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C60 Fullerene “Buckyballs”: The Most Overpriced Supplement on the Market?
The anti-aging marketing machine has picked up C60 Fullerene molecule claiming that it will improve memory, decrease recovery time between workouts, increase your lifespan, kill bacteria and viruses, and of course, they must throw in weight loss claims into the mix...
Kind Bars are Healthier Than You Think
Everyone who reads my blog knows that I trust the FDA when it comes to my nutrition information. Of course, a government-run organization bought out by corporations must have both my health and wallet in mind when they make recommendations, right? Recently, the FDA...
How Will the Ban on Trans Fat Affect You?
The FDA has announced that within the next three years, they will be putting a ban on artificially created trans fats. When I first read the consumer update, my first thought was what took them so long? As a nation, we are spending more money from the health...
Does Your Child’s Gut Microbiome Affect Their Behavior?
The University of Ohio hosts a research team led by Dr. Lisa Christian with the purpose of investigating stress and health in pregnancy. Recently, the team studied 77 toddlers ranging from 18 – 27 months old.[1] The parents filled out a temperament survey, and stool...
Vitamin B-12 and Your Gut
Cobalamin (vitamin B-12) is a fascinating nutrient with unique properties unlike anything else discovered. It is named for the cobalt molecule that is central in its molecular structure and provides an inorganic component which supplies and receives electrons. It is...
How to Fix Hemorrhoids
Many people are suffering from the side effects of having chronic constipation and sitting while defecating, hemorrhoids might be the worst. I remember when I had an external hemorrhoid years ago. Severe pain when I sat, and itching so bad I felt like a bear who rubs...
Why I Rarely Recommend Iron Supplements for Anemia
Proper iron metabolism is essential for mitochondrial function and your health as a whole. Iron is one of the most abundant minerals in our human body, most of it is bounded to iron regulating proteins (ferritin, hepcidin, ceruloplasmin, hemosiderin, and transferrin)...
Can Your Gut Health Affect Blood Pressure?
The American College of Cardiology has released new guidelines for defining hypertension or high blood pressure. There are news sources like CNN[1] and the Wall Street Journal[2] that are claiming that the affected American population that will now be defined as...
Are Raw Portabella Mushrooms Dangerous?
Dear readers, do you enjoy a good conspiracy theory? Well, have I got a good one for you! I have been getting a lot of e-mails about episode #1035 of the Joe Rogan Experience with Paul Stamets. Stamets, a celebrated mushroom expert, warned Joe Rogan about eating...
What Exactly Are Systemic Enzymes and How Do They Affect Your Gut?
Systemic enzymes are a marketing term used to describe a category of supplemental health products. The peer-reviewed, scientific literature make very little reference to “systemic enzymes” (most likely because the name is misleading). Advertisers tell us that...
Junk Science: Can Your Water Bottle Make You Sick?
Several months ago, a treadmill review company published an article on their website with the intent of showing people that their water bottle could be potentially contaminated “and the act of quenching your thirst while you exercise could potentially make you sick.” ...
How Ingesting MCT Oil Could Be Making You Ill and How to Limit It
Issues Ingesting Coconut Oil, MCT Oil, Brain Octane Oil? Here Is Why and How to Change It. Many people enjoy the use of refined MCT (medium chain triglycerides) oils for cooking, adding it to their coffee, or supplementing with it as a source of MCT's. MCT oil...