In Part 1 which I sent out as an email to my list (hint, hint!), I said a lot of things about a lot of people we follow. I pointed out that we need to do and be something very different than what most people tell us to do if we are going to change […]
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The strangest things come up in science. Every week there is a “new pathway” or a new “possibility of a drug that will help in the fight against cancer”. Sometimes it’s new dietary advice or a reiteration of some previous advice. But what do we really know and what can we actually hang our hats
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Part 3 – What we really know about exercise The “What We Really Know About …” series has become quite popular so here is another installment on Exercise. If you want to read some background on this I suggest you check out my blog post, written almost exactly one year ago that compares aerobic versus interval exercise.
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Telomeres, found at the end of our chromosomes, are also known as the “biologic time clocks” that determine the ultimate possible life and health span of everything from a single cell to the entire organism that we call you or me. Liz Blackburn, the Grand Dame of Telomeres and the 2009 Nobel Laureate, is often
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I hope you caught the initial installment of this yesterday along with the recent blogs on exercise, diet and obesity. Whenever I talk about longevity I always get hit with the “cost factor” It is as if I am personally responsible for the cost of things that maintain telomeres, super high quality fish oil, stem cell therapy and
Whenever I talk about longevity I always get hit with the “cost factor” Read More »
I always introduce new concepts and alert people to what to watch out for. One of the small chunks of what I am going to talk about is mitochondrial medicine. If you don’t know what that is have no fear most people don’t either! Probably because it does not really exist yet! But it will
Later is not Longer! Read More »
The progressive loss of muscle with aging is recognized as a problem but not considered a disease. Like most things associated with aging I personally consider aging the disease and the muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, as a symptom or sign if you prefer of aging. It is often associated with dynopenia which is the
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It may seem obvious but the number one overlooked question a doctor doesn’t ask his/her/ patients is how are you sleeping. Honestly when I was in full blown clinical practice I did not ask that question enough because it often led to a request for benzodiazepine drugs (valium etc.). In those days we did not
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It’s always interesting to me to see the newest and greatest from the best and brightest. Innovation often comes in the form of entertainment these days and I honestly have to tell you it makes me wonder. I look at life and time as a finite resource in spite of the fact that I expect
The Key to Enhanced Productivity-The Role of Dreaming Read More »
One of my long-time patients and Vitamin Beta testers had a great phrase to describe my new Brain Force One. Normally a quiet body building type, this guy caught me completely off guard with his eloquent exclamation, “It’s like being on the Juice, but for your brain!” He was referring to the old term body
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