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Friday Favorites: What Are the Best Foods?
A review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods. This reminds me of my What Are the Healthiest Foods? ( ) video, helpful for some broad takeaways. If you missed the previous video, check out What Are the Best Beverages? ( ). PS: The omega-3s video I mentioned is: Should […]
Continue readingMenopausal Hot Flashes Are Not Inevitable
Why do 85 percent of menopausal women suffer hot flashes in some countries but only 15 percent in others? I continue with this topic in the next video, Soy Foods for Menopause Hot Flash Symptoms ( ). Also see Dietary Approach to Naturally Treating Menopause Symptoms ( ). I recently did a series on vaginal […]
Continue readingDoes Prevagen Really Work?
Why did the makers of Prevagen settle a class action lawsuit in 2020 with the FTC over deceptive business practices and false advertising? A couple of weeks ago, I released a video on a controversial Alzheimer’s drug that used the same scam: Controversy Around FDA’s Approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab ( ). With supplements […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: The 3,500 Calorie per Pound Rule Is Wrong
How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound of body fat? If it were just a matter of your weight settling at the point at which your reduced calorie intake matches your reduced calorie output, it would take years for your weight loss to plateau. Instead, it often […]
Continue readingVSED: The Downsides of Fasting for Ending Life
What are the pros and cons of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to end your life? This is the last video in a three-part series on the process of dying. The first two were How to Die a Good Death ( ) and VSED: The Benefits of Fasting for Ending Life ( ). Please take […]
Continue readingVSED: The Benefits of Fasting for Ending Life
Even under hospice with excellent palliative care, some spend their last months in uncontrollable suffering. What can be done in places in the United States that outlaw physician-assisted dying? Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking offers a legal way to have control over the end of your life. The first video in this three-part series was […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: Fasting for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autoimmune Diseases
Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease and autoimmune diseases such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease, glomerulonephritis, and multiple sclerosis, as well as osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. For more on fasting, see: • Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test […]
Continue readingHow to Die a Good Death
Hospice is often framed as “giving up,” but, ironically, hospice patients sometimes actually live longer. I take a look at hospice and palliative care. This is the first of three videos on how to have control over your death. Please take care while watching these videos if this is a difficult topic for you. I’ll […]
Continue readingIs It Possible to Reverse Aging and Live Forever?
Some animals, like the immortal jellyfish, can effectively live forever, so why can’t we? A few weeks ago, I released the book trailer for How Not to Age ( ), which comes out on December 5. Check out the video if you missed it! Whether you’re striving to live long enough to live forever or […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: What Are the Best Beverages?
A review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda. Check out what the exhaustive review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews on major diet-related chronic diseases found for food groups in What Are the Best Foods? (( ). The alcohol video I mentioned was: Is It Better to Drink a […]
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