Lifestyle Medicine Update
The weekly Lifestyle Medicine Update video provides you with a quick review of a recently published study from the fields of lifestyle medicine, anti-aging, disease management and prevention, with special emphasis on breakthrough nutrition and lifestyle research that can help keep you and your family healthy and functional for as long as possible.
LMU 343 - Finally, A Diet That Controls Gout
Finally, A Diet That Controls Gout Source: Journal Nutrients (2019) Lifestyle Medicine Update (December 10, 2024) You likely know that gout is a type of arthritis that causes inflammation and pain in certain joints, especially the big toe, but it can also affect the ankles, knees, elbows, wrists and...
LMU 342 - First Drug Shown to Lower Lp(a) in Heart Attack Prevention (Muvalaplin): A Game Changer
First Drug Shown to Lower Lp(a) in Heart Attack Prevention (Muvalaplin): A Game Changer Source: JAMA (November, 2024) Lifestyle Medicine Update (Dec 4, 2024) You know that there is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol in your bloodstream right now. The good cholesterol is the HDL, which helps to remove...
LMU 341 - Higher Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fat Blood Levels Strongly Linked to Prevention of 19 Different Cancers
Higher Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fat Blood Levels Strongly Linked to Prevention of 19 Different Cancers Source: Int J Cancer (October 17, 2024) Lifestyle Medicine Update (November 13, 2024) Over the years there has been much debate and controversy regarding the protective effects of omega-3 and possibly omega-6...
LMU 340 - Medicinal Mushrooms in Cancer Prevention and Adjunctive Treatment
Medicinal Mushrooms in Cancer Prevention and Adjunctive Treatment Source: J Integrative Medicine 2014 Lifestyle Medicine Update (November 6, 2024) It is well documented that our immune system becomes weaker as we age, which allows more virulent, life-threatening infections to impact our health and sometimes...
LMU 339 - Simple Blood Test for Alzheimer’s disease Shows Impressive Accuracy: And the Importance of Vitamin B3 Supplementation in Alzheimer's Prevention
Simple Blood Test for Alzheimer’s disease Shows Impressive Accuracy: And the Importance of Vitamin B3 Supplementation in Alzheimer’s Prevention Source: Medscape October 29, 2024 & J Neuroscience Nov 5, 2008 Lifestyle Medicine Update (October 31, 2024) A new and simple blood test has emerged...
LMU 338 - Glucosamine: An Important Anti-Aging Drug? Human and Animal Studies Show Its Disease Prevention and Life Extending Impact
Glucosamine: An Important Anti-Aging Drug? Human and Animal Studies Show Its Disease Prevention and Life Extending Impact Source: Human Nutrition & Metabolism (2021) Lifestyle Medicine Update (October 10, 2024) As we age, roughly around age 40, our body makes less of a substance known as glucosamine. ...
LMU 337 - Icariin Flavonoid Continues to Show Positive Effects on Preventing and Managing Osteoporosis
Icariin Flavonoid Continues to Show Positive Effects on Preventing and Managing Osteoporosis Source: Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2017) Lifestyle Medicine Update no (Sept 25, 2024) Back in the year 2007 the first clinical trial was published showing that supplementation with 60 mg per...
LMU 336 - Red Meat and Processed Meat and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Red Meat and Processed Meat and Colorectal Cancer Risk Source: J. Gastroenterology (2024); J Critical Reviews in Food and Science Nutrition (2024) Lifestyle Medicine Update (September 4, 2024) Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer world-wide and the second leading cause of cancer death. As...
LMU 335 – Exercise Improves Erectile Dysfunction as Effectively as Viagra: Natural Strategies for Maintaining Male Sexual Health
Exercise Improves Erectile Dysfunction as Effectively as Viagra: Natural Strategies for Maintaining Male Sexual Health Source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine (December 2023) Lifestyle Medicine Update (August 21, 2024) An important study was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in December of 2023...
LMU 334 - DASH Diet Helps Prevent and Reverse Fatty Liver Problems in Type 2 Diabetics
DASH Diet Helps Prevent and Reverse Fatty Liver Problems in Type 2 Diabetics Source: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (April 2024) Lifestyle Medicine Update (August 12, 2024) Fatty liver problems not caused by alcohol consumption is a leading cause of liver disease world-wide, with an estimated 32% of...
