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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…
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…
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:…
Telomeres and Stress: How Chronic Stress Shortens Telomere Length
A telomere expert explains the link between telomeres and stress. How chronic stress and cortisol shorten telomere length, and what actually slows it down.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dietary approaches to prevent aging
As you may know already, I wrote a book on telomeres back in 2010 called the . While this was a ‘telomere centric’ book, it did focus on…
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…
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…