Get New Episodes Via Email! Get This Episode on iTunes! Stream this Podcast episode: Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcasts Download this Episode Summary: Why you NEED TO KNOW about the 3 different types of fatty acids and understand how each contribute to the amount of body fat and muscle Read more…
Stream this Podcast episode: Summary: What is one KEY aspect that binds together all the “healthy” diets out there? When you talk about Paleo, the Mediterranean Diet, or the diet of the “Blue Zones” (where people regularly live to over 100 years old), what are some fundamental parts of those Read more…
It seems strange to me that so many people are immediately placed on high blood pressure medication when they are diagnosed with high blood pressure. At first, this makes total sense. You have high blood pressure, take a pill to reduce it. However, pharmaceuticals for high blood pressure “artificially” reduce Read more…
In the United States, about 77.9 million (1 out of every 3) adults have high blood pressure.(ref) High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a big deal because it increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, aneurysm, and dementia, to name a few.(ref) Unfortunately, the primary treatment for the Read more…
Coconut oil is like eggs with the media. For a while, you hear it’s good for you. Then you hear it’s actually bad for you. Then it’s back to being okay. Lastly, we heard that it is “pure poison”. There are in fact oils being sold that come closer to Read more…
Silica is actually the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust after oxygen, making up 27.7% of it. Yet, most people know relatively little about this element and the roles that it plays in the human body. While silica plays many roles in the human body as an essential Read more…
While we already know that niacin is great for your heart and can protect you from cardiovascular disease better than statins, niacin still does have its own side effects and can be difficult to start taking daily due to the flush. Since I get many questions on which form of Read more…
not only do statins have side effects that niacin does not, but niacin has actually always been shown to be MORE effective than statins at actually reducing the chance of dying from a cardiovascular event. Yet, niacin has a benign side effect of making the patient "flush", which is one of the main reasons that it is not utilized more often. My purpose for this article is to inform about the differences between statins and niacin, go over some relevant research, and give the reader an educated understanding of how to properly use niacin to improve their own lipid profile.