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March 10, 2024 LDLs Play Little to NO ROLE in Heart Disease Half of us are dying of heart disease so this is no trivial matter. Our obsession with cholesterol started with President Eisenhower who had multiple heart attacks while in the White House, with a stroke thrown in for good measure. He finally died of congestive… Continue reading LDLs play Little to NO Role in Mortality

March 03, 2024 Carbon 60 Buckyballs, Are They Good for You? When you see the following statement, “Carbon 60 is the most powerful antioxidant currently known – over 270 times stronger than vitamin C!”, you might think this is something to explore. Is there any validity to the breathless claims that rats treated with it… Continue reading Carbon-60, Buckyball. Is it good for you?

February 25, 2024 Very High Levels of HDL Lipids are a High Risk for Dementia You have always been told that HDL is your “good” cholesterol, the more the better. Well, the shine has come off the apple. HDL over 80 isn’t so good. There appears to be a U-shaped curve with increasing benefit up… Continue reading High Levels of HDL are a Risk for Dementia

February 19, 2024 Long COVID and the Cause of Extended Fatigue Did you see the headlines this week? “Long COVID Destroys Your Exercise Capacity”. It’s a pretty good study looking at the exercise capacity of long COVID patients and how their residual fatigue can go on for months. There is clearly damage to mitochondria with… Continue reading Long COVID and the Cause of Extended Fatigue

February 12, 2024 Have We Had Diabetes Backwards all These Years? This is huge. This is why you are fat and can’t get “unfat”. Let’s explore. Our current standard teaching of diabetes is that you are diabetic because you are insulin-resistant. You are insulin-resistant because you are too fat. Avoid carbs like the plague and… Continue reading Have We Had Diabetes Backwards – The Randall Cycle

February 05, 2024 Galectin 3 Perpetuates and Amplifies Inflammation Ever heard of Galectin? It’s a protein that turns on inflammation and is being found to play an outsized role in diabetes. It may be the key link to the level of inflammation that you feel in your joints. It was first discovered with respect to… Continue reading Galectin 3 Amplifies and Perpetuates Inflammation

January 28, 2024 Microplastics in Bottled Water Those bottles of fresh spring water, pure and clean! They are everywhere. At work, in the Mall at machines, we think we are getting something pure. Well, we are also getting something on the order of 250,000 particles of nano-plastics per bottle. That’s smaller yet than micro. Researchers… Continue reading Microplastics are in Bottled Water

January 21, 2024 Agave Syrup -Does It Make You Sick? It was on the ingredient label at slot #4 on the “Organic Granola” bag. Agave syrup. It came before the “organic cane sugar” but it was just after the “gluten-free oats” and tree nuts.  You have heard of gluten in oats also, haven’t you? So… Continue reading Does Agave Syrup Make You Sick?

January 14, 2024 Ceramides, the Missing Link Between Fatty Acids and Diabetes I thought ceramides were all about beauty products sold at expensive spas! We do know that ceramides are the fatty acids that make up some 50-70% of the moisture barrier of your skin, keeping water in and germs out. There are some 12… Continue reading Ceramides – The Missing Link with Fat and Diabetes

January 08, 2024 Does Linoleic Acid, (Soybean Oil) Make You Sick? The number one seed oil in the world today that is added to our food is soybean oil. That’s because it is so easy to grow millions of acres of soybeans, and we like fat. It is a necessary fat that we don’t make… Continue reading Does Linoleic Acid (Soybean Oil) Make You Sick