Tag: chronic disease
Chronic Diseases
Many common chronic disease conditions are strongly associated with increased insulin resistance. This is because insulin resistance is a surrogate marker for an inefficient metabolism, leading…
Read MoreHow Vaccines Really Work
With the incoming of the new vaccines for Covid-19, this is an excellent time to ask how a vaccine really works. Vaccines are composed of either…
Read MoreCovid-19 and Omega-3 Fish Oil
A recent paper has indicated that an excellent indicator that you are less likely to die from Covid-19 is totally under your control, lowering your AA/EPA ratio (1). In this…
Read MoreCancer Drugs: How Far We’ve Come
Overlooked in the Covid-19 pandemic has been our failing war against cancer. The breaking of the human genetic code in 2000 set the stage for thinking…
Read MoreManaging Covid-19 with Pro-Resolution Nutrition
In my previous blog, I discussed the realities of the coronavirus pandemic. As a quick recap, the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is here to stay. That means it will be…
Read MoreSome Inconvenient Facts About Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer
Two recent meta-analysis studies published by the same lead author have stated the conclusion that omega-3 fatty acids have little, if any, benefit in treating cardiovascular…
Read MoreThe New Drug Breakthroughs That Often Don’t Exist
We are continually told of the great breakthroughs the pharmaceutical industry is making. Unfortunately, detailed analysis presents a different story. A recent article in the British…
Read MoreProtein Leveraging
One of the more interesting observations of a potential cause of our obesity crisis is the concept of protein leveraging (1). This concept states that the…
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