My gripe with this whole story was more about entrepreneurs needing to find some high minded motive instead of just admitting that they are out to make money. Hey! We live in America! Making money is the highest of holies
Nice summary of what is currently the thinking on placebos. Author Ted Kaptchuk, one of the first westerners to explore acupuncture.
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/8/16981 As followers of the blog know, I do not believe in popping pills for what ails you. However, I think that melatonin as a sleep aid meets the challenge of having a very low risk to benefit ratio. Sleep
Quite a title to this post, I know! So what do all of those have to do with each other? I usually play Baroque music in my office because of reading I did years ago about “super learning” and
This article is a few years old, but good reminders. I still think that 3 mg melatonin may be too much, but the author swears by it.
This article (click on photo) outlines 5 ways that the bacteria in your gut can affect your health, including obesity, immunity, brain function, heart disease and infant colic.
Here is a good round up of the recent science behind gut bacteria and mood and the vagus nerve. (Vagus nerve activity is the focus of my research.) Click on photo below for the video from CBS Morning News and
I will be discussing in brief, this book in the August Newsletter. Melodramatic trailer for the book by clicking the photo below. He recommends probiotics (these 5–> lactobacillus plantarum, lactobacillus acidopophilus, lactobacillus brevis, bifidobacterum lactis, and bifidobacterium longum.) He also
A very provocative take on why fruits and vegetables make you more resilient. Hint: it’s not the vitamins. They contain various “anti grazing” substances to keep them from being eaten and when we consume them, it is a form of
