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November 2022
November 19 Easing re-entry with sleep and stress support CV Sciences B vitamins demonstrate positive action against COVID-19 By Nicola Gordon-Seymour, www.nutraingredients.com November 18, 2022 Oklahoma proposes landmark rule to keep mailed medications safe from extreme temperatures By Adiel Kaplan, www.nbcnews.com November 17,…read more
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Is cancer really just a fungal infection?
Recently, a popular website, Gizmodo, regaled readers with the headline: “Our Cancers Are Filled With Fungi”, with the tagline “New research shows that many cancers play host to their own unique microbiomes of fungi, which may affect our chances of surviving them.”…read more
Categories:Cancer
Leyla Weighs In: The dangers of very low cholesterol
Cholesterol is not a foe in and of itself. Here’s why: Cholesterol is a necessary substance in our bodies. It’s part of all of our cell membranes—the phospholipid membrane. As much as 80 percent of cholesterol is produced by the…read more
Categories:Heart Disease Heart Health
NYC Mayor Adams’ misguided hospital diet “reforms”
Last week, New York City’s government website NYC.gov triumphantly announced: “Mayor Adams, NYC Health and Hospitals CEO Katz, Announce Successful Rollout and Expansion of Plant-Based Meals as Default Option for Patients in NYC Public Hospitals” A default option means that, unless you…read more
Categories:Nutrition Controversies
Nitric oxide boasts critical impact on cardiovascular and sexual health
As we age, our natural production of nitric oxide (NO) goes down. This has a critical impact on functions that rely on the vasodilation properties of nitric oxide, like cardiovascular and sexual health. To successfully support the body’s ability to…read more
Categories:Heart Health Men’s Health Sexual Health Sponsored Supplements
Nutrition for strength and endurance
Is there evidence that certain diet regimens or supplements enhance athletic performance? There’s an entire field—Sports Nutrition—that banks on that supposition. Are the claims for various muscle-building products legit? A recent review by the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) attempts to…read more
Categories:Exercise General Nutrition Supplements
October 2022
October 29 White House still expects new COVID boosters will offer better protection, but two new studies cast doubt By Alexander Tin, cbsnews.com, October 28, 2022 Metabolite product from pomegranate: Researchers identify way to boost tumor-fighting immune cell Immunity, 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.09.014…read more
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September is Sexual Health Month—Is there a diet connection?
To commemorate Sexual Health Month, let’s tackle the question: Can you eat your way to optimal sexual performance? That was the subject of a chapter that I co-wrote with Intelligent Medicine co-contributor Leyla Muedin in the Dr. Andrew Weil textbook Integrative Sexual Health. Judging…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Sexual Health
Cocoa flavanols boost cognition, mood and cardiovascular health
By Alan Frost, Founder and President of FlavaNaturals
As a chocolate lover, I was getting fewer of the benefits and more of the extra calories even from 90% cocoa bars. Now with FlavaNaturals I’m assured of obtaining the full health dividends of cocoa flavanols along with great taste,…read more
Device anxiety
There are plenty of reasons to be anxious these days. There’s Covid, politics, the economy, looming environmental catastrophe, crime, the threat of World War III, not to mention the usual personal things—your health, your job or school, relationship dynamics, financial…read more
Categories:Mental and Emotional Health
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Lately there’s been a lot of buzz about protein. Protein bars are all the rage.…
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Q: One of the weight loss systems advertised on radio claims that you have to balance…
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In the latest attempt to remove “stigma” from medical terminology, liver specialists have come up…
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