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Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer (Part 2)
Continuation of: Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer Part 1 ——————————————— In actuality the hormonal changes in men are not nearly as universal as they are in women. Some men…
Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer (Part 1)
It is often suggested that Prostate cancer is the male equivalent of Breast cancer. There are some striking similarities. Both are hormonally driven and both occur with increasing frequency…
Hard as Nails versus Tough as Nails – more than a name!
I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine the other day about character, specifically strength of character. The phrase “Hard as nails” came up over and…
Does being a fitness fanatic make you live longer?
Dr. Dave on the research linking extreme exercise to longevity. Where the J-curve bends and where dedicated lifters and runners get the dose wrong.
Cancer and other bad genes
A question I have heard from thoughtful patients for years. If natural selection is supposed to weed out bad genes, why do we still have so many of…
A giant step for mankind that started with a mouse!
This past week dropped several major releases in the anti aging research field, and one of them, a study from Maria Blasco’s group, is large enough that I…
Your control over cancer
I have spent a lot of time arguing that diet, sleep, training, meditation, and targeted supplementation are the main levers for healthspan. The mechanism that pulls all of…
Does flax or soy increase the risk of breast and prostate cancer?
I said, a long time ago, that I would tell you when I changed my mind. Here is one of those times. Back in 2005, I wrote that…
Vitamin D and weight loss – not what you think!
Vitamin D has had a great decade in the press. Some of the enthusiasm is earned. Some of it has tipped into the kind of religious devotion that…
The Matrix
We have a real matrix in our bodies. It is called the extracellular matrix, the ECM, and it falls under the broader heading of fascia. Most people who…
The return of the Big Bad Wolf – lessons learned from Vitamin A studies
A patient asked me, last week, whether she should still be worried about vitamin A. She had read somewhere that high-dose vitamin A causes lung cancer and that…
Spring training
Since I train year round, I cannot help but notice the huge increase in people on “my” trails and “my” equipment, at the gym. I have been spoiled…