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Do Not Eat Red Meat, Says Harvard School Of Public Health Study!

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Originally posted April 23, 2012. Like so much else that comes out of Harvard, I find this study hard to swallow. The study warns that there is a “linear, step-wise increase in risk of dying prematurely with higher red meat consumption.” (See: Five Questions: Dr. Walter Willett on red meat) The study was conducted looking […]

Slashing Heart Attack Risk With Dr. Mercola

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On Mercola.com, Dr. Joseph Mercola explains to his readers the research showing that the more vegetables you eat, the lower your risk of heart disease. I read all Dr. Mercola’s key essays and learn a lot from him. I hope you will read these key points and heed Dr. Mercola’s message. He writes (abridged): Story at-a-glance […]

New Apple Watch: Do You Have Atrial Fibrillation?

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Apple has just released its latest Apple Watch, and this one comes with the ability to perform an electrocardiogram on its wearer. That’s an amazing leap in technology, and can give users a lot of new information about their health, but Robbie Gonzalez, writing at WIRED, suggests that unless you have atrial fibrillation, the feature […]

Study: Statins Not Useful in Healthy Elderly to Prevent Heart Disease

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An article provided by the British Medical Journal to Medicalxpress.com details a study that found statins were no help to healthy elderly people in preventing heart disease. They wrote (abridged): Statins are not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease (conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels) or death in healthy people aged over 75, […]

The Untold Powers of Turmeric

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Originally posted on April 21, 2017. In a post titled “Science Confirms Turmeric As Effective As 14 Drugs,” Sayer Ji, the founder of GreenMedInfo.com writes that turmeric, primarily driven by its curcumin component “compares favorably to a variety of conventional medications.” On that list of medications are statins like Lipitor, corticosteroids, antidepressants like Prozac, Aspirin, […]

Astaxanthin for the World

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I have long benefited from Dr. Mercola’s independent nutritional research and start every day of the week with his brand of Astaxanthin. Mercola writes: As Astaxanthin’s Long List of Potential Benefits Grows Daily, Few Substances Can Hold a Candle to This Magnificent, yet Little-Known Carotenoid While other antioxidants have only one electron to donate to […]

Can Curcumin Help in Fighting Cancer?

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In an article titled “Turmeric Extract Strikes To The Root Cause of Cancer Malignancy,” by Sayer Ji at GreenMed Info, Ji notes a new study that “identifies a number of ways in which curcumin provides an ideal CSC-targeting therapy.” He writes: A turmeric study published in Cancer Letters is paving the way for a revolution in the way that […]

Are Your ‘All Natural’ Supplements What They Claim to Be?

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I recently received this email from Shane Ellison, a.k.a. The People’s Chemist. I have written to you throughout the years that I find Shane’s work useful. (See here, here, here, and here for starters). Now Shane is explaining to readers how lab made chemicals could end up in your “all natural” supplements. Please read with […]

Your Survival: What is Your Longevity Plan?

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During a conversation with a client yesterday, she thanked us for sending her the book The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China. “Rather than put it on the bookshelf,” she told me, “I’m keeping it on my bed-side table for easy reference.” We live busy lives today, where technological clutter abounds. One truth […]