Cannabis, Strokes, and Heart Attacks? 

Cannabis, Strokes, and Heart Attacks? 

The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and carbon monoxide levels. Does “the dark side of cannabis”—both “synthetic and non-synthetic marijuana”—include stroke? There have...
Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements? 

Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements? 

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about its effects on cancer risk, death, and longevity?  In 2019, “Association of High Intakes of Vitamins B6 and B12 from Food and Supplements with Risk of Hip Fracture Among...
Acne and Vitamin B12 

Acne and Vitamin B12 

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections.  “Acne is a disease unique to humans.” Why do we even get it? Well, think about the distribution of those greasy sebaceous glands. They’re “on the face, chest and back; these are exactly the...
Eating to Reverse Heart Failure 

Eating to Reverse Heart Failure 

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in the reversal of congestive heart failure. It is a hopeful sign of the times when an entire issue of a cardiology journal is not just...
Pole Walking to Lose Weight? 

Pole Walking to Lose Weight? 

Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular walking for depression, sleep quality, and weight loss? Exercise recommendations for obesity have been referred to as “the mysterious case of the public health guideline...
Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint 

Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint 

Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever environmental protest in the world,” more than one million children in more than one hundred countries joined the “Global Climate March, demanding that...