You Can’t Fool Mother Nature
“I can’t eat fish, I am a strict Vegan!” I have heard that rather often in my career. Now in most cases Vegans and Vegetarians decide to consume at least the oil from fish, sans the capsules and of course the fish itself. But a whole industry has been spawned (no pun intended) around “alternate”
Tips to Defeat SADs- Or How to Stay Happy Year Round
SADs, or seasonal affective disorders are a form of depression that strike some 30% of people in the U.S. and more in North America in general. While they more common in Northern latitudes they are still common enough everywhere to be of concern for how you feel and how you perform. The most common form
Why We Get Fat and the World’s Best Diet
I am taking a short break and stepping off my telomere / fish oil soap box to revisit a topic that in the past was a big favorite: diet and obesity. As I mentioned in my last blog my descent and resurrection from obesity is graphically detailed on when I revisit the best kind of
New Cancer Pathway Involves Telomeres
Drum roll and trumpets please! A new cancer causing pathway has been found. It involves telomeres of course. I bring it to your attention though, not for what it has shown us, but for how it its marketed. You see even scientists know they stand a better chance of getting recognition if they blow the
TTAGGG You’re It! Stress, Disease and Telomere Length
The repeating sequence of the Telomere-TTAGGG has proven to be a gold mine for determining biologic age ( how old your body is acting!) and disease prognosis ( how bad you are likely to get something) as well as the effects of stress. A recent study on the effects of racism on the telomere length
Marginally Metaphysical- What All Your Experiences Have in Common
Nootropics-Brain Supplements- are a dirty word these days. Our dear regulatory friends at the alphabet agencies have launched yet another “anti” campaign at this class of supplements. Have you ever wondered why I avoid the word when discussing Brain Force One? Apparently, the concept that providing raw materials that modify brain function is a stretch
Scientific Graffiti and Permanent Vacations
I grew up in an area that is not what you’d call sophisticated. The word Alzheimer’s was and still occasionally is referred to as “Old Timer’s Disease”. Today’s article is going to include that, but take a more global perspective about the aging brain in general. I apologize to any neurologists out there for the
A dangerous friend
When I was in high school, I had a few friends I would call dangerous. They liked me for some reason, but they were not the kind of people you’d hang around, as they were constantly in fights or trouble with the law. As far as I know, none of them amounted to much and
Weird Questions I Have Been Asked About Food
I get asked for advice on everything it seems. I am not sure if it is my generally approachable personality, or some weird glow some people see that makes them think I know everything. The following are some of the things that people believe and ask me for input, that I actually do know the answer to. 1) Doc, is
The Truth About Rancid Fish Oil
You hear a lot about the dangers of taking rancid fish oil. You here about how bad it is for you. You hear about the dangers of oxidized fatty acids in your body from rancid fish oil. And of course, finally, you hear you should not take fish oil but some other marine-based Omega 3
Dietary approaches to prevent aging
As you may know already, I wrote a book on telomeres back in 2010 called the [eafl id=”2395″ name=”The Immortality Edge” text=”The Immortality Edge”]. While this was a ‘telomere centric’ book, it did focus on all kinds of things to help keep those biologic time clocks ticking. In spite of criticism, I maintained (and still
From fish to nuts – what is the real health food?
I get a lot of emails from people who don’t like to eat fish and others who are concerned about mercury in fish. I can understand both. When I was a kid, the fish we got here in Pennsylvania was anything but fresh and it did not leave a pleasant experience in my memory. In the
Well-being by Special Delivery
As time goes, on people realize more and more the importance of treating your body to the best. It seems like every day there is a new oil claiming to be “as good as” fish oil. Some come from birds, some come from plants, some come from plankton, but none have the weight of evidence that
The best revenge if you are overweight
Most of the focus in Western society is on the appearance of fat. We have billions of dollars in the sales of diet pills that come and go. As usual, until Big Pharma comes up with a safe, viable (read: incredibly profitable) diet pill, the concept of “diet pills” remains a dirty little secret. No
Clean eating can stop heart disease
Heart disease is currently the number one killer of Americans and has been for decades. It takes more lives and ends more dreams than cancer. It claims 5x as many lives as infections and strokes. And in most cases is it is preventable. With the exception of rare genetic mutations, heart disease could be staved
What is your life worth
When I ask people that question you’d be surprised at the answers I get. The dollar values go from $10,000 on the low side (no, I am not kidding) to priceless. And of course there are the people unwilling to even play this as a game who say, “every life is priceless”. So, I am
Huge news: The Newest Weapons Grade Fish Oil!
Short version: I am introducing the most potent, non-drug fish oil on the market. It is a minimum of 85% EPA and DHA and may range up to 92% at maximum. It is as close to 100% Pharmaceutical Grade Fish oil as you can possibly get. And it has been tested out to parts per
Fish oil and cancer
This week, the National Academy of Sciences released a statement, saying that Omega 3 fatty acids (which are EPA and DHA, found in fish oil) may help treat or even prevent cancer. Those are their words, not mine and given the possibility of me winding up prosecuted for even thinking such things, I want you
If there is a history of eye problems in your family you need to know this
I had the wonderful opportunity to present info on telomeres to the St Louis Optometry Society along with my co-author Dr Mike Fossel. There was of course a lot of information on Omega 3 fish oil by me and several other presenters. The main info centered around the prevention of America’s number 1 cause of
A Sea of Wanting, A Sea of needing
Someone asked me the other day what it’s like to speak to a large audience about staying young and healthy. My reply startled her. I said it was like looking out over a sea of wanting and needing. “What do you mean?” she asked. I said, “There are so many motivated people who want to
How to Protect Yourself from the Effects of Junk Food
Over a decade ago I created what I called “Dr Dave’s Pizza Hypothesis”. At the time, pizza had just overtaken the hamburger as America’s Number One Junk food. I postulated that if one ate a big ugly fat-laden meal, like Pizza, finishing it off with a big dose of fish oil capsules along with a