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How Seniors Can Reduce Cancer Risk

How Seniors Can Reduce Cancer Risk

There’s a lot of talk about the value of taking nutritional supplements. And ultimately, at the end of the day, the question we need to ask is, what does the science have to say about their benefits?  …
Beneficial Therapy for ALS

Beneficial Therapy for ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) affects some 30,000 individuals in the United States with 5000 new cases diagnosed every year. It is a neurological condition characterized by progr…
What We Know About Your Alzheimer’s Risk

What We Know About Your Alzheimer’s Risk

We are all at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a disease for which there is absolutely no meaningful pharmaceutical treatment. Previously, the relationship between Alzheimer’s risk and modifiable lifestyle cho…
The Microbiome and Cancer

The Microbiome and Cancer

So much has been written over the past two decades about the important role that the gut microbes play in keeping us healthy. Without question, this science continues to challenge us as we learn more and mo…
Let’s Look Elsewhere in Alzheimer’s Research

Let’s Look Elsewhere in Alzheimer’s Research

As is so often the case in modern medicine, so much of research science tends to focus on single causes as it relates to various disease states. Clearly, if a single cause can be validated it opens the door…
Even Minimal Exercise Reduces Alzheimer’s Risk

Even Minimal Exercise Reduces Alzheimer’s Risk

Sadly, despite incredible advances in our ability to treat so many challenging health threats, we are virtually empty handed as it relates to Alzheimer’s disease. So, it really makes sense to do everything …
Olive Oil Consumption and Reduced Risk of Death

Olive Oil Consumption and Reduced Risk of Death

There’s no question that olive oil consumption is clearly associated with a markedly reduced risk for cardiovascular disease. That finding, in and of itself would certainly support the notion of adding oliv…
PCOS and The Role of Uric Acid

PCOS and The Role of Uric Acid

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), despite its name, is fundamentally an endocrine and metabolic disorder affecting 4-18% of reproductive-age females in America.
How Fasting Affects Uric Acid

How Fasting Affects Uric Acid

As we explore in Drop Acid, in many ways uric acid serves as an alarm signal in the body, alerting metabolism that food is scarce. As such, elevation of uric acid serves to preserve body fat, increases the …
Wearable Devices – Valuable Information About How You Are Sleeping

Wearable Devices – Valuable Information About How You Are Sleeping

We’ve written so much over the past several years about the value of sleep. And the two fundamental parameters that really matter in terms of their impact on a wide variety of health metrics include quantit…