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Your Independence Inventory
I’m breaking this into two separate inventories: your physical inventory, focusing on muscles bones and joints, and your logistics inventory. Let’s begin with your physical inventory. To make this easier, we created a printable checklist that you’ll find in the Basic Health Info section of drchet.com. Physical Inventory Let’s start with some of the factors […]
Time to Take Inventory
After last week’s Memo on Independence, I decided to follow it up with some thoughts on where to begin the quest for independence. Nobody is beginning at absolute zero. Regardless of where you stand (or sit) with your health, it’s time to take an inventory. I could include everything from lowering cholesterol, sleeping better, or […]
Two Questions on Independence
I spend a lot of time observing people; I can spot someone with a gait problem whether the cause is their lower back, a knee, or an overall core issue. I also watch people move who have weight problems, especially young people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s carrying extra weight. Degenerative diseases aside, what […]
In Case You Ever Wondered
Many of you probably don’t remember William Proxmire, the U.S. Senator who criticized government-funded studies five decades ago. Another senator, Tom Coburn, picked up the mantle in 2010 by criticizing research on greenhouse gases from cows. (It’s bipartisan; we’ve got one Democrat and one Republican.) While the research was not about flatulence—cows don’t fart—it was […]
Sun and Soup
A long-time reader pointed out that I made a mistake in Saturday’s Memo: the earth is not closest to the sun during the summer—in fact, depending on the minute, it’s at the furthest point from the sun. I confess I did not check the science on that one. It just made sense and therein lies […]
Protect Your Skin
Astronomical summer begins tomorrow morning at 4:24 a.m. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere, the point when the earth will be closest to the sun. Because it will also be the longest day of the year, it will also provide the greatest exposure to the sun and its ultraviolet light if you’re going to be outdoors. […]
New Sunscreen Ingredient
Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine! Say that five times fast. Heck, say it fast once! No, this isn’t a memo about tongue twisters; it’s about the FDA finally approving a new ingredient for sunscreen in the U.S. A simpler name is BEMT, bemotrizinol, or Tinosorb-S. Why a new sunscreen ingredient? It not only neutralizes the free radical […]
Creatine and the Unasked Question
If you read the article on creatine posted by the AMA, while as short as a sentence or two, the points were valid. Let me elaborate on a couple of the ones I think are most important. Creatine Builds More than Muscle The point they were making is that creatine may be beneficial to build […]
The AMA and Creatine
After last week, you may be thinking I’m going to talk about another healthcare professional dissing supplements. I’m very pleased to say that’s not correct this time around. You can read the article by clicking here; I wouldn’t recommend listening to the audio version—seems like an AI voice to me. The first thing that blew […]
Questionable Comments on Dietary Supplements
I hope you had a chance to read the article I referred you to on Tuesday; you can still read it by clicking on this link. For the record, I’m not a fan of the AG1 product. In my opinion, supplements should not mix herbals from medicinal plants with vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals. That aside, […]
