Leading scientist in the field of nutrition
Hi, my name is Paul and I’ve had a drug habit for 15 years. It started with personal trauma, which triggered Graves’ Disease, which led to persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). I was in fib, on anticoagulants and walking around with snakes writhing in my chest for 5 months...
The number of people with chronic degenerative diseases is rising, and so are the prices of pharmaceuticals. Healthcare costs everywhere are overflowing their budgetary banks (1) and if we were a rational species rather than a rationalizing one, reactive healthcare systems based on pharmaceuticals would have been replaced...
The modern diet condemns so many of us to chronic degenerative disease and premature death that it is dragging average life expectancy down (1, 2). If we all shifted to a healthier diet the incidence of non-communicable diseases would fall, likely by up to 90% (ie 3), and...
‘Good fences’ is lifted, of course, from Robert Frost’s sinewy poem Mending Wall. Written in 1914, as fences were starting to fall across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, it reflects an elemental truth. Diversity may or may not be a strength but division definitely is the definition,...
I was not born in the USA. I landed late in life, at the spot where Ponce de Leon sought the Fountain of Youth, and found instead a land of accelerated ageing. Three-quarters of all Americans are now overweight or obese (1). A 2018 survey found that only...
In the USA, and in many other developed nations, diet quality used to follow a socioeconomic gradient. Those at the top table ate a more diverse and generally healthier diet with more whole grains, lean meats, fish, low-fat dairy products, and more fresh vegetables and fruit (1, 2). ...
Would you kill for a burger, fries and a shake? Today’s lifestyle promotes dysbiosis, endotoxemia, systemic chronic inflammatory stress, and metabolic disorders. All of these fan the slow-burning fires of neuroinflammation (1-4). Neuroinflammation in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and other parts of the brain is a pivotal link between...
My sincere apologies for not being able to participate in the health conference in Poland. I was looking forward so much to being present in the event, but my family illness forced me to change my plans. However, I will try to be available as long as possible after the...
After half a century of extensive (and wildly expensive) research, and vast numbers of clinical trials - ClinicalTrials.gov currently lists 433,955 studies (1) - cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease. It is first or second cause in all developed countries,...
Every year the health editors launch a new Superfood. Blueberries, kale, kombucha, sea buckthorn, green tea, yerba mate, so passé … What’s new? According to a recent meta-analysis, which summed up no fewer than 80 prospective cohort studies, one of the most powerfully chemoprotective of foods is the...