Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Growth hormone: The fountain of youth

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Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated with aging, and, m...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Body fat and disease: How much body fat can I lose in one day?

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Body fat is not an inert deposit of energy. It can be seen as a distributed endocrine organ. Body fat cells, or adipocytes, secrete a number...
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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Sensible sun exposure

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Sun exposure leads to the production in the human body of a number of compounds that are believed to be health-promoting. One of these is k...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

The China Study again: A multivariate analysis suggesting that schistosomiasis rules!

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In the comments section of Denise Minger’s post on July 16, 2010 , which discusses some of the data from the China Study (as a follow up to ...
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Saturday, April 27, 2024

What is a reasonable vitamin D level?

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The figure and table below are from Vieth (1999); one of the most widely cited articles on vitamin D. The figure shows the gradual increase ...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024

The lowest-mortality BMI: What is the role of nutrient intake from food?

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In a previous post ( ), I discussed the frequently reported lowest-mortality body mass index (BMI), which is about 26. The empirical results...
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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Looking for a good orthodontist? My recommendation is Dr. Meat

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The figure below is one of many in Weston Price’s outstanding book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration  showing evidence of teeth crowding...
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