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How to Prevent Skin Cancer with Diet
A randomized controlled trial found that a low-fat diet can result in a ten-fold lower skin cancer rate. If you missed the previous video, see The Best Supplement to Prevent Skin Cancer ( ). Does Sunscreen Cause or Prevent Skin Cancer? ( ). Check out the video to find out. I also have an older […]
Continue readingThe Best Supplement to Prevent Skin Cancer
Oral nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, has been shown to prevent skin cancers in high-risk patients and cause precancerous lesions to disappear. The skin aging video I mentioned is The Benefits of Topical Niacinamide for Reversing Skin Aging ( ). In the next video, I look at How to Prevent Skin Cancer with Diet […]
Continue readingIs FDA-Approved Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Safe?
As of 2019, there are urine-free FDA-approved bioidentical hormones that skirt the standardization concerns of compounded preparations. Are they any safer? I recently produced a bunch of videos on menopause symptoms. Check out: • Menopausal Hot Flashes Are Not Inevitable ( ) • Soy Foods for Menopause Hot Flash Symptoms ( ) • Dietary Approach […]
Continue readingFriday Favorite: Benefits of Garlic for Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold
Raw garlic is compared to roasted, stir-fried, simmered, and jarred garlic. The other video I mentioned is Benefits of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease ( ). What else can garlic do? • Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Garlic & Onions ( ) • Garlic & Raisins to Prevent Premature Birth ( ) • Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic […]
Continue readingHow to Prevent Wrinkles with Diet
The evidence supports the recommendation to follow a whole food, plant-based diet for healthier looking skin, and for preventing and reducing wrinkles. The other videos I mentioned: • The Best Diet for Healthy Aging ( ) • How to Naturally Reduce Wrinkles with Food ( ) • How to Convert Into an Equol Producer ( […]
Continue readingDoes Increasing Protein Intake Slow Age-Related Muscle Mass Loss?
Adding extra protein to the diets of older men and women is put to the test for slowing the loss of muscle mass. There is something that can help when added to a progressive strength-training regimen. See What Is Creatine? Can It Treat Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss with Age)? ( ) and Are There Any Side […]
Continue readingDoes Astragalus Have Benefits for Life Extension and Fighting Cancer?
One of the most popular herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, astragalus root is marketed as a "life-prolonging" tonic. Are there independently verified benefits? What is telomerase? Find out in What to Eat to Prevent Telomere Shortening ( ) For more on the effects of plants on cancer, check out: • The Impacts of Plant-Based Diets […]
Continue readingFriday Favorite: Is Millet Healthy?
Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most healthful? What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes to one and a third cup of millet every day? Isn’t it mind-blowing that […]
Continue readingMedically Assisted Death
Physician-assisted suicide–perhaps more accurately termed physician-assisted dying or medical aid in dying–allows the terminally ill to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of a lethal dose of medication expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose. Check out my series on voluntarily stopping eating and drinking: • How to Die a Good Death ( […]
Continue readingThe TAME Trial: Targeting Aging with Metformin
Some people without diabetes have started taking metformin in a bid to live longer, but do the risks outweigh the benefits? If you have diabetes, metformin can make things better, but if you don’t, the drug may make things worse. This is the final video in my AMPK anti-aging pathway series. If you missed any, […]
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