Magnesium is an essential nutrient that you may be lacking. It is a cofactor in hundreds of enzymatic processes in the body, yet many people are completely unaware of the health challenges that can ensue from an insidious deficiency. Let’s explore the need for magnesium, for a blood test to evaluate your magnesium status, and…
Rethinking Magnesium
March 23, 2022
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Medicinal Mushrooms: The New Power Food
Mushrooms come in many different shapes and colors and grow best in warm moist soil full of decaying organic material. They are nature’s recyclers, breaking down what has died so it can be used to create new life. Since they contain no chlorophyll like green plants, they can’t perform photosynthesis. Consequently, they must get all…
Biology of Aging Study Shows Why Curbing Calories Counts
March 21, 2022
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The NIH’s National Institute on Aging (NIA) broadly invests in research to find ways to help people live longer and healthier. As people age, they are more likely to have multiple chronic diseases, and NIA-supported research studies reflect a strong focus on geroscience. This advancing area of science seeks to understand the mechanisms that make aging…
Healing Allergy Inflammation With Stinging Nettle (+Recipe)
Many of us look forward to Spring. The weather warms up. We start spending more time outdoors. Plants are growing, and flowers are blooming everywhere. When spring is in the air, so is pollen. For those of us with seasonal allergies, spring is not as lovely. Fortunately, nature has a way with timing and can…
Fence Rows and Gut Health
Top of the morning to you! Some things never change. I wrote the following story one April quite a few years ago. I re-read it recently and was impressed with how true it still is. In fact, gut health science, knowledge and research has exploded in the last decade. Every place you turn today, some…
Natural Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy
What natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy are there? Women who decide not to supplement their declining levels of estrogen with prescription hormones may want to choose from a variety of “natural” remedies that may help relieve their menopausal symptoms. Black cohosh root may bring some relief from hot flashes, with potentially fewer side effects…
How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy With Prebiotic Foods
If you look at the classics, the most frequently cited articles in the scientific nutrition literature, the original glycemic index paper comes out at #10, cited over a thousand times. Learning about fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention was a hallmark. But hitting the top five, cited more than 2,000 times, “Dietary modulation of the human…
Beans, Microbes, and Immunity
Beans, lentils, and split peas are rich in fiber, resistant starch, and plant protein, and they are a low-glycemic carbohydrate source. The health benefits of these legumes sometimes get overlooked, but adding beans to your diet promotes weight loss, cardiovascular health, and insulin sensitivity. The Microbiome in Action The human microbiome is a complex collection…
Onions Put to the Test for Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS Treatment
March 16, 2022
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In my last video on onions, I talked about the data supporting—or not supporting—the role of onions in boosting testosterone in men, protecting bone health, controlling allergies, and dealing with chemo side effects. What about weight loss? Enter the effect of steamed onion consumption on body fat in overweight subjects. The researchers used steamed onions…
Fighting the Ten Hallmarks of Cancer with Food
“The vast majority of cancer research is devoted to finding cures, rather than finding new ways to prevent disease.” And the results of these skewed priorities are plain to see: 2021 is the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s declaration of war on cancer, and the death tolls from the most common forms of cancer in the…
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