Collagen accounts for about 30% of the total protein in your body; 28% of collagen, in turn, is made up of the amino acid glycine
Glycine is the amino acid with the highest concentration in connective tissue. Its bene¦ts go far beyond connective tissue health as glycine has anti-in§ammatory effects, acts as a neurotransmitter, and plays an important role in the epigenetic regulation that drives
the aging process
Glycine helps protect against viruses by reinforcing the extracellular matrix, which acts as a physical barrier to infectious agents such as bacteria, fungi and viruses
Most people need 8.5 to 10 grams more glycine than what their bodies can synthesize in a day
To boost your glycine intake, either eat more collagen or gelatin-rich foods and take a high-quality collagen or gelatin supplement, or supplement with pure glycine, which is available in powder form and tends to be very affordable
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Glycine Fights Viruses
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
The right exercise volume
If you’re sedentary and begin to exercise, you get a dose-dependent decrease in mortality, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, coronary disease, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, falls and more
People who are doing the highest volume of vigorous exercise start losing longevity benefits. If you’re doing full distance triathlons when you're in your 40s and 50s, your risk of atrial fibrillation increases by 500% to 800%
In the case of moderate exercise — loosely defined as exercising to the point where you're slightly winded but can still carry on a conversation — there’s clear evidence that more IS better and cannot be overdone
Every 1,000 steps you get on average per day reduces your mortality by 10% to 15%. Benefits plateau around 12,000 steps (6 miles) a day
Strength training adds another 19% reduction in all-cause mortality on top of the 45% reduction that you get from one hour of moderate exercise per day. However, benefits cease once you go beyond one hour per week. The sweet spot is 20 to 40 minutes of strength training, two to three times a week. Above 60 minutes per week, the benefits of strength training are nullified, and you’re worse off than if you did no resistance training at all
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Mistakes Athletes Make
Runners can jeopardize their life by drinking too much water during a long-distance event. An estimated 10% to 20% of people have inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone and retain fluid even though they're overhydrated. As a result, they can lose consciousness and may die unless treated with concentrated salt solutions
The treatment for overhydration is to give a high-saline IV (3% to 5% sodium). The sodium will absorb and help expel the excess water through urination, typically resulting in rapid recovery
Dr. Mercola believes that once you’ve regained your metabolic flexibility, scienti¦c evidence suggests a diet higher in carbs (primarily from ripe fruit) and restricting fat to about 30% of calories can optimize energy production and minimize harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS) production
Monday, November 27, 2023
Flight attendants get more cancer !
While previous research has found flight attendants have higher rates of breast cancer and melanoma, research expands that list, finding the same trend for non-melanoma, uterine, cervical, gastrointestinal and thyroid cancers as well
Compared to the general population, female cabin crew report 1.5 times higher rates of breast cancer, over twice the melanoma and four times the rate of non-melanoma skin cancer
Breast cancer rates are also higher among flight attendants with multiple children, which is surprising as childbirth and breastfeeding lower a woman’s risk of breast cancer
I describe an inexpensive supplemental strategy to radically lower the damage from exposure to gamma radiation by commercial flying
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Lessons from the Smallpox Vaccine
The smallpox vaccine was an unproven therapy promoted by a conman the medical community was initially skeptical of. However, once doctors were paid to administer it and supported by the state for doing so, they reversed their position
The smallpox vaccine caused a wide range of severe injuries, and rather than prevent smallpox, frequently caused outbreaks. Rather than reconsider the vaccine, governments and doctors covered it up and doubled down on the vaccine — something almost identical to what we saw throughout COVID-19
Physicians who were able to observe the introduction of the vaccine cataloged a remarkable number of health complications develop in their patients. Many of these illnesses have since come to be seen as “normal” and the more severe ones parallel injuries observed with the COVID-19 vaccines
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Sunday, November 26, 2023
EU: Bayer can poison people 10 years more !
Despite a growing block of opposition to it, the European Union has voted to give glyphosate another 10 years of life for use with crops grown with chemicals like Roundup. The German government & Bayer used their power and money to "convince" the EU.
Originally a Monsanto product, Bayer a big German chemical company, now owns Roundup, along with billions of dollars in lawsuits of consumers claiming the herbicide caused their cancers.
Bayer bought Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018 and announced it would pay up to $10.9 billion to settle about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims.
Ibuprofen Alters Human Physiology
Taking 1,200 mg of ibuprofen for six weeks, commonly used in chronic pain, induced compensated hypogonadism, a condition in which a reduction in luteinizing hormone causes the body to work harder to produce testosterone, a situation which may lead to overt hypogonadism where testosterone levels drop
Data demonstrates human sperm count and concentration is dropping worldwide, likely related to multiple factors, including exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals, temperature, lifestyle factors and weight, to name a few
Many take ibuprofen in amounts higher than recommended on the bottle, in spite of multiple studies demonstrating it is associated with heart, muscle, kidney and liver damage
Drug-free pain control is possible in many cases; begin with ensuring you get at least eight hours of quality sleep each night and radically reduce your grain and sugar intake to minimize in§ammation; optimize your vitamin D level and try the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)