I write a good bit about the importance of the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome, the environment in your gut where billions of healthy probiotic bacteria thrive. It has a big role in regulating [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Soak in America’s natural wonders this summer
This July 4th weekend is a great time to get out into Nature. Especially after enduring such a long period of lockdowns (which persisted longer in some parts of the country than others)! Of [...]
Add these three delicious health-boosting recipes to your July 4th menu
This July 4th, I plan to celebrate by making some big bowls of fresh, homemade salsa, guacamole, and chimichurri sauce. These dips and sauces are festive, can complement almost any meal, and [...]
Protect your health freedoms this Independence Day
As we look forward to this weekend’s Independence Day celebrations, I want to reflect on the dramatic changes to our country’s “health independence” since July 4, 1776. On that date, almost [...]
Safeguard your memory with this small, powerful, delicious fruit
As I often report, a lot of good research on preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia using natural approaches comes out of UCLA. And this 2017 study on the brain benefits [...]
Hidden conflict of interest behind recent attack on fish oil
I recently came across an opinion piece about fish oil in Scientific American. The piece attempted to raise doubts about fish oil’s long-standing, science-backed heart health benefits. But when [...]
Mainstream continues to push “fake news” about red meat and dairy
I recently came across a news article about the Mediterranean diet and cognitive health among older adults. But the reporting was so full of errors, omissions, and misinformation, that I found it [...]
Cardiologists still refuse to digest the health benefits of red meat
Two years ago, I first wrote about a massive analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that looked at the connection between red meat and disease risk in 61 previously published [...]
Your body’s clear signal that it’s time to lighten up your exercise regimen
Remember those terrible side pains called “side stitches” that you got as a kid when you ran too hard? (They can also occur when you laugh long and hard. After all, humor can be “side-splitting” [...]
These two science-backed supplements can help boost your mood
Since the onset of the coronavirus shutdowns last March, depression rates in this country have soared by 300 percent. And that’s understandable, given all the economic, social, and [...]