I use a Waterpik every night after brushing with an Oral B electric toothbrush and flossing. I add about 1/2 to 1 tsp of baking soda to the Waterpik tank and make sure to work my way around the gum line. My dentist says my gums are in great shape. When I stop adding the baking soda for a few days, I...

I was keto-adapted and also fasting when I went to the Mayo Clinic for a routine colonscopy two years ago. My PCP ordered my annual blood tests before the procedure to be efficient with my time. A team of three medical staff bolted into my room before the colonoscopy started and informed me that my ...

I sailed through the first two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. No detectable response whatsoever. I got the annual flu vaccine on Sept. 22, and my temperature rose 2 degrees C the next night. (I wear an Oura ring and Apple Watch when I sleep.) The elevated temperature came down to about 0.6 degrees C a...

I eat oily-fish every day. I've done so for 2 to 3 years. I never use fish-oil supplements. (I also never consume Omega-6 industrial seed oils). My QUANT results: Omega-3 Index: 13.65% Omega-6:Omega-3 ratio: 2.2:1. All the SMASH oily-fish. (Often from cans). Not the bigger fish that may be contamin...

Thanks for posting your results and what you did to get them. It will be interesting to see what your results are when you replace the Nordic Naturals with algal oil . What Algal oil will you be using? I'm ordering SR Vegan Omega-3. Two softgels provide 420 mg DHA and 210 mg EPA, which is lower tha...

I promised to come back to this thread and report results of a couple of dietary tests. As previously posted, I prefer to eat as close to vegan as possible for ethical and sustainability reasons. I understand the need for adequate consumption of choline and omega-3 fats, and I have no problem with c...

Valisure just released the following: "Valisure has tested and detected high levels of the probable human carcinogen N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in specific lots of the drug metformin, a prescription medication used to control high blood sugar in adults and adolescents with type 2 diabetes. I...

Possibly this is even where some of the benefit of exercise comes from, though I think most people DO eat before exercise, fearing low energy if they don't. Does this all seem unexpected... or obvious lol? Rhonda Patrick (Found My Fitness) has shared research that says you only burn fat when you ex...

Very interesting --- well, the last ten minutes or so were most interesting to me. Concluding that may be tiny strokes that cause dementia, etc. Also info on blood pressure and impact. https://youtu.be/iEpTH70xRIs That was interesting. My understanding has been that vascular dementia (the micro-inf...

Does anybody know if Herpes Zoster ophthalmicus (or Shingles on and above the eye) affects the brain of Alzheimer's patients in a different way than normally? Britta This is anecdotal (n=2), but my mother and my mother-in-law (both APOE4 carriers) presented symptoms of dementia within days or weeks...