Category Archives: Health

PUFAs in Chia Seeds

I was hoping to get your thoughts on Mila, a blend of eight different CHIA seeds.
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Lab Rats R Us: Carbon dioxide challenges

Carbon dioxide gets little respect. Yet is plays a central role in many aspects of metabolism, regulates breathing, and controls blood flow in the cerebral cortex.
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pH: The Real Deal

Health professionals and lay people alike are often told that alkaline is better and that more is merrier. Technically, this is not true.
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Sermon for Thanksgiving

I Stand on the Fifth Commandment

“Thou shalt not kill” is one of the most well-loved of the Ten Commandments.
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Migraine Headache Treatment

I was curious about your information on cysteine and curing hangovers. Is there any evidence that cysteine can help migraines? Do you have any information at all on treating migraines?
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Radionuclide Alert

The failures of containment in Japanese nuclear reactors following the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunamis have generated fresh concern about radioactive-exposure risks.
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Glutathione Increases from Asea?

Do supplements such as ASEA increase intracellular glutathione?
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Trans Fat in Hydrogenated Coconut Oil ?

Does the process of saturating polyunsaturated fats create trans fats?
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Stop taking Lecithin

The attached article 1) shows a high correlation of plasma lecithin (phosphatidyl choline, PC) and two of its metabolites (TMAO and betaine) with cardiovascular disease in a 2000 patient clinical study), and 2) shows the induction of lipid-laden macrophages and 3X increase in aortic atherosclerosis in mice that were force-fed PC.
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The Low Down on PUFAs

Thanks SteveO and SteveF. My eyes are being opened to the complexities of omega-3 fat metabolism.
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