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Politics, Research, and Your Health: Importance of Accurate Research Design

I had a good laugh reading Nutrition Facts' article about the dairy industry misleading study design. We have been after all talking a little about how to read contradictory research articles - and...

Gut-Liver Axis and Cirrhosis: Role of Probiotics

According to recent research, modulating the microbiome (community of microbes in the gut) with probiotics helps in "relieving cirrhosis" (Lee & Sulk, 2020).  This is very good news. Did you kn...

Blueberries's Role in Prevention and Reduction of Liver Fibrosis & Cirrhosis

We have discussed nonalcoholic fatty liver many times. The next stages are often liver fibrosis and then Cirrhosis.  Today I'd like to highlight two studies that examine liver fibrosis and cirrhosi...

Plants for Immune Boosting: The All Powerful Garlic, Tulsi, and Giloy.

Let's now relax into a wonderful article on different plants, including garlic, for immune boosting compounds. This abstract already is giving ideas on how to use these plants.  And of course I lov...

Vaccine or Garlic? Badly Designed Research, With a Prejudice Toward Nurses

We have discussed in length how to read contradictory research articles and I thought it was about time to give an example of a very bad research project, and explain how to approach what I call ve...

Chromium: Therapeutic Uses For Fertility, Sperm Count, and More!

Lack of chromium can cause decrease fertility, sperm count, and a host of health impairment risks such as insulin-dependent juvenile diabetes, gestational diabetes, lowering of immunity and much mo...

What is New with Chromium?

We have discussed how Chromium can elevate your mood and lift you out of depression (Chen et al., 2022). We also went over Chromium's role on glucose metabolism, type 2 diabetes, and heart health (...

2023 Research: What is the Neuroprotective Mechanism of Blueberries?

It is exciting to see the continuation of excellent research on the effectiveness of blueberries on brain health.  We have talked for the past 15 years on the power of polyphenols, but how do they ...

How do we know what is “more real” or accurate research?

Let’s face it, research articles can be a pain. Especially when there are so many contradictory findings. How do we know what is “more real” or accurate research? What can really be annoying is ju...

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Love, Unity, Light, and Justice

Dr. King is a unique leader that has both love and law in his heart. I am speaking of him still in the present since he is with us in spirit and his dream is alive.  Whenever the world goes a littl...