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Friday Favorites: How Much Do Doctors Actually Know About Nutrition?
See if you know more about basic nutrition than most doctors.
Inhibiting mTOR with Rapamycin for Extending Lifespan and Healthspan
Rapamycin appears to be a universal anti-aging drug, extending the lifespan of all animals tested to date; its the only known drug to do so.
The Enzyme mTOR as an Engine of Aging
Inhibiting mTOR, the master determinant of lifespan, is considered the best validated aging regulator.
Friday Favorites: Elderberry Benefits and Side Effects – Does It Help with Colds and the Flu?
How effective are flu shots, elderberries, echinacea, and cranberries?
The Benefits and Side Effects of Probiotic Supplements
Probiotics can actually interfere with microbiome recovery after antibiotics, rather than facilitate it.
How Much Exercise Is Too Much?
It may be prudent to limit chronic, vigorous exercise to no more than an hour a day and no more than five hours a week, taking at least one or two days off. For runners, the recommended upper limit fo
Friday Favorites: Just How Bad Is Hospital Food?
What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business?
Does Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan?
I was surprised by how much controversy is in the medical literature over whether the apparent longevity benefits of exercise are even real.
Exercise Is Medicine
The evidence supporting the overall health benefits of physical activity is overwhelming.
Friday Favorites: Ochratoxin and Breakfast Cereals, Herbs, Spices, and Wine
One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycotoxins, fungal toxins in moldy foods, such as oats. Most food crops are contaminated with fungal mycot