Episodios

  • Emerging Health Benefits of Creatine Supplements

    Emerging Health Benefits of Creatine Supplements
    Sep 17 2025
    • Creatine isn’t just for athletes — it fuels brain function, immune response, and recovery from stress and illness by supporting how your cells make and recycle energy
    • Older adults, vegetarians, and those with brain fog or long COVID are especially likely to benefit from creatine, as natural production and intake often fall short
    • Daily creatine supplementation improves memory, learning, and executive function in aging adults, including those with Alzheimer’s disease
    • When combined with resistance training, creatine helps build lean muscle, speed recovery, and reduce the risk of frailty-related falls and fractures
    • Grass fed red meat is one of the best food sources, but supplementing 3 to 5 grams of creatine monohydrate daily is a safe and effective way to increase levels
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    7 m
  • Persistent Grief Nearly Doubles Your Risk of Death Over 10 Years

    Persistent Grief Nearly Doubles Your Risk of Death Over 10 Years
    Sep 17 2025
    • Persistent grief symptoms nearly doubled the risk of death within 10 years, showing that unresolved grief has serious long-term health effects
    • People with high levels of grief were far more likely to use antidepressants, sedatives, and anxiety medications for years after their loss
    • Frequent doctor visits remained elevated for up to seven years in those experiencing unrelenting grief, highlighting the strain it places on both mind and body
    • Long-lasting grief keeps stress hormones high, weakens your immune system, disrupts sleep, and increases your risk of chronic disease
    • Taking steps like honoring your unique grieving process, supporting your body with sleep, healthy diet, and exercise, and using techniques like the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) helps you move through grief and protect your long-term health
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    7 m
  • Eating Minimally Processed Foods Helps You Shed Pounds Twice as Fast as Ultraprocessed Options

    Eating Minimally Processed Foods Helps You Shed Pounds Twice as Fast as Ultraprocessed Options
    Sep 17 2025
    • Eating minimally processed foods helped participants lose pounds at nearly double the rate of ultraprocessed diets, even when calories, fat, sugar, and protein were carefully matched
    • Researchers found that people on minimally processed diets improved craving control twofold overall, with a fourfold improvement in resisting savory cravings, making long-term weight management far easier
    • Ultraprocessed foods now make up more than 70% of the U.S. food supply, flooding daily diets with additives, seed oils, and engineered products that undermine health and longevity
    • Large reviews link ultraprocessed foods to a 50% higher risk of heart disease and 32 additional health problems, including sleep issues, anxiety, depression, and digestive disorders
    • Food companies engineer textures, flavors, and even sounds to bypass satiety signals and hook your brain’s dopamine response, making ultraprocessed foods as addictive as alcohol or cigarettes
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    7 m
  • Reanalysis of Popular Antidepressant Trial Uncovers Reporting Flaws

    Reanalysis of Popular Antidepressant Trial Uncovers Reporting Flaws
    Sep 16 2025
    • A reanalysis of a study found that fluoxetine alone showed no measurable benefit over placebo in treating adolescent depression after 12 weeks
    • Researchers uncovered 11 additional suicide-related events that were hidden or misclassified, bringing the total to 21 serious incidents
    • Statistical tactics and selective reporting made fluoxetine appear safer and more effective than it really was in clinical trials
    • A different reanalysis mentioned that adverse events and many side effects were minimized or excluded from the original reports
    • Improving gut health, getting regular exercise, undergoing therapy, and optimizing vitamin D are viable approaches for treating depression
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    8 m
  • New Research Reveals How Low Sodium Disrupts the Heart's Electrical Rhythm

    New Research Reveals How Low Sodium Disrupts the Heart's Electrical Rhythm
    Sep 16 2025
    • Sodium is an essential electrolyte that supports fluid balance, nerve signaling, muscle contraction, and heartbeat coordination; even small drops in blood sodium disrupt these essential functions
    • A Virginia Tech study found that low blood sodium amplifies the effects of flecainide, a common rhythm-control drug, by disrupting key electrical support systems between heart cells
    • Restoring sodium to the normal range reversed conduction delays. This confirms that the effects were due to a temporary sodium imbalance
    • People on sodium channel blockers need to monitor sodium levels closely, as common triggers like diuretics or illness cause dangerous delays in heart signal conduction
    • Most adults do well with around 3,500 milligrams of sodium daily, especially when it comes from unprocessed, mineral-rich sources balanced by adequate potassium intake
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    7 m
  • Glutamine Protects Eye Health and Helps Prevent Vision Loss

    Glutamine Protects Eye Health and Helps Prevent Vision Loss
    Sep 16 2025
    • Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in your body, supporting tissue repair, immune function, and energy production, while also helping protect your eyes from vision loss
    • Research shows your eyes rely on glutamine to fuel photoreceptors, the light-sensing cells in the retina, making it a key nutrient for long-term visual health
    • When glutamine metabolism is disrupted, photoreceptors degenerate rapidly, triggering harmful stress pathways that accelerate retinal thinning and increase the risk of blindness
    • Studies demonstrate that restoring glutamine balance calms cellular stress, preserves retinal thickness, and keeps eye cells alive, offering new strategies for preventing eye disease
    • You can support natural glutamine levels through diet by eating foods such as grass fed beef, wild-caught Alaskan salmon, pastured eggs, raw dairy, spinach, cabbage, beans, and even white rice
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    8 m
  • The War on Saturated Fat Is Finally Coming to an End

    The War on Saturated Fat Is Finally Coming to an End
    Sep 15 2025
    • For several decades, saturated fat was wrongly blamed for heart disease, while vegetable oils quietly caused a surge in obesity, inflammation, and chronic metabolic disorders
    • Newly appointed FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary is now leading efforts to revise outdated dietary guidelines that were built on cherry-picked data from Ancel Keys’ Seven Countries Study
    • A 2016 BMJ-published reanalysis found replacing saturated fat with linoleic acid-rich vegetable oils increased cardiovascular deaths, despite lowering cholesterol
    • Investigative journalist Dr. Maryanne Demasi faced vicious backlash after exposing the flawed science behind saturated fat demonization in her documentary “Heart of the Matter”
    • Industrial seed oils like canola and soybean are now linked to mitochondrial damage, inflammation, and chronic illness — while saturated fat is finally being recognized as metabolically supportive
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    8 m
  • Scientists Uncover How Targeted Probiotics Help Athletic Performance and Recovery

    Scientists Uncover How Targeted Probiotics Help Athletic Performance and Recovery
    Sep 15 2025
    • Targeted probiotic strains improve endurance, strength, recovery, and mental resilience by supporting gut integrity, reducing inflammation, and enhancing nutrient absorption
    • Intense training damages your gut lining and weakens immunity, but probiotics help maintain barrier function and prevent bacterial toxins from triggering systemic inflammation
    • Specific strains deliver specific benefits, such as Lactobacillus plantarum for endurance, Bacillus coagulans for muscle recovery, and Lactobacillus casei for stress reduction
    • Supporting butyrate-producing bacteria fuels intestinal cells, improves lipid metabolism, and enhances oxidative muscle fibers for sustained aerobic performance
    • Probiotics are most effective when introduced after gut healing, paired with a diet free from linoleic acid–rich vegetable oils and supported by prebiotic foods to maintain microbial balance
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    9 m