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Super Poopers: Premium Donors Sought for Fecal Transplants
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) have become increasingly popular to cure diarrheal infections, including Clostridium difficile (C-diff). Unfortunately, after the media carried encouraging research results, many began following advice given on YouTube channels to do their own fecal transplants. Although a fairly common medical practice, performing your own transplant exposes you to a range of bacteria that may do more harm than good. Donor feces obtained from medical facilities are first screened and tested for microbes having previously...
read moreGlycine Quells Oxidative Damage by Inhibiting NOX Superoxide Production and Boosting NADPH
As you probably know, inflammation and oxidative damage are primary drivers of most chronic diseases. What you may not be aware of is the importance of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH) and NADPH oxidase, typically abbreviated as NOX, in these processes. In a recent paper,1 James DiNicolantonio, who also co-wrote my latest book “Superfuel,” details the importance of collagen and glycine for the inhibition of NADPH breakdown. DiNicolantonio, who also has a new book with Jason Fung, called “The Longevity Solution,”...
read moreFermented Foods Top the Superfoods List
More than 1,000 registered dietitians were surveyed for their projections on the most likely superfoods for 2018 and 2019. When results of the 7th Annual Pollock Communications and Today’s Dietitian’s “What’s Trending in Nutrition” survey1 emerged, there were a few surprises. In fact, one of the projected trends was called a “shocker.” According to the poll, which began in 2014 and tracks emerging developments in the industry,2 kale had fallen off the top 10 list, but perhaps more interestingly,...
read moreWhat Basic Blood Tests Can Tell You About Your Health
Dr. Bryan Walsh is a naturopathic physician extensively trained in molecular biological pathways and an associate professor at the University of Western States. In this interview, we discuss some of the amazing pieces of information you can harvest from a basic blood panel that many conventional physicians either don’t know or don’t share with you. Even many functional medicine practitioners, unfortunately, are unaware of this information. One of the problems is that many doctors are unclear about what all the different markers even are....
read moreSatisfying Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
On some days, there’s nothing like a home-cooked bowl of chicken noodle soup to calm your senses and warm your body. Most people nowadays settle for canned soup, although this may reduce the amount of time spent for cooking and preparing, the consequences may be riskier than you think. Canned soups are often loaded with potentially harmful artificial ingredients and additives. Plus, the cans themselves are lined with chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) that can wreck your body’s endocrine system. Don’t settle for less than what your body...
read moreAn Introduction to What a Hernia Entails
Seeing an unidentified bulge on your body is a sign that something may be wrong. This could be a hernia, a condition that occurs when an organ or tissue swells through an opening in the muscle or tissue keeping it in place. This leads to a formation of a lump containing parts of intestinal or abdominal fatty tissue,1 manifesting in the groin, upper portion of the stomach, belly button or places where there’s a surgical scar.2 What Are the Known Types of Hernias? Hernias can appear on various body parts, and can be classified according...
read moreThe Many Medicinal Benefits of Cannabis and Cannabidiol (CBD)
Production of cannabis is booming as the medical benefits of CBD (cannabidiol) are increasingly recognized. According to Project CBD, at least 50 conditions1 are believed to be improved by CBD, including pain, seizures, muscle spasms, nausea associated with chemotherapy, digestive disorders such as colitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), degenerative neurological disorders such as dystonia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, mood disorders, anxiety, PTSD and high blood pressure. Yet, despite the legalization of cannabis for...
read moreWhat Should Your Poop Look Like?
The size, shape and color of your stool give valuable clues as to the state of your health. It’s so important, in fact, that in 1997 Stephen Lewis and Ken Heaton with the U.K.’s Bristol Royal Infirmary teaching hospital developed what’s now known as the Bristol stool chart. The chart, formally known as the Bristol stool form scale, was developed after the team conducted a study showing the chart’s usefulness for monitoring changes in intestinal function.1 If you’re in the habit of fast flushing, i.e., you poop...
read moreSkullcap: Why This Hooded Herb Deserves Your Attention
Table of Contents Health Benefits of American Skullcap Health Benefits of Chinese Skullcap What Is Skullcap Used For? How to Grow Skullcap Try This Skullcap Tea Recipe to Reap the Herb’s Benefits Side Effects of Skullcap Upon hearing the word “skullcap,” some people remember the hat that the pope of the Catholic church wears during public appearances. However, skullcap can also refer to two herbs: American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) and Chinese skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis). Although these skullcap plants come from the same...
read moreYour Heart Needs More Than Six Hours of Sleep Nightly
When you think of methods to boost your heart health, you probably think about diet and exercise, but there’s another component that’s also important: sleep. Getting enough sleep each night, and quality sleep at that, has previously been associated with cardiovascular risk, and recent research also found that sleep is connected with subclinical atherosclerosis.1 Atherosclerosis is a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease that manifests clinically as coronary heart disease. Otherwise known as hardening and narrowing of the arteries,...
read moreTop Breathing Techniques for Better Health
Breathing wields incredible power over your health, as it supplies your body with oxygen and removes excess carbon dioxide (CO2) to keep you alive. However, the way you breathe — whether fast or slow, shallow or deep — also sends messages to your body that affect your mood, stress level, blood pressure, immune function and more. What’s interesting about breathing is that it’s both a voluntary and an involuntary process. While your body breathes automatically, you also have the ability to consciously control your breathing — the...
read moreSafflower: An Economically Important Herb That Can Benefit Both Humans and Animals Alike
Table of Contents 5 Health Benefits of Using Safflower The Different Applications of Safflower Growing Safflower in Your Garden Safflower Recipe: Try Making Safflower Tea Safflower May Benefit Your Health, but Be Aware of Some Caveats Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is an annual broadleaf crop primarily grown in the Great Plains of the United States.1 The name is believed to be derived from the medieval French word “saffleur,” or from the Old Italian word “saffiore.”2 It is identified by its strong central stems that can grow from 12 to 36...
read moreTop 3 Dangers of LED Lights
30 Tips in 30 Days Designed to Help You Take Control of Your Health This article is included in Dr. Mercola’s All-Time Top 30 Health Tips series. Every day during the month of January, a new tip will be added that will help you take control of your health. Want to see the full list? Click here. The amount and quality of light you’re exposed to every day can have an enormous impact on your health. The healthiest light, of course, is natural sunlight, which has a number of benefits beyond the making of vitamin D in your skin....
read moreLancet Partners With Poison Makers to Give Food Advice
Modern agricultural practices have been a threat to life on Earth and are a factor in virtually every growing environmental and health problem. Farmers 100 years ago would have laughed at such a thing happening, as agriculture is necessary for food production and, therefore, life. However, it is indisputable today we are drastically and negatively affecting air, soil and water. Scientists are now calling for the definition of a new geological age, moving Earth from the Holocene era of stability into Anthropocene, marked by significant and...
read moreVaping Addicts Have No Treatment Options
Children as young as 11 are struggling with addictions to e-cigarettes, also known as vaping, in reference to the vapor (opposed to smoke) emitted from the device. The gradual demise of traditional cigarettes has been heralded as an achievement for better health, but the danger is the alternative many have chosen may be just as alarming. While e-cigarettes do not expose you to thousands of toxic compounds found in conventional combustible cigarettes, researchers are only beginning to understand the toxicities involved in smoking e-cigarettes....
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