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August 01, 2021 5-Amino 1 MQ – The Real Key to Weight Loss Have you noticed that as you get a bit older, you have put on a few pounds around your middle? Can’t get rid of it? You have hit on the nexus of middle age and weight gain. The teeter-totter of energy-burning versus… Continue reading 5-amino-1mq, The Ultimate Weight Loss Drug

July 25, 2021 Metabolic Problems of Processed Food #6 Inflammation About 70% of the volume of our immune system is around the gut. Its surface area is some 200 sq meters, much greater than our skin. Starting with the tonsils, there are millions of tiny white cell groupings in the gut that contain immune cells,… Continue reading Metabolic Problems of Processed Foods 6 Inflammation

July 18, 2021 Metabolic Problem of Processed Food Number 5 Membrane Integrity When I read Lustig’s new book, Metabolical, and he listed his eight problems of processed foods, I was stunned by his listing “Membrane Integrity” as #5 on his list. He is the first major author that I have seen to list this. Hurray! It… Continue reading Metabolic Problems of Processed Foods 5 Membrane Integrity

July 11, 2021 Metabolic Problems of Processed Food #4: Insulin Resistance Adult-onset diabetes is high blood glucose AND HIGH insulin. That’s right. High insulin because the core defect in the cell on the path to diabetes is resistance to insulin. That means it takes a higher level of insulin to push glucose into the cell.… Continue reading The Metabolic Problems of Processed Food 4 Insulin Resistance

July 05, 2021 Metabolic Problem of Processed Foods #3 Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mitochondrial dysfunction sounds like it’s a big mouthful, but it is at the heart of all diseases. Big claim. You need mitochondria to make energy. Without them, you lose about 90% of your energy-making capacity. So, you want to make them happy. Now, they… Continue reading The Problem with Processed Foods 3 – Mitochondrial Dysfunction

July 01, 2021 Sperm Counts are Down 50%, Women’s Fertility is Plunging! Did you know that? In the last 50 years men’s sperm counts have declined 50%! One life time! Women of 25, who should be at peak fertility, are less fertile now than their grandmothers were at age 35! Schanna Swan, a environmental and… Continue reading Men’s Sperm Count is Down 50%, Women Have Increasing Infertility

June 28, 2021 Metabolic Problem of Processed Foods #2 Oxidative Stress What is oxidative stress? You hear that word all the time. Do you know what it means? Lustig thinks it is so important, he calls it problem #2, hence this column. Short of reading his book, Metabolical, here is the quickie synopsis. It’s oxygen molecule… Continue reading The Problem with Processed Foods 2 – Oxidative Stress

June 20, 2021 The Eight Metabolic Problems of Processed Foods: #1 Glycation Robert Lustig’s new book, Metabolical, is a tour de force. Read it, if you can take the time. Re-read some of its chapters. He clarifies the core metabolic problems that are literally killing us sooner than we should, all because of food being too… Continue reading The Eight Demons of Eating Fast Food: Number 1 is Glycation

June 13, 2021 A Hot Bath is as Good as Exercise The Romans did it. They built the hot baths at “Bath” 2000 years ago, trying to civilize those feisty Celts. Queen Victoria took a dip. The Japanese do it. The Fins won’t let you build a house or an apartment without a sauna. American’s… Continue reading A Hot Bath (Sauna) is as Good as Exercise

June 06, 2021 Could Ivermectin Help End the COVID Pandemic? This ivermectin story has actually got legs to it. If you want to take the full dive, listen to Dr. Pierre Kory’s full podcast, done June 1. He is one of America’s premier pulmonary/critical care doctors on account of having published more studies than anyone else, but… Continue reading Could Ivermectin Help End the COVID-19 Pandemic?