Control Your Stress With Acupuncture to Rest, Restore and Live Long: Video
topic of stress and why controlling it is crucial for your well-being and how to do that. Click on my photo for a brief videoGreetings! And welcome to my channel and blog! Where ancient medicine is made modern. Today we’ll dive into the topic of stress and why controlling it is crucial for your well-being…
Read More5 Ways Acupuncture Can Help You Live a Longer, Stronger and Happier Life
Please click here or on my photo for a brief video on how Acupuncture can improve your health, life span and mood! Welcome to my website and blog where ancient medicine is made modern. In this brief blog post I will outline 5 ways that acupuncture can help you live a stronger, longer and happier…
Read MoreCalm Your Anxiety and Live Your Best Life with Acupuncture
Acupuncture works with your body so that you feel better and live longer naturally. When I first opened my practice in 1998, one of my first patients was a young mother with anxiety and panic attacks when driving, especially when crossing bridges. Her heart would beat rapidly, she’d get sick to her stomach, and have to…
Read MoreAnalysis of taVNS effects on autonomic and central nervous systems in healthy young adults based on HRV, EEG parameters
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38941990/ Kang D, Choi Y, Lee J, Park E, Kim IY. Analysis of taVNS effects on autonomic and central nervous systems in healthy young adults based on HRV, EEG parameters. J Neural Eng. 2024 Jul 10;21(4). doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad5d16. PMID: 38941990. Abstract Objective.Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), a non-invasive method of stimulating the vagus nerve,…
Read MoreSociety For Acupuncture Research Hong Kong
These were my impressions from the SAR conference in May, in Hong Kong. I was asked to submit what I liked for the SAR Newsletter. Where can we even start with impressions from the superlative conference in Hong Kong, the collaboration between SAR and RCMI Poly U? The conference’s theme was engaging Chinese medicine in…
Read MoreAlzheimer Research’s Lost Opportunity and Time
Article in NYTimes, what I’ve been harping about for years. it is a travesty when a theory takes over ( amyloid protein) and starves all other approaches of funds! It’s not a “oh well they were trying their best” or “whoopsie!” Not a victimless crime! When it turns out that the original research going…
Read MoreMeat Alternatives Good For Your Heart?
I was happy to see this article! I know that many worry about the downsides of fake meat, that they are an ultraprocessed food, but I find them to be a fantastic alternative for spagetti, for a quick sandwich, or outdoor barbecue. I applaud the movement that urges people to cut back on meat even…
Read MoreWhy Southern Europeans Will Be the Longest Lived
I’ve copied some of this article from the Economist. It’s behind a paywall. Growing old together Why southern Europeans will soon be the longest-lived people in the world Diet and exercise, but also urban design and social life As patients and readers may know, I lived in Barcelona for three years when my children were…
Read MoreMetformin and anti-aging: a review
Metformin is already being taken by longevity hackers in the hopes that it will prolong their lives. It remains to be seen and luckily there is a large trial underway to determine if it will help. Metformin does interfere with your body’s adapatation to physical activity. In other words, it interferes with the hormesis of…
Read MoreSlow Aging, Huberman and David Sinclair
This is an Andrew Huberman episode with David Sinclair from a few years ago. Sinclair is under fire lately for unprofessional, overblown claims. I relied on his research for my chapter on Longevity in my book Radical Resilience, and so I have concerns about what his science actually shows! I’ve blogged about Sinclair’s work here and…
Read MoreChemical Cocktail to Reverse Aging?
Previous blog posts on David Sinclair here and here. I relied on his research for my book Radical Resilience. A brief video from my YouTube channel on the controversy. Review of new David Sinclair paper, supplements & anti-aging glitz
Read MoreKaeberlein Withdrawing from Academy for Health and Lifespan Research
Matt Kaeberlein withdraws from the Academny for Health and Lifespan Research because of over blow claims by Sinclair After careful consideration, I have renounced my membership in the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research ( @ahlresearc ). I find it deeply distressing that we’ve gotten to a point where dishonesty in science is normalized to…
Read MoreLife Span by David Sinclair A science-based review of the world’s best-selling book on aging,
I’m copying a rebuttal in full from 2023 to the ambitious claims laid out by David Sinclair in the TEDx talk below, and in his book “Life Span”. I’ve covered Sinclair on the blog here, and how his ideas correspond to the importance of the concept of hormesis here and here. I also discuss his…
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