitive Decline

November 07, 2021 Triglycerides and Longevity Yup! Your triglycerides tell a lot about you. In fact, they might be the most important part of your cholesterol profile. Here is the physiology, and the implications it has. Note, cholesterol isn’t the main story. First of all, we now recognize that high triglycerides come about because of… Continue reading Triglycerides Predict Longevity And We Know How

October 31, 2021 Increase dopamine, take a cold shower Anxiety and depression are just about the most common maladies of our modern era. Lack of motivation, low productivity, low mood, and restless malaise make for a miserable life. Low dopamine could be part of this formula, and its repair could be central to leading a… Continue reading Raise Your Dopamine with a Cold Shower