“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 at least the oil from fish, sans the capsules and of course the fish itself. But a whole industry has been spawned (no pun intended) around “alternate” […]
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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 more common in Northern latitudes they are still common enough everywhere to be of concern for how you feel and how you perform. The most common form
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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: diet and obesity. As I mentioned in my last blog my descent and resurrection from obesity is graphically detailed on when I revisit the best kind of
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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 it has shown us, but for how it its marketed. You see even scientists know they stand a better chance of getting recognition if they blow the
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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 ( how bad you are likely to get something) as well as the effects of stress. A recent study on the effects of racism on the telomere length
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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 you ever wondered why I avoid the word when discussing Brain Force One? Apparently, the concept that providing raw materials that modify brain function is a stretch
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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 article is going to include that, but take a more global perspective about the aging brain in general. I apologize to any neurologists out there for the
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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 people you’d hang around, as they were constantly in fights or trouble with the law. As far as I know, none of them amounted to much and
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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 think I know everything. The following are some of the things that people believe and ask me for input, that I actually do know the answer to. 1) Doc, is
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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 fatty acids in your body from rancid fish oil. And of course, finally, you hear you should not take fish oil but some other marine-based Omega 3
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