Measuring Wellness
How can you tell if you are in the Zone? Your blood will tell. It is impossible to measure AMPK without a tissue biopsy. However, a…
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What Is Metabolism?
Essentially, metabolism keeps us alive. Metabolism is an exceptionally complex and ongoing dynamic balance of anabolism (building up new tissue) and catabolism (tearing down damaged tissue). …
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 MoreCOVID and Immuno-Nutrition
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that our health care system is not as robust as we would want to believe. We don’t have a vaccine or useful anti-viral…
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chronic diseases
EPA and DHA: The Science Behind Why You Need Both Omega-3s In Your Diet
The primary benefits of omega-3s come from their ability to resolve inflammation through the hormones they generate. The two omega-3s that have been the most widely studied for…
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 MoreIs There Something Fishy About Vascepa®?
Recently the FDA has allowed an expanded drug use for Vascepa® to reduce cardiovascular events in subjects with established heart disease and triglyceride levels greater than 150…
Read MoreUsing Pro-Resolution Nutrition To Control the Coronavirus
Viruses and bacteria were here long before we were and will definitely outlast us. So, when a new pathogen crosses from its natural animal reservoir to…
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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Zone Science
Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss
Carbohydrates are often villainized as the culprit for our weight gain, but it’s more complex than this. It is constantly elevated hormone insulin levels that make you…
Read MoreAnyone Can Have Insulin Resistance
We think of insulin resistance as only being associated with diabetes. It is true that 100% of both diabetics and pre-diabetics (i.e., those with metabolic syndrome)…
Read MoreWhy We Get Fat (In All The Wrong Places) As We Age
Of all the questions about aging, inquiries about putting on weight as you get older is one of the most commonly asked. A typical answer from medical…
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