Category: Health Tips

In my traipsing around social media I often see advertisements for 7 minute a day gentle Tai Chi exercises and the like promising the world in exchange for little effort.

The world does not work that way.

I think back over all the fad diets and exercise regimes and mentally classify the Tai Chi videos as somebody with yet another fad, trying to make a quick buck and not caring that it leads people down the garden path.

Perhaps that is a bit harsh. Perhaps they think that getting people to do something is better than letting them sit there doing nothing. While there is some truth in that I prefer full rather than partial truths.

Here Dr Rhonda Patrick shares the results of a survey that found moderate intensity exercise yielded 4 times the results of low intensity exercise.

High intensity exercise yielded in one minute what you would obtain from 53-94 minutes of low intensity exercise. (Variation based on which health issue measured.)

Important caveat: My personal opinion is that the single most important word on exercise is gradient. Start with a really small increase on what you are doing and build it very gradually. That way you do not risk overexertion and self injury.

It’s how I got up to doing 2,100 dips and 2,100 pushups one night.

Click to view the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSY4NWO3f8U

Linda Lagemann, PhD, was a mental healthcare policy expert and Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco Department of Medicine.

More at: https://www.thebump.com/author/linda-lagemann

Big Food Is Making Us Fat & Sick – Tell the FDA to Ban Ultra-Processed Foods

Big Food Is Making Us Fat & Sick – Tell the FDA to Ban Ultra-Processed Foods

Ultraprocessed Food Ingredient of the Week – The Laxative That’s a Key Ingredient in 3D-Printed Fake Meat

When we heard that “Perfecta” 3D-printed fake meat from Steakholder Foods would be sold at grocery stores, we figured we should investigate.

What we found were the typical veggie burger ingredients: lots of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including canola oil, modified corn starch, soy fiber, soy flour, and soy protein. They’re engineered to tolerate massive amounts of Monsanto (now Bayer)’s carcinogenic glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide and other toxic herbicides like glufosinate, 2,4-D, dicamba, quizalofop, and isoxaflutole.

But, one ingredient stood out: methylcellulose. If you’ve never heard of it, start looking for it on food packages. It’s the active ingredient in the laxative Citrucel, and in Perfecta “filet mignon” it’s the third ingredient listed after water and soy flour.

Methylcellulose is one of the ingredients named in former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler’s petition asking the FDA to stop treating the ingredients in ultraprocessed food as “generally recognized as safe” and to make companies prove their use is safe. Kessler proved Big Tobacco was deliberately making cigarettes more addictive and, by consequence, more deadly. Now, he’s making the same case against Big Food.

Currently, methylcellulose is one of the ingredients the Food and Drug Administration considers “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS).

Kessler filed a petition with the FDA asking it to revoke methylcellulose’s GRAS status and require food companies to prove that their use of methylcellulose—in ultraprocessed food—is actually safe.

Finish reading: https://organicconsumers.org/methylcellulose-a-laxative-and-a-key-ingredient-in-3d-printed-fake-meat/

You’re going to need an ID to buy creatine in California. Let that sink in.

Starting January 1, 2027, California is restricting the sale of certain muscle-building supplements to anyone under 18.

Creatine is one of the most researched supplements in the world, with benefits for muscle strength, energy production, and cognitive function. Meanwhile, kids can walk into a gas station and buy energy drinks loaded with caffeine and sugar. No ID required.

Are we really prioritizing the right things here?

(Tom: And they get to vote without ID don’t they?
So you CAN vote but you CAN’T buy Creatine without ID?
Perfectly sane and logical. NOT!)

Metabolic problems don’t suddenly appear in middle age. They build quietly over years, often while you still feel healthy, active and far too young to worry about your heart, blood sugar or kidneys. Recent research involving young adults in their early 20s found that these problems were already widespread — and researchers detected signs of injury inside their arteries.

Story at-a-glance
Nearly 8 in 10 young adults studied had at least one cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) risk factor, even though their average age was only 22.9 years.

Young adults with more advanced CKM problems had cardiovascular health scores about 13 points lower than those without CKM risk factors.

Ultrasound revealed thicker carotid artery walls as CKM advanced, showing that early arterial injury was already detectable in people barely into their 20s.

Even young adults without CKM risk factors often fell short of high cardiovascular health, highlighting an opportunity to improve metabolic health before disease develops.

Cutting excess linoleic acid from seed oils, eating enough carbohydrates and protein, staying active and tracking insulin resistance are practical starting points for supporting metabolic health early.

Finish reading: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2026/11/10/young-adults-ckm-syndrome.aspx