Can Your Gut Make You Mentally Ill?
Years ago, a group of researchers started referring to the human gut as a “second brain.” They discovered a relationship between the health of the digestive tract and headaches, stress, depression, and even cognitive decline.Turns out, there’s “brain tissue” in your... June 25, 2020
Is Covid-19 An Oxygen Problem?
For months, doctors presumed that coronavirus exclusively targeted the lungs…If you follow that line of thought, severe cases of coronavirus cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Then a build-up of fluid in the lungs decreases oxygen absorption, and... June 11, 2020
Grow Younger With Longer Telomeres
On an otherwise ordinary day in 1990, I made a discovery that changed the way I practice medicine forever. I had just finished reading an article in the journal Nature about this new telomere technology that promised to turn everything we know about disease and aging... May 28, 2020
Your Most Vulnerable Organ
Your lungs are your most vulnerable organ. I’m not just talking about the effects of the flu or coronavirus. Your lungs are your number one predictor of death. That’s how sensitive they are… But some people are doing better than others. In my clinic, we give elders... May 14, 2020
Your Body’s First Responders
B vitamins aren’t glamourous…With the exception of vitamin B12, you may not be familiar with what the other B vitamins do.That can be a problem.B vitamins are critical nutrients for your immune system.And you may think you’re getting enough when you’re not. If... April 30, 2020
Energy Vitamin Gets You Up Off The Sofa
If you’re stuck at home, practicing social distancing and self-isolation, you might feel less motivated than usual.I get it… It’s easy to feel indifferent during these trying times.Weeks of staying home can leave you feeling drained and struggling to get up off... April 16, 2020
Parents Defied Doctors to Save Son’s Brain
If you’re like me and you can use some feel-good inspiration from Mother Nature, I’ve got just the story for you. It begins on a September afternoon in a southern California town. Sixteen-year-old Grant Virgin ran out his front door following a heated argument with... April 2, 2020
Have We Lost Our Senses?
On the morning of December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, triggering a massive tsunami, killing more than 150,000 people in 12 countries.But as terrible as this loss of life on an apocalyptic scale was, something very strange... March 19, 2020
Everybody’s Got A Hungry Heart
We’ve talked about how Big Pharma’s trillion-dollar cholesterol-lowering statin drugs block your body from being able to produce its own CoQ10 in levels necessary for vigor and heart health.Fortunately, there is some CoQ10 in your diet.But the second thing the... March 5, 2020
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Wild Remedies vs Big Pharma
Big Pharma calls people who practice natural medicine like I do “alternative,” “fringe,” “unconventional” — and even “snake oil salesmen.” Because if they can’t profit from something — they denounce it and attack those who are using it. I’ve seen it time and time... February 20, 2020
