The Nutrition InvestigatorThe health and nutrition blog by Dr. Roc Ordman.

Nov ’18 aspirin study keeps getting
media coverage. It claimed deadly risks of aspirin outweigh benefits for heart disease
& stroke. The daily aspirin study should be interpreted with
caution! – In a 5 yr study of 20,000 over 65 in the US and Australia, the risk
of death from any cause was 12.7 events per 1000 person-years in the […] Read more »

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Between moving and preparing to market a nutritional
supplement and dealing with Wisconsin winter, it is a very challenging
time.  I hope you enjoy these headlines.

Recovery from hard workouts – Fancy sports drinks are no
better than plain water, and drinking too much liquid is more detrimental than
being dehydrated; precision eating and protein supplements are not useful;
icing is […] Read more »

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BELOW ARE QUOTATIONS FROM PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE RELATED TO THE INGREDIENTS AND DOSAGES PRESENT IN THE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT “ANTIONC”.

“For
most of mankind’s existence, scientists wallowed in lethal ignorance regarding
the critical need for humans to supplement with enough vitamin D. We fear the
same knowledge deficit exists today regarding vitamin K.” The Remarkable Anticancer Properties of
Vitamin K – […] Read more »

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Trying to find
time to write essays, there are so many distractions. See index of all postings here.
Sorry there is so much news I feel it is worthwhile to share. Nor am I editing
it to just headlines.

EXERCISE NEWS:

Update on mechanisms that might be involved in
exercise
reducing dementias.

NPR Science
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With caveats stated already,
below is a description of what I consider an optimal day. Do I do all these
wonderful things daily? Give me a break! I am a professor – do as I say, not as
I do.  Many tell me everyone knows how to
live a healthy life. And we all have delightful reasons why we […] Read more »

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Happy New Year! I have pushed to send the attached essay out now, so it might inspire some New Year’s Resolutions. I had forgotten about balancing on one foot while brushing my teeth, and have really slacked off on paino playing – but the new year brings new resolution!
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Happy holidays. Here’s a ton of headlines to skim for ideas for a healthier new year!
Trying to find time to write essays, there are so many distractions. See index of all postings here.
*I mentioned the evidence that HIIT is the only scientifically investigated exercise.
I have now been doing it for 2 weeks! Cell Metab. 2017 Mar […] Read more »

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The 16 Nov Science is a prize, Special Issue “Diet and Health”! I have to share a few bits:
pg 736-Reprogrammed cells could tackle brain damage – in mice they can turn astrocytes into neurons to repair stroke damage, perhaps Parkinsons and Alzheimers
pg 765 Current controversies (NUTRITION Questions we do not know the answers to!): 1. […] Read more »

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Living to 200 and beyond.  (TY WIN & I24 News) Israeli biotech Cellect is developing stem cell technology that may extend individual human life far beyond what currently can be conceived.
 
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These are notes I gathered in response to a reader’s request for information about Chronic Kidney Disease.
It is mostly taken from the Mayo Clinic website.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) refers to all 5 stages of kidney damage, from very mild damage in Stage 1 to complete kidney failure in Stage 5.
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