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The Truth About Cholesterol, Fat, and Heart Disease You’re being lied to. Here’s what’s true and untrue about taking care of your heart health. Jake recently underwent heart surgery – a quintuple bypass. Amazingly, he didn’t have any of the traditional risk factors. His blood pressure and...

by Chris Shugart The Longevity Study Some people think testosterone shortens men's lives. Here's why, plus some new science that disproves that silly notion. "Male Sex Hormones Kill!" "This Is Why Men Die Sooner Than Women!" Those were the headlines from 2012. The clickbait worked and lots of...

The measure of a healthy diet has long been up for debate, but the old staple of following a specific calorie intake, or making sure that you eat the right ratio of proteins, fats, and carbs, should also be joined by a consideration of how much of the food that you eat is pro-inflammatory and...

For millions of us, mornings just wouldn’t be the same without a steaming hot cup of coffee, and while caffeine had previously gained a bad rap for purportedly causing dehydration and thus effecting our performance, more recent work on the subject has debunked the idea that a single a cup of...

The Pleiotropic Health Supplement Studies show this substance has incredible effects on health, in addition to building muscle and increasing testosterone. It just needs to be unlocked. Most of the drugs in a doctor's arsenal are "mono-targeted" – they attack disease through just one biochemical...

The Longevity Study Some people think testosterone shortens men's lives. Here's why, plus some new science that disproves that silly notion. "Male Sex Hormones Kill!" "This Is Why Men Die Sooner Than Women!" Those were the headlines from 2012. The clickbait worked and lots of people clicked...

One of the secrets of longevity, aside from having good genetics, is to eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. They are full of nutrients and antioxidants that help ward off disease, and the more diverse your choices, the better; you want to eat a wide variety of them. Even so, there...

Individual Health Markers Definedtop Alanine amino-transferase (ALT) An enzyme produced primarily in the liver but also in other tissues. ALT is involved in amino acid and protein metabolism. Used as a primary marker of hepatic strain. Also called Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT)...

Get Healthy. Perform Better. Look Good Doing It. The Best Foods For… Everything The best foods can make you look and feel great. The worst foods can make you as soft as a bowl of instant mashed potatoes. Are you choosing wisely? While your calories and macros matter, an equally important...

I've long droned on, to anyone who would listen, about the prevalence of vitamin D deficiencies. I've bazooka'd readers with statistics about the role vitamin D plays in the prevention of a murderer's row of diseases ranging from cancer to cardiovascular disease and even the infectious diseases...

If you're a doctor, one of your duties is figuring out which drug or drugs to prescribe to a sick patient. Unfortunately, most of the drugs in a doctor's arsenal are what's called "mono-targeted" in that they attack disease through just one biochemical pathway. For example, the drug gefitinib...

Should We Eat It Every Day? Eggs Are Tired, Boss Hey, do you remember John Coffey from “The Green Mile”? (“I’m tired, boss…”) It’s a stretch, but I see a similarity between Coffey and chicken eggs. No, really. To begin with, both were wrongly accused of horrible crimes. In the case of Coffey...

There are at least three traditional bodybuilding drugs or supplements that ought to be used routinely in clinical settings to treat various conditions or maladies: Nandrolone (deca durabolin) Growth Hormone Creatine The first is, of course, an anabolic steroid. In a sane world, it and...

Mk 677 vs LGD 4033 MK 677 and LGD 4033 are both effective at muscle repair and bone building and have been researched in the settings of age-related frailty and muscle wasting in chronic disease. While neither compound is considered a peptide, MK 677 comes closer to being a peptide than LGD 4033...

by K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S. Mention gluten, and everyone has an opinion. One in four Americans believe that going gluten-free is the right health move,. But only a quarter cite disease or gluten sensitivity as the main reason they nixed it from their diets, per data from The NPD Group. On...

Globally, heart diseases are among the most fatal causes of threat to life, but studies are showing that we don’t just have to accept that threat as being inevitable. According to recent research published in the journals of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Heart Journal –...

by Jenn Sinrich Protein is one of three macronutrients (the others are fat and carbohydrates) that our bodies use in large amounts to carry out the various processes that keep our systems going. “Your body needs proteins, as they are the building blocks of the muscle mass they help maintain and...

Individual Heath Markers Defined Alanine amino-transferase (ALT) An enzyme produced primarily in the liver but also in other tissues. ALT is involved in amino acid and protein metabolism. Used as a primary marker of hepatic strain. Also called Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT). Albumin...

Digestion and Gut Health By Daniel Rocha Digestion begins in the mouth, where we physically break down foods with saliva and by chewing. Saliva is a watery fluid that contains mucus and a few enzymes, including lysozyme, salivary amylase, and lingual lipase. Food then travels to the stomach...

Fitness fanatics, power lifters and bodybuilders work out nearly every day in the gym, and during their workouts they end up lifting literally tons of weight. This heavy work is good for their brains, going by a study done by American epidemiologists at the National Institute of Environmental...