Wellness in the News for November 2021
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Calorie restriction, ketogenic diet, and cancer
A report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology states that calorie restriction - what I call "undereating" - reduces cancerous tumors, while the Ketogenic diet does not. If you have a dangerous monster locked up in the basement, I recommend you gradually STARVE IT TO DEATH. And when you reach your Optimal Lean Zone, you will be tumor-free.
And according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the combination of undereating and FASTING for hours every day works best for extending the healthy life span of mice and, by extension, your own body cells. It gives your body a chance to recycle nutrients and take out the garbage.
Chronic pain treatment & psychological interventions
From the Association for Psychological Science come seven trending recommendations for addressing the physical pain that lingers long after the physical problem has been fixed.
There are many more than these seven. Mind/body pain is explained thoroughly by the Chinese concept of Liver Qi Stagnation.
Menopause and strong, thick bones
Bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone in postmenopausal women decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Being the world's hitherto longest follow-up of changes in bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, the study shows that bone loss after menopause is significantly lower than has previously been assumed.
Unfortunately, there was no information collected on the exercise or sleep habits of these postmenopausal women.
Women who lift heavy weight throughout life while getting enough food and sleep will maintain strong bones and muscles, regardless of hormonal changes. This is true the world over and in all times past.
Nature's wisdom: Use it or lose it.
Covid will become a seasonal flu
A paper published in the journal Nature Computational Science has provided strong evidence that Covid-19 is in fact a seasonal low-temperature infection. That has important implications for how we can learn to live with the virus, as reported in IFLScience!
As with all flu-type diseases, the Chinese remedy Ganmaoling (available online) will remain the best first-line defense against covid. Every medicine cabinet should be stocked with.
Even vaccinated people who test positive should be taking a Chinese anti-viral formula like Ganmaoling, to neutralize and drive out the evil wind.
Genetic engineering will likely end blindness by 2030
The University of Pittsburg reports on a novel gene therapy platform that speeds the search for ways to reverse blindness.
Researchers at Purdue University have figured out a way to use gene therapy to recover lost vision after a stroke in a mouse model.
Medical technology (and all technology) advances at an exponential rate, not a linear rate. In the words of the great Yankee catcher and manager Yogi Berra, "The future ain't what it used to be."