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A single dietary change can increase our resting metabolic rate.

Can eating more fiber result in eating fewer calories?

I cover natural topical treatments for hair growth, including pumpkin seed oil, caffeine, green tea, pyrithione zinc, ginger, Chinese knotweed, and rosemary.

How many lives would be saved if everyone ate vegetarian or vegan?

Cold plunges following strength training are discouraged since they substantially attenuate long-term gains in muscle mass.

What are the pros and cons of DEET mosquito repellent? Also, picaridin, citronella, and lemon eucalyptus are put to the test.

Swapping even half your salt for potassium chloride may make you more than a decade younger when it comes to premature death

There have been five placebo-controlled studies on cold water immersion. What did they find?

Just because we don’t have evidence that there is a growing epidemic of sleep deprivation doesn’t necessarily mean we are getting enough sleep.

Recipes from my new How Not to Age cookbook

What are the effects of cold water immersion on the recovery of physical performance compared to active recovery and doing nothing?

Burning incense has been found to generate about four times the particulate matter as burning cigarettes.

Weight loss isn’t necessarily required for type 2 diabetes remission, but what is?

Which is the safest and most effective statin?

The best of soul food’s origins are tied to the plant-centric West African diet.

When statin-“intolerant” patients are challenged blindly, how many are really suffering muscle side effects?

How many people would die if we were told the truth about statins?

Since Parkinson’s is caused by a dopamine deficiency in the brain, what if we ate foods rich in the dopamine precursor levodopa?

Since there is benefit to getting our LDL cholesterol as low as possible, why aren’t statins prescribed for everyone even if we start out with optimal levels?

The tolerable daily toxin safety limits are based on single chemicals. What if “safe” levels of chemicals in seafood are combined and tested together?

Soy milk is compared to other plant-based milks, as well as dairy milk.

Should we be concerned about getting too much B12?

How are the recommended daily and weekly doses of vitamin B12 derived?

How might we maximize the therapeutic efficiency of levodopa?

Is it true we can actually absorb some B12 from our own microbiome?

A diagnosis of B12 deficiency should not be dismissed based solely on a single measurement of B12 levels in the blood.

What did a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of hibiscus tea for weight loss find?

For those eating plant-based diets, encouragement of vitamin B12 supplementation cannot be overemphasized.

What is the role of ultra-processed plant-based products in the diet?

What are the bone fracture rates of omnivores vs. vegetarians vs. vegans? Low calcium intake plus low vitamin D exposure may explain higher bone fracture rates in British vegans.