Tom's Blog on Life and Livingness
A great video by Dr Berg who interviews the author of ’Wheat Belly’ and ’Super Gut’.
Keystone bacteria
Polyphenols
From Green Tea, Garlic, Onions and Asparagus.
Fermented foods
Like sauerkraut, kimchi, pickled vegetables.
Collagen accounts for about 30% of the total protein in your body; 28% of collagen, in turn, is made up of the amino acid glycine
Glycine is the amino acid with the highest concentration in connective tissue. Its benefits go far beyond connective tissue health as glycine has anti-inflammatory effects, acts as a neurotransmitter, and plays an important role in the epigenetic regulation that drives the aging process
Glycine helps protect against viruses by reinforcing the extracellular matrix, which acts as a physical barrier to infectious agents such as bacteria, fungi and viruses
Most people need 8.5 to 10 grams more glycine than what their bodies can synthesize in a day.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-glycine-fights-viruses/5841367
A SNL skit.
A SML skit.
In the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, a new study is reporting that low testosterone in men can mean a shorter life span. This meta-analysis of 11 studies, involved more than 24,000 subjects may be the most definitive done on the subject. The data from this study show that men with low total testosterone concentrations had higher risks for all-cause mortality and that men with testosterone concentrations below 5.3 nmol/L (<153 mg/dL) had an increased risk of cardiovascular death. In addition, the relationship between dihydrotestosterone (DHT) levels, all-cause and CVD mortality is complex (nonlinear) as both low levels of DHT (below 0.59 nmol/L) and high levels of DHT (above 2.45 nmol/L) had a higher risk for all-cause mortality and/or CVD events.
For years, men have been told just the opposite. That male menopause was natural. That the risks of cancer and cardiovascular disease were too great to augment declining testosterone by dabbling in hormone replacement therapy. Within mainstream media, the sly implication is that there must be something wrong with a man who wishes to maintain reproductive health past a certain age. …
