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Are Peptide Shots Safe?
The FDA held a meeting at last Friday to define what constitutes “from foods” in dietary supplements. The focus was on peptides, short chains of amino acids that have many functions in the body. For example, GLP-1 receptor agonists that are popular for type 2 diabetes and weight loss is a peptide. Insulin is also […]
Everything Old Is New Again
In Tuesday’s Memo, I said I’ve heard this song before. Actually, I’ve heard it twice before. Due to the nature of this trip around the world of high protein, the song “Everything Old is New Again” seems completely appropriate. The first time I heard the high-protein song was in the early 1990s. When the first […]
Hamburger Cereal?
Paula mentioned in passing that she had read about a hamburger cereal. I just shook my head, and then it really hit me: a hamburger cereal? I had to check it out. Turns out there is a “cereal” out there that contains 20 grams of protein from dehydrated ground beef per ½ cup serving. The […]
Vitamin D vs. Long COVID
Returning to the vitamin D study, the rest of the headline suggested that taking vitamin D upon getting COVID may reduce symptoms of long-term COVID (LTCOVID), a serious aftereffect of a COVID infection that can impact the nervous and muscular system. Brain fog, chronic fatigue, and pain are some of the common symptoms. The reason […]
Does Vitamin D Beat COVID?
My Monday morning news feed contained at least three referrals to a recent article published in the Journal of Nutrition. The headlines were all about the same: vitamin D supplementation is ineffective in the short term as a treatment for COVID but provides insight into how to reduce the risk of long-term COVID symptoms. I […]
What Changed? 2015 vs. 2025 Dietary Guidelines
If you read any of the commentary about the latest dietary guidelines, you would have thought there were radical changes. “Eat or drink full-fat dairy! Use beef tallow! Ultra-processed food should be eliminated!” If you took the time to read the synopses, there are very few differences between the recommendations. They still use the same […]
The 2015 and 2025 Dietary Guidelines
What were the Dietary Guidelines that were published for 2015? Can you remember any of them? What are the Dietary Guidelines for 2025? Did you read them? Here’s your chance. The 2015 Dietary Guidelines were released 10 years ago; the 2025 version about a month ago. Research was reviewed. Meetings were held. Comments were given. […]
Clock-Changing Solutions
We’ve become so obsessed with sleep, even our watches can track the amount of quality sleep we get, so we can expect something unusual tonight. We go to bed at our usual time and for most of us in the U.S., we wake up one hour earlier than planned because the clocks have changed. As […]
Warning: Spring Ahead
This coming weekend, the clocks are moved ahead one hour in most states here in the U.S. This seems to impact some people more than others; our bodies are more sensitive to the effects of changing sleep patterns than we think. I first wrote about this 10 years ago, and I wanted to check to […]
Immune Booster 2 and 3
Continuing with our look at how to approach the first tickle of a cold or seasonal allergies, we’ll finish up with the final two parts of our immune boosting supplements. Garlic The second part of our immune boost supplements is garlic; it’s been noted to have beneficial properties for over 5,000 years. Garlic thins the […]
