Health & Fitness

Improvement in Cognitive Function with 3 times per week Electroacupuncture for one month

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This study shows an improvement in brain activity with 3 times a week, low frequency electroacupuncture...

Curcumin for Joint Health

From the Rhonda Patrick podcast she makes the case for curcumin, expecially a formulation with phosphatidylcholine for better absorption.  If anyone would like me to...

Acupuncture and Weight Loss

(I link to this with caveats.  As I’ve said many times over the years, if acupuncture was the answer for weight loss, I’d be a...

3 Key Deterrents to Dementia from David Perlmutter

Exercise: A form of Hormesis I discussed neurologist David Perlmutter’s book, “Brain Maker”  in a previous blog post and newsletter. In his blog  he recommends...

Time Restricted Eating: Details and Advantages

There is a lot more detail on timing of the time restricted eating.  In sum, the earlier in the day you eat (i.e. try to...

Melatonin and Migraine

Acupuncture Helps With Migraines I recommend Melatonin and Magnesium as safe options for migraine prevention.  This article looks at one possible mechanism for melatonin’s effectiveness...

Saunas for Longevity: Patrick Podcast

I was convinced by Rhonda Patrick’s research that saunas were beneficial for healthy aging in her Ferriss podcast.  In this podcast, she interviews a Finnish...

Anti-Aging and Rhonda Patrick

Patrick did her post graduate work with Dr. Bruce Ames who was a professor of Biochemisty when I was a Biochemistry undergraduate at Cal Berkeley....

Stress Resilience: Key to Anti-Aging

Exercise: A form of Hormesis From Rhonda Patrick’s latest email she stresses that exercise, or even green tea, things that stress the body in a...

Biochemistry of Anti-Aging: Dr. Steven Clarke UCLA

This  video is not recent, but I wanted to feature it here since we are delving into the topic of aging.  Steve Clarke was my...