Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 23rd 2017
In this study, we demonstrate that irrespective of the derivation of CD8+ CD45RA+CD27- T cells, these primed cells exhibit a unique highly inflammatory secretory profile characteristic of the SASP, and we also provide evidence that ADAM28 can be used as a functional marker of senescence in CD8+ T cells. Furthermore, we show that the secretory phenotype in CD8+ CD45RA+CD27- T cells is controlled through p38 MAPK signalling, which contributes to age-associated inflammation.
Patient Paid Clinical Studies are a Good Plan for Rejuvenation Therapies
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Source: Fight Aging! - October 22, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Considering Common Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and Osteoporosis
It has been observed that Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis appear to be correlated to a larger degree than one would expect simply because both emerge, after a long chain of cause and effect, from the root causes of aging. That they are correlated in this way suggests that they share in common some parts of the middle of that long chain. Given that osteoporosis is a condition of the bones, a disruption of the balance between cells that create bone and cells that destroy bone, and Alzheimer's is a condition of the brain, in which aggregated proteins overwhelm cells, what could these two very different outcomes of aging ...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 16, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Food Fight
Given the void in dietary wisdom due to the ineffectiveness and blunders of “official” dietary advice, there is no shortage of books or diet programs trying to fill that void, many wildly at odds with each other—paleo, Atkins, vegan, vegetarian, high-carb, low-carb, ketogenic, etc.
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the USDA’s MyPlate and food pyramid, and organizations such as the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association, as well as many of the diet programs in the popular press, I believe, fail to acknowledge several fundamental principles that really need to be address...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle atkins carbs Fat gluten gluten-free grains low-carb low-fat paleo protein undoctored vegan vegetarian Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Calcium Supplements — Don ’ t waste your money
Calcium supplements have no role in the Undoctored/Wheat Belly lifestyle. For years, doctors have advised people to supplement calcium to prevent bone thinning and osteoporotic fractures based on the simple reasoning that if something is lacking, taking more of it must be the solution. But clinical trials have repeatedly demonstrated virtually no benefit with calcium supplementation— no slowing of bone thinning, no reduction of osteoporotic fractures.
Likewise, people who consume plentiful dairy products containing calcium do not have better bone health. One thing that people who supplement calcium do have is more...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 12, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Calcium Supplements Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten-free grain-free health healthcare osteopenia osteoporosis vitamin D Source Type: blogs
Memo To White Nationalists From A Geneticist: Why White Purity Is A Terrible Idea
On
August 14th, UCLA researchers Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan presented
findings of their study, “When Genetics Challenges a Racist’s Identity: Genetic
Ancestry Testing among White Nationalists,” at a sociology
conference in Montreal. They’d analyzed 3,070 comments organized into 70
threads publicly posted to the (sometimes difficult to access) “social movement
online community” Stormfront.Former
KKK Grand Wizard Don Black launched Stormfront on March 27, 1995. Posts exceed
12 million, ramping up since the 2016 election season. Panofsky and Donovan’s
report has ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 29, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bioethics Today Tags: Genetics Health Care Ethics and Hate syndicated Source Type: blogs
Why not order your own lab tests?
Most of us already notice obvious changes in our bodies such as body weight, blood pressure, and waist circumference. During the Undoctored process you will discover that you could also benefit from tracking some important lab values. These lab values will reflect reemerging health in blood sugar levels, triglycerides, and factors that reflect risk for heart disease, stroke, and other conditions.
Here are lab values to consider tracking:
Fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c, fasting insulin—all reflecting blood sugar and insulin-resistance status
NMR lipoproteins (NMR LipoProfile) or other advanced lipoprotein testing serv...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 23, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Source Type: blogs
Vitamin K and Osteoporosis — What ’ s the connection?
Before you are prescribed bisphosphonates: Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, Reclast or Zometa, maybe you should consider the Undoctored strategy.
The grain-free diet, vitamin D, and magnesium protocols in the core Undoctored program provide the bulk of bone health benefits through a variety of mechanisms, including increased intestinal calcium absorption, reduced urinary calcium loss, and reduced levels of the parathyroid hormone that weakens bones.
You should also avoid calcium supplements, as the effects of vitamin D and the increased intestinal calcium absorption that develops after eliminating calcium-binding phytates from gr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Vitamin K Wheat Belly Lifestyle anti-aging bowel flora Dr. Davis gluten-free grain-free health osteopenia osteoporosis Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
8 Foods that Boost Your Mood
What we eat might not be able to cure us indefinitely from depression. I learned that hard lesson earlier this year. However, researchers are compiling strong evidence that what we eat can influence our risk for developing depression and can keep persons in remission from possibly relapsing.
