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Friday Favorites: Elderberry Benefits and Side Effects – Does It Help with Colds and the Flu?
How effective are flu shots, elderberries, echinacea, and cranberries? What else can we do for the common cold? Check out: • Can Gargling Prevent the Common Cold? ( ) • Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics? ( ) • Kiwifruit for the Common Cold ( ) • Preserving Athlete Immunity with Chlorella ( ) • […]
Continue readingThe Benefits and Risks of Probiotic Supplements
Probiotics can actually interfere with microbiome recovery after antibiotics, rather than facilitate it. What probiotics can and can’t do. For more on probiotics, see: • Gut Feelings: Probiotics and Mental Health ( ) • Preventing and Treating Diarrhea with Probiotics ( ) • Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics? ( ) • Should Probiotics Be […]
Continue readingHow Much Exercise Is Too Much?
How much should you exercise per day and per week? It may be prudent to limit chronic, vigorous exercise to no more than an hour a day and no more than five hours a week, taking at least one or two days off. For runners, the recommended upper limit for longevity benefits is 30 miles […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: Just How Bad Is Hospital Food?
What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business? Have you seen my earlier video on junk food in hospitals? Check out Hospitals Profit on Junk Food ( ). For more on how the profit motive is degrading America’s health, see: • The […]
Continue readingDoes Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan?
I was surprised by how much controversy is in the medical literature over whether the apparent longevity benefits of exercise are even real. Isn’t that mind-blowing? This is the third video in a four-part series. If you missed the first two, see How Many Steps Should We Get Every Day? ( ) and Exercise is […]
Continue readingExercise Is Medicine
The evidence supporting the overall health benefits of physical activity is overwhelming. This is the second video in a four-part series. See How Many Steps Should We Get Every Day? ( ). If you missed the first one. Stay tuned for the mind-blowing Does Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan? ( ). And, […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: Ochratoxin and Breakfast Cereals, Herbs, Spices, and Wine
One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycotoxins, fungal toxins in moldy foods, such as oats. Most food crops are contaminated with fungal mycotoxins, but some are worse than others. This is the first and second videos in a four-part series on mold toxins. The other […]
Continue readingHow Many Steps Should We Get Every Day?
The official exercise recommendations are a “trade-off between optimizing health outcomes and minimizing requirements for individuals,” but what does the science say is best? This is the first video in a four-part series. Stay tuned for Exercise Is Medicine ( ), Does Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan? ( ), and How Much […]
Continue readingAre Fish or Fish Oil Supplements Good for the Heart?
Five massive new trials have been published recently, randomizing tens of thousands to various formulations of fish oil supplements versus placebo. For more on fish oil, see: • PCBs in Children’s Fish Oil Supplements ( ) • Omega-3s and the Eskimo Fish Tale ( ) • Omega 3s, Prostate Cancer, and Atrial Fibrillation ( ) […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: Fasting to Treat Depression
Caloric restriction can boost levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is considered to play a critical role in mood disorders. Check out the follow-up video: How to Boost Brain BDNF Levels for Depression Treatment ( ). I did a webinar series on fasting. You can find the whole bundle here in a digital download […]
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