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Forget Cholesterol. It’s Your Homocysteine Level That Matters

What you should know about the link between dementia, stroke, and cardiovascular disease — If you’ve ever had a full blood screen and scrolled through the list of markers and their values, you may have seen “homocysteine” listed, and wondered what that was, before moving on to view your cholesterol stats. After all, that’s the one you’re told that matters. In which case I…

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Forget Cholesterol. It’s Your Homocysteine Level That Matters
Forget Cholesterol. It’s Your Homocysteine Level That Matters
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Cancer: The Carbohydrate Connection

We’ve known about this for a hundred years. Time to act. — In 1924, German medical doctor and scientist Otto Heinrich Warburg made a discovery that was to potentially revolutionise our understanding of cancer. His astonishing breakthrough, that was to later earn him a Nobel Prize in physiology, could have — should have — changed the course of cancer prevention and treatment…

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Cancer: The Carbohydrate Connection
Cancer: The Carbohydrate Connection
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To Live a Long Life, Keep Your Cholesterol High

It’s a paradox — one of many that challenge our beliefs. — Cholesterol is a word that strikes fear into the heart. But does it also strike disease? Because here’s the curious thing: having a high cholesterol level is associated with living a longer life, especially if you have heart disease. Confused? Of course you are! Welcome to the cholesterol paradox. The…

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To Live a Long Life, Keep Your Cholesterol High
To Live a Long Life, Keep Your Cholesterol High
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The One Supplement You Should Never Go Without

“D” is for Depression and Dementia — A friend recently asked me what I would choose if I could only take one supplement. Vitamin D3, I replied, without hesitation. This raised an eyebrow from my friend, who was expecting something along the lines of vitamin C (winter’s coming) or a multi vitamin and mineral (covering all bases). …

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The One Supplement You Should Never Go Without
The One Supplement You Should Never Go Without
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Do You Have Leaky Brain Syndrome?

Brain permeability is linked to depression and other mental health problems. How to mend the gaps. — Your brain is like a powerful command centre, surrounded by a wall to prevent enemy elements from breaching security. Damage to the wall undermines the strength of the command centre. The blood brain barrier is that wall. …

Mental Health

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Do You Have Leaky Brain Syndrome?
Do You Have Leaky Brain Syndrome?
Mental Health

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Feb 8

How Not to Catch a Bug

You don’t have to suffer. You just have to do the right thing. It’s cold. It’s February, and it’s mean out there. There are viruses circling the wagons, looking for a warm, easy host. One that won’t put up much of a fight. Is that you? There are those people who catch everything that’s drifting along on the breeze. Yet there are others…

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How Not to Catch a Bug
How Not to Catch a Bug
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·Dec 18, 2022

Drugs, Diet, and Dementia: How to Prevent Memory Loss

Proven methods, with and without side effects — Great news: a new Alzheimer’s drug was recently proven to slow down memory loss in people at the early stages of the disease. Also great news: there are several dietary interventions that are also proven to slow down memory loss in people at the early stages of the disease. The…

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Drugs, Diet, and Dementia: How to Prevent Memory Loss
Drugs, Diet, and Dementia: How to Prevent Memory Loss
Alzheimers

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Dec 5, 2022

Men: Your Sperm Count is Plummeting

And that’s a warning sign for other health problems — A paper published in November 2022 describes data from 223 international studies that reveal that sperm count across the globe has decreased by more than half over the last fifty years. According to the team of scientists who made this discovery, humanity faces a “fertility crisis.” The situation is equally…

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Men: Your Sperm Count is Plummeting
Men: Your Sperm Count is Plummeting
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·Nov 27, 2022

Why You Crave Carbohydrates

Food addiction is part of your wiring, but it is not inevitable — I recently went to a local Christmas craft fair. It was delightful, in a tinsel-tat sort of way. The food stall was the main attraction, for me, so I quickly made my way over, hoping to discover something new and special. Alas no, it was the usual cake fest. Don’t…

Mental Health

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Why You Crave Carbohydrates
Why You Crave Carbohydrates
Mental Health

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Nov 18, 2022

How Vegetable Cooking Oils Destroy Your Health

You thought sugar was bad? Meet its evil twin — I recently came across these empty cooking oil containers that had been deposited behind a restaurant near my home. It’s not an unusual sight in areas with catering establishments. Less visible is the damage that these commonplace oils do to human health. You don’t have to search the streets to…

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How Vegetable Cooking Oils Destroy Your Health
How Vegetable Cooking Oils Destroy Your Health
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Maria Cross

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MSc. Registered nutritionist, specialising in gut and mental health. Subscribe to my newsletters on Substack: mariacross.substack.com

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