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The best diet ever
Dr. Dave's take on the diet most likely to extend your healthspan. The research, the practical principles, and the version you can actually follow.
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…
I want to be liked
Facebook has redefined the word “like”, so let me start out with a simple request. If you haven’t already done so, please “like” me on Facebook. Do it…
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…
My current take on calorie restriction
Calorie restriction is one of the most studied longevity interventions in the lab. It is also, in my opinion, the most overrated when you try to translate it…
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…
Fighting a losing battle with cancer
The ink had barely dried on the blog below when the following article came out by Dr Ron DePinho, a seminal researcher in the field of telomeres and…
The missing BS detector
I have never been accused of adopting the “Popular Opinion”. Moreover, I make it a point to try to disabuse people of false notions. The problem is of…
The Connectivity Trap
We were in the middle of an important conversation when the call came in. Jack, I will call him, was a middle aged business man, who had a…
Myths and facts about weight loss – the current thinking
As you may have guessed from the phrase “the current thinking”, this stuff is subject to change. Much like diets, the actual testing of exercise routines is based…
The Death Test
Sometimes I get pulled into discussions I would prefer not to have. Most times it’s a result of some stuff on the internet that has been designed to…