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06/09/2026

This week's blog post: Phosphorus vs Phosphates (in processed foods)

Image by envandrare from Pixabay Our bodies maintain a constellation of interconnected feedback mechanisms, keeping our pH, hormones, nutrients, electrolytes, and systems in balance. As a general rule, the body can compensate for minor to moderate disturbances easily enough with these, for awhile—...

06/02/2026

This week's blog post: Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO): A Risk Factor for Heart Disease?

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay I don’t, for the most part, put much stock in traditional cholesterol testing for heart disease. But there are other lab markers that can be useful: Lp(a), hsCRP, homocysteine, oxidized LDL, LP-PLA2, various metabolic markers, and—maybe—TMAO. But there are a

05/26/2026

This week's blog post: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

Image by 鹈鹂 夏 from Pixabay Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in general is a therapeutic approach that leverages the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. CBT-I is a subset of CBT focused on cognitive and behavioral treatments for insomnia. It’s considered the first line tre...

05/19/2026

This week's blog post: Why SIBO Recurs

Image from https://stabledifffusion.com/ SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) is fundamentally different than a pathogen in the gut; rather, it’s relatively benign bacteria, but in excessive amounts, and in the wrong place. But how does it get there—and why is it so notoriously difficult ...

05/08/2026

This week's blog post: Health Benefits of Bee Pollen

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay Bee products in general can all be medicinal in various ways—I wrote here on bee propolis, and here on honey (Manuka, in particular). Bee pollen (pellet versions of the gathered flower pollen, used for the nutrition of the hive) is probably best known for its

04/24/2026

This week's blog post: Weight Gain After Menopause

04/21/2026

This week's blog post: Lipid Replacement Therapy

Image by Monfocus from Pixabay Your cell membranes are critical for cellular function— and they are quite susceptible to damage from oxidative stress. This is especially important for mitochondrial membranes. Cell membranes are made of primarily phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidyletha...

04/14/2026

This week's blog post: Creatine: A Potential Caution

Image Free for use under the Pixabay Content License - no attribution provided Creatine is a trendy supplement these days, judging by how many people ask me about it lately. My intuition has always been that it’s fine to use for a short-term event, like before a hard workout, a competition,

04/07/2026

This week's blog post: Perimenopause, Premature Ovarian Aging, and the CDR Cycle

Image by laughingfire from Pixabay We’ve typically thought of menopause as the irreversible point at which ovarian follicles are depleted. But a recent study suggests that menopause doesn’t occur when the eggs a woman was born with simply run out, nor due to irreversible mitochondrial damage to ...

04/03/2026

A Good Friday Miracle - interview with Master Penman Jake Weidmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isW5EXyyLKg&t=61s