Month: June 2024
The future is dying: colon cancer rates rapidly rising in teens and CHILDREN
If there was ever any doubt that both medicine and the health of entire nations are not…
Males eating a low-carb diet father children with metabolic syndrome and diabesity
A really interesting study, which covers two very controversial topics in a single experiment. First, whether environmental…
Salt restriction promotes stress by elevating cortisol
Yet another “controversial” topic is getting some attention. After medicine reluctantly accepted the existence of the “Obesity…
Endotoxin/LPS drives esophageal cancer
One of the few studies to directly implicate endotoxin (also known as LPS) in cancer progression. While…
Even enormous doses of vitamin D, applied topically, do not produce toxicity
I mentioning this study mainly for two reasons. First, there has been quite a bit of bad…
Vitamin D deficiency may drive myopia, supplementing may prevent/treat it
Vitamin D has become a bit of a controversial topic lately. While there is a lot of…
High serotonin (5-HT) linked (again) to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
The rate of SIDS have been steadily increasing over the last 20 years to the point where…
Endotoxin/LPS can cause anxiety/depression; COX inhibitors (e.g. aspirin) may treat both
Another study demonstrating the potent effects endotoxin/LPS has on systemic inflammation and mental health even after a…
Lactate damages mitochondria and can cause (pulmonary) fibrosis
In the first half of the 20th century lactate had a largely negative reputation in medical circles…
Weight-loss from low-carb/keto diets is mostly water; no lasting health benefits
Just a few minutes ago I posted about a study showing that l0w-carb diets increase risk of…