Health and Wellness
Health and wellness refer to overall physical, mental, and social well-being achieved through healthy lifestyle practices. Prioritizing health promotes longevity and resilience to illness, enhancing overall quality of life.
Subscribe to the BlogShark Cartilage Side Effects: Mercury and other Nasty Chemicals Detected in 15/16 Brands!
Shark cartilage side effects have hit the medical research world this week with a startling tale of toxic contamination. Glucosamine and chondoitin work well based on numerous objective MRI studies to help cartilage in many patients. One common source of these cartilage components is cartilage taken from sharks. Since sharks are sharks, there’s something gratifying…read more
Does Low Vitamin D Cause Neck Disc Herniations?
Vitamin-D has been a very big deal this past few years. There’s been back and forth on whether low vitamin-D is associated with arthritis. However, can low levels also cause neck and back problems? On the heels of this controversy, there was an interesting study this past month on an association between low vitamin D…read more Is Starbucks Killing as Many People as Cigarettes? New Study Confirms a Sneaking Suspicion
Is coffee dangerous? I have said for years that one day, the studies will point towards Starbucks being a leading cause of mortality in the U.S. This week the first large study of that type appeared. It showed that men and women who drink 4 or more small cups of coffee a day have between a…read more Blueberries or Statins to Reduce Heart Attack Risk? Your Call…
An important paper came out this week on how eating blueberries reduces heart risk. Yes, you heard that right, blueberries. In fact it’s fruits that contain Anthocyanin, which include lots of berries, cherries, and grapes. I just read the full paper and produced the chart you see above. First, a caution. The blueberry data is from looking…read more Are Statin Cholesterol Drugs making Your Knee Arthritis Worse?
Statin drugs for cholesterol were the world’s first true blockbuster drugs. These cholesterol lowering drugs generated 27 billion in worldwide sales in 2009 and the number one selling drug in 2010 was a statin drug. With all of that extra cash, the drug companies have been funding what I call Statin “wonder drug” studies for years,…read more High Chromium Levels in a Hip Replacement Patient
Is there such a thing as hip replacement chromium poisoning? I’ve blogged before about how wear particles in all types of joint replacements can make their way into the blood stream. Researchers have found metal ions in the blood of knee replacement patients. They also now advise allergy testing against the most common metals used in hip and…read more Why Statins are Really Bad for You
As you know, we have seen statin cholesterol drugs do really bad things to stem cells in culture. On the other end of that spectrum, we’ve also seen high triglycerides due to metabolic syndrome hurt stem cells. One of our patients who was instructed to get off statin drugs before her stem cell procedure recently sent this article by MIT professor Dr. Stefanie…read more How Much Fish Oil Should You Take for Your Arthritis and Stem Cells?
How much fish oil should you take? What kind of fish oil? Are certain brands better than others? In watching a documentary several years ago on Alaskan Eskimos (I was watching because of my long-time interest in Alaskan Malumute dogs) I couldn’t help but notice their meals. In particular, not only were they mostly fish,…read more 
