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The phrase "plant-based diet" is being tossed around a lot these days. The Skeptical Cardiologist never knows what people mean when they use it and so must assume that most of the world is also puzzled by this trendy term. For some, a "plant-based diet" is what vegans eat. Veganism combines a diet free of animal products with a moral philosophy that rejects the "commodity status of animals." Vegans are the strictest of vegetarians, eschewing milk, fish, and eggs. One plant-based diet advocate in the introduction to a  special issue of the  Journal of Geriatric Cardiology  wrote that "a plant-based diet consists of all minimally processed fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, herbs, and spices and excludes all animal products, including red meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products." You will notice that this cardiologist "excludes all animal products" and that the qualifying phrase "minimally processed...

Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids are essential fats, meaning you must get them from the food you eat, as your body can’t make them. They’ve been associated with numerous health benefits, such as a reduced risk of heart disease ( Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2015 ), reduced inflammation ( Biochem Soc Trans. 2017 ) and improved mood ( Front Physiol. 2018 ). Fish oil and flaxseed oil each contain an impressive amount of omega-3 fatty acids. The main types of omega-3s in fish oil are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) ( NIH ). On the other hand, flaxseed oil contains the omega-3 fatty acid known as alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) ( Trusted Source ). Flaxseed oil also contains  linoleic acid , an omega-6 fatty acid. Linoleic acid and arachidonic acid (AA) are the Omega-6 fatty acids that have been found to possess potential cancer protective properties. The human body converts linoleic acid into GLA (Gamma-Linoliec Acid), and the latter get converted into A...

Longevity.technology recently announced the release of the world’s first longevity investment platform to a wider pool of accredited investors. Through the platform, qualifying investors can access the latest longevity investment deals, as well as detailed information on more than 500 longevity businesses, briefings on specific longevity markets, daily news, alerts, and deep-dive videos on exciting companies in the space. To understand their longevity investment thesis, check out their recent article on the  definition of longevity  – there are already several live investment deals in these categories on the  platform . The investment portal is for accredited investors such as venture capitalists, institutional investors, family offices, high net worth and super high net worth investors. If you are interested in joining other smaller investors in participating in longevity deals (alongside VCs, family offices and other accredited investment firms) we’ll be launching our ...

Travis Christofferson has written three books on metabolic health optimization. His third one was " Ketones, The Fourth Fuel: Warburg to Krebs to Veech, the 250 Year Journey to Find the Fountain of Youth ." Interestingly, optimizing your metabolic health appears to be an effective way to mitigate the severity of a COVID-19 infection. The reason for this is because when you're metabolically flexible, you're not insulin resistant, and insulin resistance and diabetes are significant risk factors. The ketogenic diet was a standard of care in the 1920s for pediatric epilepsy, but once antiseizure drugs came out in the '30s, it was shelved and eventually forgotten. Fasting encountered the same fate. As noted by Christofferson, therapeutic fasting was huge in the '60s, yet the benefits of this strategy eventually fell by the wayside of medical history as the low-fat movement took hold. "[Nutritional ketosis] made this remarkable res...

If you read this article previously please reread as there are two important edits that I added. The first is that you need to eat enough protein to achieve muscle growth which is about 0.6 grams/pound or 1.2 grams/kg of body weight. Secondly, I realized that using BFR in constant mode with straps is not as healthy for your muscles as it tends to result in low grade muscle spasms. Fortunately the KAATSU system allows you to do the exercise in a far healthier cycling mode which inflates the cuffs to a safe pressure but only for 30 seconds, and then repeats the process for a total of 8 cycles. Building muscle with BFR is massively important because sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) threatens your healthy lifespan. One of the reasons I'm committed to exercising lifelong is because both of my parents died from frailty, and I'm determined to avoid sarcopenia, which took them prematurely. With society aging worldwide, the prevalence of sarcopenia ...