“Experts” slam low carb diets!
Well almost as if on cue dietary experts have weighed in on the low carb versus low fat dietary smack down that showed a superior result from low fat diets. In case you have not been following my Ketogenic diet series I have been eating 60+% of my daily calorie intake from fats, 25% from protein and 15% or
This Week’s Omega 3 Headlines
This week had a plethora of new fish oil headlines- again fish oil, or in one case fish not krill. Here are a couple: New Study: This Common Oil May Harm Your Liver This one is by a certified Health and Happiness Coach, Believer in Magic, and Life Coach. Google of course blasted it all
Sugared sodas cause aging – is Sugar really that bad?!
A recent study by prolific telomere researcher Elisa Epel and colleagues showed that sugared sodas might accelerate aging. Now this may seem like a moot point since most people believe that sugar consumption is unhealthy at least in the form of sugary foods. The picture gets muddier however when you consider the results I reviewed
The Ketogenic Diet Part 15 How to Avoid Some of the Side Effects
I started this series in 2012 and predicted the next wave of “Keto Madness” would occur. It did, so I am adding to the original 14 blog series with some new and I think, useful information. While there is plenty of blow back against high fat ketogenic diets from people who fear any change from
Running Away with the Runway!!!
A few weeks ago I wrote to you about a topic called sarcopenia- muscle loss, and dynopenia, power loss. In that post I stressed the importance of taking care of diminishing CoQ 10 levels that may be associated with aging. Now before you go, “Oh no! More science!!!” let me explain the reason behind
Your Telomeres
The telomere bandwagon is growing albeit slower than I would have thought. [eafl id=”2390″ name=”TA-65″ text=”TA-65″], the only proven telomerase activator with several human studies, now has several “competitors”. I put that in quotes because while there are now at least a half a dozen products directed at telomere health, none of them but TA-65 has
What We Really Know About Aging Part 2
In Part 1 which I sent out as an email to my list (hint, hint!), I said a lot of things about a lot of people we follow. I pointed out that we need to do and be something very different than what most people tell us to do if we are going to change
What we really know about aging- an update with critical advice
The strangest things come up in science. Every week there is a “new pathway” or a new “possibility of a drug that will help in the fight against cancer”. Sometimes it’s new dietary advice or a reiteration of some previous advice. But what do we really know and what can we actually hang our hats
The Exercise Industry’s Dirty Little Secret
Part 3 – What we really know about exercise The “What We Really Know About …” series has become quite popular so here is another installment on Exercise. If you want to read some background on this I suggest you check out my blog post, written almost exactly one year ago that compares aerobic versus interval exercise.
Exercise and Telomeres – Listening to Liz Blackburn
Telomeres, found at the end of our chromosomes, are also known as the “biologic time clocks” that determine the ultimate possible life and health span of everything from a single cell to the entire organism that we call you or me. Liz Blackburn, the Grand Dame of Telomeres and the 2009 Nobel Laureate, is often
Whenever I talk about longevity I always get hit with the “cost factor”
I hope you caught the initial installment of this yesterday along with the recent blogs on exercise, diet and obesity. Whenever I talk about longevity I always get hit with the “cost factor” It is as if I am personally responsible for the cost of things that maintain telomeres, super high quality fish oil, stem cell therapy and
Later is not Longer!
I always introduce new concepts and alert people to what to watch out for. One of the small chunks of what I am going to talk about is mitochondrial medicine. If you don’t know what that is have no fear most people don’t either! Probably because it does not really exist yet! But it will
Combating Muscle Loss With Aging
The progressive loss of muscle with aging is recognized as a problem but not considered a disease. Like most things associated with aging I personally consider aging the disease and the muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, as a symptom or sign if you prefer of aging. It is often associated with dynopenia which is the
Fatigue and Poor Health- Where we are NOT Looking
It may seem obvious but the number one overlooked question a doctor doesn’t ask his/her/ patients is how are you sleeping. Honestly when I was in full blown clinical practice I did not ask that question enough because it often led to a request for benzodiazepine drugs (valium etc.). In those days we did not
Making the Most of Your Mitochondria
If you believe the science stories, once upon a time a hungry anaerobic cell (one that did not use oxygen efficiently for fuel) came across an oxygen user and decided to make a snack out of it. Yum!!! A short while later the anaerobe got what would be the equivalent of tummy aches and began
The Key to Enhanced Productivity-The Role of Dreaming
It’s always interesting to me to see the newest and greatest from the best and brightest. Innovation often comes in the form of entertainment these days and I honestly have to tell you it makes me wonder. I look at life and time as a finite resource in spite of the fact that I expect
When Your Brain is on The Juice!
One of my long-time patients and Vitamin Beta testers had a great phrase to describe my new Brain Force One. Normally a quiet body building type, this guy caught me completely off guard with his eloquent exclamation, “It’s like being on the Juice, but for your brain!” He was referring to the old term body
You Can be More Than A Hacker
Of all the terms that have come out of the current computer idolizing youth generation the term “hacker” disturbs me the most. In its most modern form the definition is “someone who is good at using computers to solve problems”. Other more pertinent definitions to today’s discussion are “someone or something who cuts roughly and
Weed or Feed- Cannabis versus Fish Oil
You may have seen the recent connections between “medical” marijuana and Omega 3 fish oil. I must tell you that this is not really new information. A while back I wrote several blogs and emails about the endocannabinoid system that was discovered in the brain. The initial research suggested that fish oil was indeed a
The Hardest Thing I Have Ever Had to Do
Eight years ago, several years after I started my online business, I completed a task that most people would think should have been the first thing to do in this situation. I created a Multi-Vite and called it Monster Multi with Minerals. I still do, as a matter of fact call it that, although it’s been
Worthless Supplement Could Save Millions
Have you read my blog titled “As I Lay Dying”? That was not the first blog I have written of its type but it is illustrative. Illustrative of what?! Illustrative of the crappy science that the media pumps out to cause controversy and fear. Sound familiar? Well it seems that this is the basis of