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LATEST ARTICLES ( 49 )

• Nitrate: A Confusing Controversy That Might Harm You More Than It Helps.

  

  Is nitrate carcinogenic or cardioprotective? Let’s dive into a controversy that pits health organisations against themselves.A few days ago, I came across an... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2023 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Hypertension Myth: Breaking the 130/85 Spell!

  

  Why you shouldn't blindly trust the numbers that define hypertension.You've probably heard that 130/80 is the new threshold to hypertension. But what if I told... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2023 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Doctor's Blood Pressure Readings

  

  When Monica, a 50 years-old mother of two, visited her doctor for a routine check-up she was told her blood pressure was 142/83 mmHg. That made her hypertensive... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2023 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• What Are the Odds That Your Blood Pressure Medication Will Really Help You?

  

  The answer might surprise you, not to mention a lot of people who have been labeled chronically ill.Because that’s what it really amounts to:Hypertension is a... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2023 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• How Do You Keep Your Cardiovascular System Healthy from Your Fifties Onwards?

  

  Through robustification!By making your cardiovascular system robust against aging.Systems biology defines robustness as “… a property that allows a system to... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Weight Loss Aside, What Health Benefits From Intermittent Fasting?

  

  I have been asked this question often enough to address it here.Whether, and to which extent intermittent fasting (IF) transforms human health still needs to... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2019 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Whole Superfood Thing is Way Overblown!

  

  This whole „superfood“ thing is way overblown. It is not just overblown, it is an outright confession of failure.A confession of failure on the part of... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Fake Science: Deviant Science? Or Deviant Journalism?

  

  Today, the German media are treating us to science-gate. A story about pseudoscientific studies, predatory journals and their publishers. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2018 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Functionomics, Your Necessary Back-up Plan for a Longer Better Life.

  

  The first person to live up to 150 years has already been born.That's what Steven Austad, David Sinclair and Stuart Kim think. All three are Professors: Of... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2018 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Is Robustification Against Aging An Alien Concept?

  

  Remember the movie Cocoon? Some nursing home residents accidentally discover the rejuvenating force of benevolent alien visitors. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• How Preventive Medical Treatment Has Become a Risk Factor.

  

  First, do no harm! It's a pledge that medicine does not live up to. Much of what medical science offers, be it a drug, a treatment or some advice about... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2018 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Why We Are Slaves Of Food Obsession.

  

  A 95 years old psychology article holds the key to solving the obesity epidemic. It's not about a long forgotten medicine or an ancient psycho-trick. It's a... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Truth About The Genetics Of Obesity.

  

  Evolutionary selection favored those who became fat easily. That's the essence of the "thrifty gene hypothesis". It's like Madonna. On the wrong side of 50,... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• What Infants Teach Us About Preventing Obesity

  

  Public health has been telling you for years: you are fat because you move too little and eat too much. And yes, it's your fault if you don't break a sweat ever... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Why Medicine Might Be Wrong About Salt, Fat & BMI

  

  Salt and fat kill you early, and your BMI tells you how early. That has been the wisdom for years, but wisdoms have an expiry date, too. Particularly medical... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Don't Panic About Sitting Too Long!

  

  From "man is made to move" to "man is not made to sit" is a very recent transition of scientific insight. Let's get our readers panicked over more than not doin... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Supplements: Nutrition Science Or Nutrition Crap?

  

  Nutritionists claim they are doing science, consumers buy it, and the supplements industry makes a healthy living from it. Only you probably won't. Here is why:... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Will The Polypill Save You From A Heart Attack?

  

  Giving the polypill to everybody above the age of 55 kills two birds with one stone: cardiovascular risk and preventive medicine. That's what the proponents of... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Why Risk Screening For Heart Disease Is As Good As Crystal Ball Gazing

  

  If weather forecasts were as reliable as cardiovascular risk prediction tools, meteorologists would miss two thirds of all hurricanes, expect rain for 8 out of... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Are You A Unique Medical Case?

  

  Research says yes, public health doesn't listen, and you suffer the consequences: too little benefits from generic interventions. And it could be so... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE