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Does Niacin Work? The Great Niacin Debate
There's been a lot of debate about niacin over the past decade. We'll cover that topic in this post, describe niacin and its various forms, and the 2 studies that drove certain people to think niacin doesn’t work. What is niacin? Niacin or vitamin B3 is a water-soluble vitamin....
Sleep Apnea: Do You Have It?
Sleep is important, but one thing that prevents some people from getting good sleep is sleep apnea. In this article, let’s discuss the basics of sleep apnea—what it is, what causes it, what does it sound like. Then we'll go into how you can find out if you have sleep apnea and...
4 Surprising Facts No One Tells You About Inflammation
A mysterious COVID-19 condition observed among children in the UK was reported last April 2020. Health Service Journal got hold of one alert sent to GPs, stating that “last three weeks, there has been an apparent rise in the number of children of all ages presenting with a...
How to Reverse 20 Years of Arterial Plaque (Part 2)
Why worry about a cure for heart attack and stroke when you can prevent it altogether? This is a follow-up article to an initial post on how I reversed 20 years of arterial plaque. https://youtu.be/XW8Ax97XT_A How a heart attack happens Let's look at some images first. Here is...
Sleep: Why It’s Important
There's just not enough focus on sleep. For instance, when kids go to college, they get training on how to study, how to interact with each other, how not to drink (which is a good thing), etc. But they never get training on sleep. Now, as we get older, what do we do about...
Citrulline: Does It Work?
I had a patient who was talking about citrulline for various needs, one of which is erectile dysfunction. But what is citrulline? Why is it used? Where did it come from? How does it work? https://youtu.be/w-qpJtrIcd0 Citrulline, arginine, and nitric oxide Citrulline (also...
Juice Plus: Fruit & Veggies in a Pill or MLM Scam
I’m in prevention, and because I’m clear that the literature supports some supplements, I get a lot of questions about supplements. So in 2017, I did a video on Juice Plus. A couple of my patients have asked me about it, and the common questions that came up were, “Is Juice...
Asymptomatic Transmission of COVID-19 is Rare, said WHO
In a COVID-19 virtual press conference on June 8, 2020, Dr. Maria Van Kerhove said, “From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual.” Van Kerkhove added that among reported asymptomatic...
Coconut Oil: Myth, Miracle, or Risk?
In July 2017, the American Heart Association (AHA) published "Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association." In that report, AHA unequivocally stated that it does not recommend coconut oil. However, because coconut oil...