Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 2: Comparing Protein Sources

Part 1: Comparing Protein Sources

Sweet poison? New doubts cast over safety of erythritol; Is Greek yogurt a good way to enhance protein intake? Comparing whey, soy, and pea protein isolates; When taking supplements, is it advisable to take periodic breaks to enhance their effectiveness? Tommy John surgery pioneer and longtime Mets medical director dies at 68; Ivermectin, once branded useless “horse paste,” may prove a new weapon against malaria; New findings challenge notion that humans and apes share 99% of their DNA.

Part 2: Keto Diet Scores vs. Parkinson’s

In first-ever study, keto diet scores vs. Parkinson’s; Walk away from dementia; Loneliness can kill, but negative social ties can hasten biological aging; Researchers isolate potent memory compound from sage, rosemary; Sketchy knockoff weight loss drugs are flooding the marketplace; The popular vitamin you shouldn’t take for sarcoidosis; When osteoporosis is so severe that even minor trauma causes rib fractures.

References & Resources

Smithsonian exhibit overstates genetic similarity between humans and apes and should be fixed
By Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design  May 29, 2025 

Ivermectin: The mosquito-killing pill that dropped malaria by 26%
New England Journal of Medicine, 2025; 393 (4): 362 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2411262

Knockoff weight loss drugs from illegal foreign sources
George Karavetsos and the Partnership for Safe Medicines

Compound found in common herbs inspires potential anti-inflammatory for Alzheimer’s disease
Antioxidants, 2025; 14 (3): 293 DOI: 10.3390/antiox14030293

Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be aging you
By David Robson, NewScientist  July 25, 2025

Walk this number of steps each day to cut your risk of dementia
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN  September 6, 2022

NUNM research study explores impact of ketogenic diet on Parkinson’s
Front. Nutr., 22 July 2025, Sec. Clinical Nutrition  Volume 12 – 2025