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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:…
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…
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 (…
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 [eafl id=”2395″ name=”The Immortality Edge” text=”The Immortality Edge”]. While this was a…
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…
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. …