Never Give Up—Fight Illness With Strength And Science
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New research reveals that chemotherapy-induced “zombie cells” release fructose that helps surviving cancer cells detach and spread—raising urgent questions about diet during cancer treatment. 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction When we think of chemotherapy, we picture a powerful weapon—a treatment that kills fast-growing cells and shrinks tumors. And for many…
Research reveals that nearly 50% of takeaway meals contain more salt than their menu labels claim—and some pack double your daily limit. 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction When you order a takeaway, you’re probably not thinking about sodium. You’re thinking about convenience, taste, or perhaps treating yourself after a long…
A German Study Suggests the Pickled Cabbage Has a Modest Effect on Blood Pressure, but the “Live Bacteria” May Not Be the Magic Bullet We Thought 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction For years, fermented foods have enjoyed a reputation as gut-health superheroes. From kombucha to kimchi, the message has been…
🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction Walk down the cooking oil aisle of any supermarket, and you will be confronted with a dizzying array of choices. Among them, seed oils—soybean, corn, canola, sunflower, and safflower—dominate the shelves. They are cheap, neutral-tasting, and have been promoted for decades as heart-healthy alternatives to…
Processed meat, not unprocessed red meat, is linked to higher blood pressure—and the sodium and preservatives in processing, not the saturated fat, are the real culprits. 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction If you read our first article, Why Blood Pressure Spikes—and The Damage You Don’t See, you may have noticed…
From salt and stress to hidden triggers—why sudden blood pressure spikes cause invisible damage that begins in your teenage years, and how to stop it. 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction You probably know that chronic high blood pressure is dangerous. But here’s what most people miss: It’s not just the average number that…
New research shows that using apolipoprotein B (ApoB) to guide cholesterol-lowering therapy is not only more effective but also cost-effective compared to current standard approaches 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction For decades, doctors have relied on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) – the so-called “bad cholesterol” – as the primary target…
A deep dive into a landmark stroke study and novel nutritional approaches to vascular health 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Are Small Strokes Really Caused by Clogged Arteries? New Study Says No. If you or a loved one has ever been told you have “chronic small vessel ischemic changes” on a…
Part 15 of the Series: Beyond Vitamin D—The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction Subjective feelings can be misleading. You can feel fine with high blood pressure. You can feel normal with rising blood sugar. You can feel healthy while your immune system quietly underperforms. But…
Part 14 of the Series: Beyond Vitamin D—The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction The link between sunlight and bone health is the oldest story in this series. It predates the discovery of nitric oxide. It predates the cathelicidin pathway. It predates circadian science, metabolic research,…
Part 13 of the Series: Beyond Vitamin D—The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction: More Than Just a Feeling You have probably experienced it yourself. After a few days of grey skies and indoor living, you feel sluggish, unmotivated, and a little down. Then the sun…
Part 12 of the Series: Beyond Vitamin D—The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction: A J-Shaped Riddle We know that sunlight is essential for health. We also know that too much can cause skin cancer. But when it comes to brain health and dementia, the relationship…
How Sunlight and Natural Compounds Are Joining Forces Against Cancer Part 11 of the series: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction: When Light Meets Medicine Imagine a drug that sits harmlessly in your body until you shine a specific color of light…
Part 10 of the series: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. A Puzzle Worth Solving Over the past several articles in this series, we have explored something remarkable: sunlight is far more than just a source of vitamin D. We have seen how…
Part 9 of the series: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction You have read the series so far. You know that sunlight triggers nitric oxide release from your skin, lowering blood pressure. You know it sets your circadian clock through your eyes,…
Part 8: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction Sunlight and tuberculosis is a spin-off of Sunlight Protects Against Infections: Tuberculosis, Flu, and Sepsis, in which we introduced the cathelicidin pathway — the mechanism by which sunlight triggers a broad-spectrum antimicrobial defense in the…
Part 7: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction This article discusses how sunlight protects against infections ranging from common respiratory tract infections to the hard-to-treat tuberculosis and life-threatening sepsis. In the early 20th century, tuberculosis sanatoria were built with south-facing windows and…
Part 6: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction The immune system is a super smart weapon. It can distinguish a virus from a cell, a splinter from a synapse. It can marshal an army of T-cells and B-cells, cytokines and antibodies, to…
Part 5 of the series: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction The sun causes skin cancer. That much is settled. We established it in Article 1. The Swedish study quantified it: basal cell carcinoma up 2.7-fold, squamous cell carcinoma up 2.3-fold, melanoma…
Part 4 of the series: Beyond Vitamin D: The Hidden Lifesaving Benefits of Sunlight 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are global epidemics. Together, they affect over a billion people. They are not merely diseases of sugar. They are diseases of the entire metabolic system…