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Friday Pearls
Overwhelming Sadness, Nourishment and Healthspan
Friday, February 15, 2019
Few people are aware of the connection between nutrition and varying degrees of overwhelming sadness, even though most people understand the connection between nutritional deficiencies and physical illness.
On Using What We Already Know
Friday, February 08, 2019
Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger. ~Mehmet Oz, MD.According to David Katz, MD, MPH, past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, "Believe it or not, what we know about health promotion, disease prevention, sustainable weight control, and lifestyle as medicine is enough to prevent 80 percent of all chronic disease and premature death.
Fusion Energy
Friday, February 01, 2019
Fusion: The process of combining two or more distinct entities into a new whole.Today’s Friday Pearl is for those who have faith that global scientists will be able to address climate change with new, and safer sources of energy. Awareness is the key to requiring that our elected officials and the U.S. government support fusion energy research, since it's a viable candidate for ensuring continued life on planet earth.
Surprising Sardine Science
Friday, January 25, 2019
Some of our friends poke fun at our passion for educating and changing public opinion on the science-proven health benefits of small canned fish. We keep an abundant supply of the real things in the Biosyntrx test kitchen and eat them often.
CBD and Tobacco Withdrawal
Friday, January 18, 2019
A recent John Wiley and Sons published report on behalf of the prestigious UK Society for the Study of Addiction is titled, “Cannabidiol reverses attentional bias to cigarette cues in a human experimental model of tobacco withdrawal.” This got our attention since tobacco addiction is a serious public health issue linked to more than 480,000 deaths per year in this country, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.
Vitamin D Science
Friday, January 11, 2019
Winter 2019 is here and many people will not get enough sun on their skin to maintain optimal vitamin D levels, therefore today's Friday Pearl will focus on vitamin D published science, popular beliefs, and the levels of vitamin D now considered optimal for health and disease prevention.
Science & Weight Loss
Friday, January 04, 2019
Since weight loss is always in the top five New Year's resolutions, our first 2019 Friday Pearl will focus on science suggesting the time of day food is consumed may be far more critical to weight loss and long-term health than the amount of calories ingested.
Climate Change: Paris to Pittsburgh
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Climate change is not coming. It's here. The American government may have pulled out of the Paris Agreement, but the American people are committed to its goals and there is nothing Washington can do to stop us. ~Michael Bloomberg
World Scientists' Second Warning to Humanity
Friday, November 30, 2018
Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1,700 independent scientists, including the majority of living Nobel Prize laureates in the sciences, penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity.”These concerned professionals called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required, if vast human misery is to be avoided.” In their manifesto, they showed that humans were on a collision course with the natural world.
Science, Purpose, and Well-Being
Friday, November 23, 2018
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that our body’s gene expression pattern distinguishes between the senses of well-being derived from a profound noble purpose versus simple self-gratification.