Aging
Life After Death
There Is Life after Death: Microbes
This article is dedicated to a few friends and aquaintences who strongly believe in the afterlife; the romantic notion of living past lives as different people and looking forward to the next life adventure… Continue reading
Germs That Love Diet Soda
The Germs That Love Diet Soda
There are lots of reasons to avoid processed foods. They’re often packed with sugar, fat and salt, and they tend to lack certain nutrients critical to health, like fiber. And now, new research suggests… Continue reading
Preventing Aging
No Magic Formula Will Get You to 100
Several years ago, a geologist named Anatoli Brouchkov harvested some bacteria that had survived in the Arctic permafrost for eons. When the bacteria were injected into female mice, the compound seemed to… Continue reading
Vegan Diets: How to do them right
Vegan Diets must be done correctly to be Healthy
I am very supportive of people who adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet for health, religious, environmental or ethical reasons. But I object vehemently to zealots who distort science or the… Continue reading
Aging and Exercise
You Are Never too Old to Exercise
We all know the toll that aging takes on our bodies; from thinning skin and hair, increases in body fat and especially loss of muscle mass. But the damage to muscle cells in… Continue reading