Childhood obesity has become a significant global health crisis, nearly doubling since 1990 and impacting children across every continent. This troubling trend is linked to various factors, including the rise of ultra-processed foods, sedentary lifestyles, and targeted advertising. As a result, childhood obesity is associated with severe health issues like hypertension and diabetes, raising alarms… Read More »
Fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchi are powerful allies to your mental health, courtesy of the neuroactive microbes and molecules they contain.1 Microbes and their metabolites, created during fermentation modulate the microbiota-gut-brain axis, which involves neural, immune, endocrine and metabolic pathways.2 Writing in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, researchers with University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland… Read More »
The interview features Aleena Kanner, one of the leading postural experts in the U.S. She’s a certified Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) practitioner. What is postural restoration? The following explanation is given on the PRI website:1 “The human body is not symmetrical. The neurological, respiratory, circulatory, muscular and vision systems are not the same on the… Read More »
In this video, I interview independent health researcher Jay Feldman, who has a podcast called “The Energy Balance Podcast.” I recently came to understand the importance of the late Ray Peat’s work, which I had previously dismissed for over three decades, largely due to confirmational bias. Peat was a biologist and physiologist, and a cofounder… Read More »