An Interview with Dr. Alfredo Franco-Obregon Creatine supplementation can be advantageous for everyone, not just athletes. Sure, many athletes have learned that creatine supplementation significantly improves maximal strength and endurance. They have found, and studies confirm, that creatine supplementation also results in improved concentration, higher endurance in training and faster...
An Interview with Dr. Alfredo Franco-ObregonAs regular readers know, one of my biggest peeves is the media writing uninformed articles about nutrition without bothering to check the facts. It is hard to tell which nutrient draws the most misinformation from the media, but creatine ranks high on the list. Why...
An Interview with Dr. Leon Schurgers Last month, we began our conversation with Dr. Leon Schurgers about vitamin K2 with a discussion of the “calcium paradox,” in which so many people have harmful calcium deposits form in their arteries at the same time that the calcium content of their bones...
An Interview with Mark WhitacreEnough is enough! There was an onslaught of misinformation generated by the media when the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT), a study of the role of selenium in prostate cancer, was halted in October 2008. The media incorrectly reported...
An Interview with Dr. Leon SchurgersI called upon vitamin K researcher, Dr. Leon Schurgers. Dr. Schurgers was kind enough to share his thoughts on the functions of vitamin K, discuss the significance of new research findings and comment on the potential implications for clinical practice for us. Since February is...
An Interview with Dr. Shari LiebermanAs we understand more about gluten intolerance (not an allergy) and its related problems including gluten-sensitive enteropathy, celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, Gee-Herter’s disease and others, we can help more of the thousands of affected people achieve better health. There are many more gluten-free products available...
A dozen years ago, on Christmas day December 25, 1996, great joy emanated from a clinical trial showing that suffering and death could be cut in half simply by taking a selenium supplement. Yet, in spite of this study and other human clinical trials along with considerable mechanistic and...
An Interview with Frank Schönlau, Ph.D. Perhaps you have read about the exciting results of still another clinical trial with Pycnogenol and arthritis (1). As the baby boomers age, more and more find themselves hampered by various aches and pains, especially knee pain. This month, I have called upon Frank...
An Interview with Jonathan W. Emord, Esq.“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” —Thomas Jefferson, September 23, 1800 When Congress created the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1906, it was intended that this vital agency...
An interview with Dr. Nicholas J. MariniRecently, we have been discussing the paradigm shift in nutritional science facilitated by nutrigenomics. The Rubicon has been crossed and there is good news. For decades, we have been learning that much of our health is influenced by our genes, but, more recently, we...
