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A Testimonial from Dr. Ornish’s Alzheimer’s Progression Reversal Study
What does improving the cognition and function of Alzheimer's patients with lifestyle medicine actually translate to in terms of human impact? If you missed Friday’s video, check out Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant-Based Diet? ( ). For more on Alzheimer’s disease, see these videos: • How Not to Age ( ) • […]
Continue readingCan Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant Based Diet?
Dr. Dean Ornish publishes the first randomized controlled trial investigating whether a plant-based diet and lifestyle program may reverse the course of early-stage Alzheimer's disease. For more on Alzheimer’s disease, see these videos: • How Not to Age ( ) • Controversy Around FDA’s Approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab ( ) • Alzheimer’s and […]
Continue readingThe Best Type of Sunscreen to Use
The FDA has concluded that only two sunscreen ingredients can be considered safe: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. This is the final video in my three-part series on sunscreen. If you missed either of the first two, see The Single Most Important Thing for Anti-Aging Skin Care ( ) and Does Sunscreen Cause or Prevent […]
Continue readingDoes Sunscreen Cause or Prevent Skin Cancer?
Sunscreen is put to the test in a randomized controlled trial to see if it can actually prevent skin cancer. The most exciting part of that study is the spontaneous regression of more than 100 precancerous growths in the sunscreen group. They completely vanished! Their body, even in an immunocompromised state, could heal itself once […]
Continue readingThe Single Most Important Thing for Anti-Aging Skin Care
There is nothing more important to slow the facial signs of aging than to protect your skin from the sun. Sunscreen is put to the test in a randomized controlled trial to see if it can actually slow skin aging. Spoiler alert: The single most important thing? Wear sunscreen. The next two videos go into […]
Continue readingHow to Boost Collagen Synthesis with Diet
Which foods can increase collagen deposition and prevent wrinkles? What about all of the vegan “collagen” products on the market? This is the last video in a three-part series on collagen. If you missed the others, see Do Collagen Supplements Work for Skin Aging? ( ) and Collagen Supplements for Arthritis ( ). In my […]
Continue readingCollagen Supplements for Arthritis
Can collagen beat out placebo for knee osteoarthritis? The largest study to date on collagen for joint pain found that collagen did work, but no better than a sugar pill If you missed the previous video, check out Do Collagen Supplements Work for Skin Aging? ( ). How to Boost Collagen Synthesis with Diet is […]
Continue readingDo Collagen Supplements Work for Skin Aging?
I assumed that collagen proteins would get completely broken down in the digestive tract, but I was wrong. Do collagen supplements work? This is the first in a three-video series on collagen. Collagen Supplements for Arthritis ( ) and How to Boost Collagen Synthesis with Diet ( ) are coming up. My new book, How […]
Continue readingMedicine’s Response to the Changing Science on Fluoride Safety
Ironically, the anti-fluoridationists had historically been accused of their "anti-scientific attitudes," but now it’s many of the pro-fluoridationists. How did the medical and dental community react to U.S. regulators’ total 180 over water fluoridation, going from presumptively safe to presumptively dangerous? We can get the best of both worlds with topical application of fluoride, so […]
Continue readingWhy I Changed My Mind on Water Fluoridation
The effects of fluoride on the brain. Based on new research, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program reached a draft conclusion that fluoride should be “presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans." This is the fourth video in a five-part series on water fluoridation. If you missed any […]
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