There is a 30 billion dollar industry supporting the use of statins for both primary prevention and secondary prevention (after the fact) of heart attacks. Similarly, hundreds of millions in studies have been spent to “justify the use of statins”. The JUPITER study is the most recent. I have already commented on my expectation that …
Chasing the wrong rabbit – why cholesterol levels are just a distraction Read More »
Identical twins have always been the subject of much study. Since they are genetically identical, much has been made of their proving or disproving the nature versus nurture argument. If you missed that one, it goes like this: Are your genes (nature) the most powerful determinants of your future, or is your environment (nurture) the …
I have written a lot about broccoli and its related Brassica family. Broccoli has long held true “Super Food” status. Unlike some other highly touted foods, it actually has a fairly balanced ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids (although it is extremely low in both) and contains Sulforaphane and Indole 3 Carbinol. …
In the very beginning of our book The Immortality Edge, in my forward, I quote Neil Armstong: “One small step for many, one giant step for mankind,” rendering my opinion on the importance of telomerase therapy and telomere science. That opinion is passing from an opinion to fact. This past week saw several major releases …
A giant step for mankind that started with a mouse! Read More »
I recently posted a link to a “skeptics” site on my Facebook page. I did so primarily because this site underlined my expectations about how buzz words, like epigenetics and telomeres, will be used by marketers who barely scrape the surface of the knowledge base needed to really understand what those words mean. I got …
Angels and demons – A very personal message from me on the mind body connection Read More »
I hope I am not confusing you with my stance on epigenetics. Ever since we wrote our book The Immortality Edge (Wiley 2010) I have stressed the role of things like diet, meditation, supplementation, exercise and sleep regulation, as a way of influencing your future health, wellness and longevity. In my Longevity Now talks last …
Warning: some may find this treatment offensive. Please refrain from ad hominem attacks on me and internet marketer web site citations as “proof” of your rightness and my wrongness. Use logic, science and facts! That I respect. This is a follow on the autism info I published last week; trust me, you will want to …
Diet and Autism – Is High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) the Culprit? Read More »
Because there is so much misinformation on the internet, I occasionally engage in Yahoo! answers. This one, by yours truly, was chosen as the best description of epigenetics. While I probably just did someone’s term paper for them, it may be useful to you as well, especially in keeping with my prior blogs on the …
About a year ago, I gave a lecture in Boise, Idaho, on anti-aging. I spent a fair amount of time on epigenetics. A month or so after that, I spoke at David Wolfe’s Longevity Now Event and predicted epigenetics would be the next big thing. Well that has apparently happened, as there are a ton …
Vitamin D is in the news a lot, over the past few years. Thanks to the efforts of some savvy internet marketers, it has become a “thing” that alternative medicine doctors use, to gather audiences to their sides. While I am not alone, I am among just a few people, who are a little more …