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To keto or not to keto? On the one hand, keto has been shown to help with body fat reduction — particularly the visceral fat in your belly that can raise your risk of heart disease. It also has been connected to lower blood pressure and reduced inflammation in the body and brain. On the other, low carbohydrate diets like keto have been linked to atrial fibrillation and diabetic ketoacidosis.…
Strokes are incredibly traumatic. After all, one moment you feel fine. The next, you’re in a hospital having difficulty just trying to communicate with your family and likely facing long-term complications, including disability. And that’s if you’re one of the lucky ones to survive. Yet, the truth is that while a stroke may seem to strike without warning, there are danger flares sent up by your body that can indicate…
Let’s be honest — we all want to add more years to our lives. But a longer life that takes a nosedive into disease and decrepitude is not what we’re after. What is there to look forward to about a long lifespan if your healthspan — the amount of time a person spends in good health, free from chronic diseases and the disabilities common with aging — is cut short?…
People who enjoy a morning cup (or two) of coffee have an advantage health-wise, as it has long been tied to improved brain health. Coffee helps to boost focus, increase levels of attention and alertness and improve learning and memory. And studies indicate it can delay dementia and lower the risk of Parkinson’s disease. Sadly, all of coffee’s brain benefits have left tea lovers like me out in the cold…
I feel fortunate to have a small gym in my apartment building. But I sometimes think about joining a larger gym nearby for one reason: it has a sauna. Spending time in a sauna does more than help you relax, soothe sore muscles and improve circulation. The practice has been associated with all kinds of health benefits. In fact, regularly spending time in the sauna can slash your risk of…
The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising at an alarming rate in the United States. It’s a rise that’s been attributed to a number of factors, from obesity and lack of exercise to the increasing age of our population. However, there’s one factor that most people fail to consider when it comes to diabetes risk — meat consumption. But the truth is, past research has already shown that eating…
Compared to health issues, losing your hair may not seem like a big deal, but it can be quite distressing, especially for women, for whom going bald is far less socially acceptable than it is for men. Until now, inherited baldness (which accounts for most cases) has been treated with drugs that carry some serious side effects. But now science has accidentally discovered a much simpler and safer remedy… Inherited…
If you’ve ever felt like everything in your body is breaking down at once, you’re not far off… According to Stanford researchers, specific biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s that explain what’s happening to our bodies to make us feel this way. In other words, instead of gradually aging year over year, we experience significant age-related changes during two specific times in our lives. Here’s what’s happening and…
Reviewed by Denise Asafu-Adjei, M.D., MPH A few years back, PN co-founder John Berardi, PhD, posted a shirtless photo of himself on his 47th birthday. He called it his “anti-regress pic” and thanked 30 years of squats, deadlifts, presses, and chin-ups—among other exercises—for his chiseled six-pack, pumped chest, and bulging biceps. The question many commenters posed: “Are you on testosterone?” Dr. Berardi explained in a follow-up post that while he…
The other day I was getting up from a squat and I noticed a sort of crackling sound coming from my right knee. It didn’t hurt, so I really didn’t think much of it. It’s a condition known as crepitus, and it usually just means there are air bubbles popping in the joint. When air is the cause, crepitus is harmless. But I’m tempted to get my knee checked out…