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Category: Function & Health

Heard of Xylitol or Erythritol? They’re Sugar-Substitutes that Clean Your Teeth
ArchivesNutrition

Heard of Xylitol or Erythritol? They’re Sugar-Substitutes that Clean Your Teeth

January 13, 2022December 11, 2023

In the quest to find the ultimate sugar replacement, sugar alcohols, a kind of low-digestible carbohydrate similar to fiber…

World’s Largest Real-Life Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, Sleep, and Well-Being
ArchivesMedicine

World’s Largest Real-Life Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, Sleep, and Well-Being

December 16, 2021July 28, 2023

History’s largest real-world evidence study, consisting of nearly 3,000 participants, has just produced some stunning results on the use…

Waking Up Just After Falling Asleep Helps Problem Solving—Old Myth Confired
ArchivesPhysiology

Waking Up Just After Falling Asleep Helps Problem Solving—Old Myth Confired

December 14, 2021December 11, 2023

Waking up just after nodding off — even for just 15 seconds, can unlock the answer to difficult problems,…

Grape Seed Extract Is a Potent Natural Defense Against a Hallmark of Aging By Killing Senescent Cells
ArchivesNutrition

Grape Seed Extract Is a Potent Natural Defense Against a Hallmark of Aging By Killing Senescent Cells

December 7, 2021November 27, 2023

Story at a glance… Grape seed extract kills senescent cells, a major driver of aging and its diseases. Mice…

Our Diets Have Much Room for Mushrooms—Wild Ones in Particular
ArchivesNutrition

Our Diets Have Much Room for Mushrooms—Wild Ones in Particular

October 27, 2021December 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Wild mushrooms represent a nutrient-dense and medicinal component to the human diet. Foraging, including for…

How Hormesis Creates a Resilient Organism Through Stressors Like Exercise and Caloric Restriction
ArchivesNutrition

How Hormesis Creates a Resilient Organism Through Stressors Like Exercise and Caloric Restriction

October 21, 2021December 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating create stress in the body which fortifies it against future…

New Biomarker Discovered to Verify the Efficacy of Senolytics—Drugs that Clear Senescent Cells
Medicine

New Biomarker Discovered to Verify the Efficacy of Senolytics—Drugs that Clear Senescent Cells

September 20, 2021

A biomarker has been discovered for a class of drugs known as “senolytics,” which kill senescent cells. These are…

The Glycemic Index Gets First Update in 13 Years With Radical Changes
ArchivesNutrition

The Glycemic Index Gets First Update in 13 Years With Radical Changes

September 9, 2021December 11, 2023

Many dieticians and health/diet-conscious Americans alike use a food’s Glycemic Index (GI) score as a reference point for ensuring…

The MEND Protocol and the End of Alzheimer’s?
ArchivesMedicine

The MEND Protocol and the End of Alzheimer’s?

August 26, 2021December 11, 2023

Clinical trials of a new precision, or functional medicine approach to targeting, and reversing cognitive decline from Alzheimer’s Disease…

Transplanting Microbes from a Young Mouse into an Old One Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline
ArchivesPhysiology

Transplanting Microbes from a Young Mouse into an Old One Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline

August 18, 2021May 29, 2024

Story at a glance… When receiving a sample of a young mouse’s gut microbiome, age-related cognitive decline was reversed…

Fat from Vegetable/Seed Oils Feeds Tumors and Blocks Immune Cells Study Finds
ArchivesMedicine

Fat from Vegetable/Seed Oils Feeds Tumors and Blocks Immune Cells Study Finds

July 19, 2021December 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Within cancer tumors, fats build up in their oxidized form. “Killer” T cells entering the…

The Medical Wonders of Caloric Restriction: Part 2
ArchivesPhysiology

The Medical Wonders of Caloric Restriction: Part 2

July 8, 2021December 31, 2023

Taken from an earlier story from World at Large… In 2007, researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine…

Linoleic Acid Stars as the Culprit in a Radicle New Outlook on Heart and Chronic Disease
ArchivesNutrition

Linoleic Acid Stars as the Culprit in a Radicle New Outlook on Heart and Chronic Disease

June 14, 2021July 26, 2023

Story at a glance… Many different foods and nutrients have been suggested as the cause of the growth in…

The First Trial of Commercial CBD Products Found Significant Anxiety Relief in Women
ArchivesMedicine

The First Trial of Commercial CBD Products Found Significant Anxiety Relief in Women

June 9, 2021July 28, 2023

A new trial looking at the effects of a line of commercially-available CBD health products from a company called…

The Medical Wonders of Caloric Restriction: Part 1
ArchivesPhysiology

The Medical Wonders of Caloric Restriction: Part 1

June 1, 2021December 31, 2023

In 2007, researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine studying caloric restriction in humans set out on Phase…

MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Meaningfully Reduces PTSD Symptoms by 88%—On Track for FDA-Approval
ArchivesMedicine

MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Meaningfully Reduces PTSD Symptoms by 88%—On Track for FDA-Approval

May 20, 2021September 16, 2023

In a phase III, randomized placebo-controlled trial, the psychedelic chemical MDMA, colloquially known as ecstasy, was found to greatly…

A Sardine a Day Keeps Diabetes Away—Spanish Study
ArchivesNutrition

A Sardine a Day Keeps Diabetes Away—Spanish Study

May 7, 2021December 31, 2023

Spanish cuisine loves small oily fish like sardines and anchovies, and so Diana Rizzolo Ph.D. was unsurprisingly ecstatic when…

Even More Evidence Links Shorter Sleep Duration to Increased Risks of Dementia
Physiology

Even More Evidence Links Shorter Sleep Duration to Increased Risks of Dementia

April 21, 2021

Neurology has shown us that the body has but one onboard mechanism for preventing dementia in our later years:…

Scientists and CEOs Expand Grey Markets of Cannabis to Break the FDA Stranglehold on the Medical Field
Physiology

Scientists and CEOs Expand Grey Markets of Cannabis to Break the FDA Stranglehold on the Medical Field

April 1, 2021

Cannabidiol, (CBD) the non-psychoactive component of marijuana, is now widely available in the United States for treating things like…

Million Gardens Movement Wants to Remove All Modern Barriers to Gardening Through Education and Community
Nutrition

Million Gardens Movement Wants to Remove All Modern Barriers to Gardening Through Education and Community

March 25, 2021

PICTURED: The home page of the Million Gardens Movement, featuring legendary actor Harrison Ford who lent his voice of…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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Houthis Shoot Down $210 Million in Drones, US Kill 80 in Strike on Civilians in Hodeidah

Andy Corbley April 25, 2025

Seven of the United States’ premier long-range offensive drones have been shot down by Houthi counterfire in the skies…

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