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Ultra-processed Foods Threaten Your Brain

Ultra-processed Foods Threaten Your Brain

I’ve been writing a lot as of late about the threat posed by ultra-processed foods, (UPFs), specifically as it relates to the brain. And wouldn’t you know it. Just today, a powerful study appeared in the jou…
Simple Steps to Regain and Preserve Your Metabolic Health w/Dr. Casey Means

Simple Steps to Regain and Preserve Your Metabolic Health w/Dr. Casey Means

In this installment in The Empowering Neurologist Podcast we are thrilled to have a very special guest, and longtime friend, Dr. Casey Means, co-author of the groundbreaking book, Good Energy. Good Energy is…
Internet Usage May Reduce Dementia Risk

Internet Usage May Reduce Dementia Risk

In our book, Brain Wash, Dr. Austin Perlmutter and I warned about the potential risk of extensive Internet usage, especially as it relates to adolescents using excessively involved in social media.  But new …
Male Fertility and the Semen Microbiome

Male Fertility and the Semen Microbiome

It seems as if there is no limit to the various body systems that are now being characterized as having a unique association with bacteria and other resident living organisms. Several years ago, I wrote Brai…
A Mysterious Epidemic and its Relationship to Global Health

A Mysterious Epidemic and its Relationship to Global Health

By: Richard J Johnson MD Chronic kidney disease is not uncommon in the United States, with as many as 15 percent of all adults manifesting some decrease in kidney function.  Some of the more common causes a…
Simple Steps to Reverse Your Biological Age

Simple Steps to Reverse Your Biological Age

By: Dr. Mark Hyman There’s nothing we can do to change our chronological age, or the number of years we’ve lived since birth. It’s a simple calculation that doesn’t change regardless of lifestyle, health st…
Type 2 Diabetes Can Shorten Life by Up to 14 Years

Type 2 Diabetes Can Shorten Life by Up to 14 Years

Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 30 could lead to a reduction in life expectancy of up to 14 years. Analysis of data from 19 affluent countries revealed that individuals diagnosed at 50 yea…
Fruit Juice Threatens Health

Fruit Juice Threatens Health

I travel quite a bit for conferences and meetings and this often means that I have breakfast in hotels. And two things I frequently observe continue to be head scratchers. First, why do the menus still featu…
Review – Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine

Review – Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine

Over the last couple of years, I’ve had the opportunity to serve on several scientific advisory boards with my colleague and friend, Dr. Robert Lustig. He’s certainly well known in the metabolism community, …
Deep Sleep Nurtures the Brain

Deep Sleep Nurtures the Brain

In this post, my aim is to explore the intricate and important relationships between sleep and brain health, with a specific focus on deep sleep and its role in enhancing the function of the brain’s glymphat…