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Blood flow restriction training or BFR is known initially as KAATSU. Yoshiaki Sato discovered it in Japan in the 1970s. BFR is the application of a tight band around the upper arms or the thighs. The right application of a BFR band prevents the outflow of blood from the veins but should not limit the…
Erectile dysfunction or ED affects 3-76.5% of all men based on a global study. The same study also found that when compared with men with no ED, men with ED have an increased risk of dying from all causes, including: Cardiovascular disease like heart attacks, hypertension, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, peripheral vascular disease, strokes Dementia Prostate enlargement…
Part 1 of this series mentioned commonly used drugs for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia that can cause metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome constellates five conditions: hypertension, obesity, high blood sugar, low HDL, and high triglycerides. These five conditions work together in several combinations and bring out many common chronic complicated diseases. This article talks about drugs…
Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of five medical conditions: hypertension, high blood sugar, obesity, low HDL, and triglycerides. All five work together to cause common medical conditions that lead to expensive medical bills and early death. Heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and hypertensive crises, and many others are best avoided. A sedentary lifestyle and high caloric…
The Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic in Überlingen, Germany, is a specialized facility where people can stay for several days and undergo supervised therapeutic fasting. It was started by a German physician Otto Buchinger, credited to being the first to document the health effects of fasting on several diseases. His book, “The Therapeutic Fasting Cure,” published in…
Can fasting normalize blood pressure, decrease cholesterol, and improve diabetes in the extremely obese? That question was answered in a study that was published in 2007. The study included 110 patients with the following characteristics: 33 male, 77 females Ages 35 +/- 1 year Body weights are 131.7 +/- 2.6 kg (289 +/- 5.7 lbs)…
Asthma is a disease of inflammation. Usually, inflammation is a response against something harmful like infections, toxins, and injuries. In asthma, the inflammation can be the result of the presence of excessive amounts of pro-inflammatory substances in the form of cytokines. It is not surprising then that anti-inflammatory drugs in the form of steroids are…
Aeronabs is a new synthetic product on the market as a nasal inhaler or sprays to stop COVID-19. Aeronabs are nanobodies that block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from attaching to the respiratory lining. The nanobodies in AeroNabs are similar to antibodies, but they are much smaller but still have antibodies’ structural and functional properties. They are…
Humanin is a component of the body that prevents many common diseases. Specifically, humanin can be found inside the power source of the cells, the mitochondria. Research published recently in the journal Aging, from the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology showed that humanin is associated with a longer life span in animals and humans. The…
Thiamine is a member of the Vitamin B family. It is also known as Vitamin B1. A vitamin substance is an organic substance that is essential for health and nutrition but are not produced in the body. That is why it should be present in food. As mentioned in the article, thiamine is T in…
The Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance is a group of critical care physicians experienced managing severe COVID-19 patients. On August 5, 2020, they published a scientific review about the MATH+ Protocol for use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The MATH+ COVID-19 Early Intervention Treatment Protocol uses intravenous methylprednisolone, ascorbic acid, heparin, thiamine, and ivermectin. The…
Patients with severe COVID-19 are noted to have a higher tendency to form blood clots inside the blood vessels. These blood clots can block the flow of blood and lead to organ dysfunction. The blood clots can form in both arteries and veins. A study from Ireland available as a preprint from Medrxiv described the…
Antibodies are usually associated with a healthy immune system fighting an infection. That’s mostly true, but there is a saying from Paracelsus, The Dose Makes the Poison. Anything in excess can be poisonous. Too much food, water, coffee, sugar, or mostly too much of anything are unhealthy. It is the same with antibodies against COVID-19….
A previous article, Antibodies to COVID-19 can Exist in the Uninfected, talked about research from the Francis Crick Institute about how the antibodies formed against seasonal coronavirus infections can protect against the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Aside from antibody production, the body’s adaptive immune system has other components in its armory. One of which is the…
Is there a natural way to be immunized against COVID-19? Read on to know the answer. Four human coronaviruses (HCoV) are responsible for 30% of the seasonal colds. They are HCoV-OC43, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-229E. The death rate associated with these seasonal colds is minimal compared to COVID-19. COVID-19 is different. It has a higher…
According to the CDC, among U.S. adults, 29% have hypertension, 42.4% are obese, and 10.5% have diabetes. Prediabetes, the condition where the blood sugar is above normal but not high enough to be type 2 diabetes, is present in 88 million Americans or 1 in 3. Hypertension, obesity, and diabetes increase the risk of death…
A study published in the July edition of the International Journal of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation looked into the accuracy of the current COVID-19 test issued by the CDC. The study retested the samples provided by the Connecticut State Department of Public Health with a second test. The first test was done using the CDC RT-PCR…
People who have asymptomatic COVID-19 are more likely to contaminate surfaces and spread COVID-19. That was one of the findings of a preprint study released in BioRxiv. The study examined asymptomatic, mild, and moderate cases of COVID-19 and different places, 641 environmental surfaces, and air samples. The presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was tested with…
This article marks the start of a series of articles about skin conditions related to metabolic syndrome (MetS). Many people don’t see a physician. Some of them may be walking around with undiagnosed diabetes. Usually, the first time they get diagnosed is when they are in an emergency room with a critical condition like a…
Hyperinsulinemia means high insulin levels. Persistent high insulin leads to conditions like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. The good news is there is something you can do about it. What is Insulin? Insulin is the primary hormone for fuel storage in the body. After eating, macronutrients like carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are broken down into easily…