Eating better foods has certainly helped my mood and allowed me to get by on less medication. A 2014 review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the link between diet and depression risk and found that a diet consisting mainly of fruit, vegetables, fish, and whole grains was significantly associated with a r...
Source: World of Psychology - July 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Depression Mental Health and Wellness Personal Self-Help Caffeine Depressive Episode Major Depressive Episode Mood Disorder phytochemicals Psychology Psychopharmacology Source Type: blogs
Vitamin D: Finding a balance
Over the July 4th weekend, my non-physician husband with a history of skin cancer tried to justify not wearing sunscreen in order to get some vitamin D. My husband, of course, has no idea how much vitamin D he needs or why, and I suspect he is not alone.
Why do we need vitamin D?
The easy answer is for bones. Vitamin D facilitates absorption of calcium and phosphate, which are needed for bone growth. Without sufficient vitamin D, bones become brittle (in children this is called rickets and in adults it is called osteomalacia) and break more easily. Vitamin D is likely beneficial for other parts of the body as well; studies...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily S. Ruiz, MD, MPH Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Prevention Source Type: blogs
Why is magnesium so important?
One of the six core strategies in the Undoctored Wild, Naked, and Unwashed program for health and weight loss is restoration of magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency is alarmingly common in today’s world. Why? Our reliance on filtered water that has had all of the magnesium removed, the reduced content of magnesium in modern crops, and the widespread use of proton pump inhibitors—-drugs prescribed to treat acid reflux and ulcers while reducing magnesium absorption.
Remember those darned phytates in wheat and other grains that bind magnesium and other positively charged minerals in the intestinal tract, preventing absorp...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle a fib constipation Dr. Davis grain-free grains health healthcare heart rhythm hydrochlorothiazide kidney stones oxalate sudden death Source Type: blogs
Doctor: “ I don ’ t believe in supplements. ”
Patricia shared her recent experience of having to endure the rants of her doctor:
“Well, I guess that I am officially undoctored! I have been going to the same internist for two years and she has always said that she knows nothing about supplements. But that was okay, as I do know something about them.
“During this time, my medication has not changed, blood work was the same, with almost the same results each time. Just this week, she kind of went ballistic, repeated that she knows nothing about supplements, but does not believe in them, cannot imagine why people take them, told me that they were totally screw...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle calcium diy health diy healthcare Dr. William Davis nutritional supplenments vitamin D Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
How important is Vitamin D?
FACT: A vitamin D deficiency may result in as much as a 50 percent increased potential for diabetes.
FACT: A vitamin D deficiency puts you at a higher risk for cancer, especially breast, prostate, colon, ovarian, and melanoma.
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY is a widespread phenomenon with significant implications for health. In modern society vitamin D deficiency is the rule, rather than the exception. While we can blame more severe cases of deficiency on grains, it also commonly occurs independent of grain consumption. The restoration of vitamin D levels is second only to grain elimination when considering the most powerful healthy...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Cancer Depression Diabetes News & Updates Undoctored Vitamin D Weight loss Source Type: blogs
5 Practical Tips to Improve Poor Circulation
If you have Poor Circulation, like someone who has cold hands and feet, and maybe even experience symptoms like in Reynaud’s disease, such as hands that can’t even hold a cold drink cup, or hands that turn red when the temperature is barely cool outside, then you might want to pay attention to thess practical tips on how to improve circulation.
1. Get Your Vitamin D Level Up to Optimal Levels
Almost every organ in the body has receptors for Vitamin D, and so Vitamin D is a nutrient that is vital for a vast array of health issues, including the proper functioning of the circulatory and muscular system. Vitamin D...
Source: Immune Health Blog - March 18, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Heart Health and Cholesterol Vitamin D improve poor circulation improve Reynaud's intermittant claudication reynaud's disease Source Type: blogs
5 Practical Tips to Improve Poor Circulation
If you have Poor Circulation, like someone who has cold hands and feet, and maybe even experience symptoms like in Reynaud’s disease, such as hands that can’t even hold a cold drink cup, or hands that turn red when the temperature is barely cool outside, then you might want to pay attention to thess practical tips on how to improve circulation.
1. Get Your Vitamin D Level Up to Optimal Levels
Almost every organ in the body has receptors for Vitamin D, and so Vitamin D is a nutrient that is vital for a vast array of health issues, including the proper functioning of the circulatory and muscular system. Vitamin D...
Source: Immune Health Blog - March 18, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Heart Health and Cholesterol Vitamin D improve poor circulation improve Reynaud's intermittant claudication reynaud's disease Source Type: blogs
