Podcast: Maximum Wellness
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Vitamin C is Another Tool in the Tool Chest Used to Combat COVID-19
With COVID-19 surging after the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, and the two vaccines, to date,...
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Vigorous Physical Activity Is Associated with Additional Health Benefits
Research is well documented on the benefits of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activities – meaning engaging in exercise...
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Fish Oil Lowers Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Medscape.com reported in March 2020 that researchers from the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical...
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Research Sheds Light on the Optimum Vitamin D Blood Values
According to researchers from the Vitamin D, Skin, and Bone Laboratory, Section Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Weight...
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Some Football Players Have Increased Cardiovascular Risk with NSAID Use
Anyone who’s been involved in athletics at any level—professional, college, recreational, or those older individual with the...
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Vitamin D Status Appears to Modulate COVID-19 Risk & Severity
According to research—”Evidence Regarding Vitamin D and Risk of COVID-19 and Its Severity”—which was published in the...
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Combined Exercise Improves Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
Mayoclinic.org says that type 2 diabetes – also referred to as adult onset diabetes – is a...
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Vitamin D May Reduce Cancer Risk in Adults with a Normal Body Mass Index
In November 2020, Harvard researchers reported in JAMA Network Open that, “vitamin D3 may reduce the risk...
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Frequency, Intensity, and Time Spent Exercising Is Key to Weight Loss Success
In 2005, with the publication of my book, The Fat Burning Bible (John Wiley & sons), I...
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Mediterranean Diet Is Most Sustainable for Weight Loss
In January of 2020, research determined that individuals who follow the Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting, or the...
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Too Little or Too Much Sleep in Old Age Increases Risk to Cognitive Decline
In September of 2020, JAMA Network Open reported on a pooled cohort study – Association Between Sleep...
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Blueberries Increase Cognitive Performance in Middle-Aged Adults
In August 2020, Psychology Today reported on a placebo-controlled study – Improved Metabolic Function and Cognitive Performance...
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A Low Vitamin D Status Is Associated with COVID-19 Complications
Researchers from the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany, report in the September issue of...
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How to Offset the Effects of Age-Associated Muscle Loss
Between the fourth and fifth decade of life, a human can experience the potential effects of sarcopenia...
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Aerobic Exercise Doesn’t Compromise Muscle Growth
Prior research has inferred that performing aerobic exercise (AE) concurrently with resistance training (RE) – specifically, if...
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In the COVID-19 World, We Still Lack a Strong Nutrient-Based Immune Defense
Innate immunity – barriers set up in the eyes, mucus membranes, and the epithelium or lining of...
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Low Vitamin D Status May Increase Complications Associated with COVID-19
Low Vitamin D Status May Increase Complications Associated with COVID-19Researchers from the Department of Medicine and Center...
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Cardiac Rehab Patients Benefit from High-Intensity Interval Training
It’s no secret that moderate intensity, continuous training (MICT) – usually in the range of a rate...
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Obesity is Tied to Greater Risk to Complications from Covid-19
From COVID-19’s inception in China in December of 2019 to the present time, those individuals with comorbidities,...
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Co-Enzyme Q10 Improves Endothelial Function
Abnormal blood lipids—such as alterations in total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and high-density...
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Research Shows Chocolate Reduces Coronary Artery Disease Risk
The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology reported in August of 2020 on Journals.sagepub.com that, “the consumption of...
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Immune Support Update
According to the World Health Organization, the worldwide estimate of influenza-related, severe illness is 3 to 5...
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How Much Water Should We Consume?
Human body water functions include aiding the digestion process, circulation of nutrients and substances across cell membranes,...
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Overnight Shift Workers Must Contend with the Negative Aspects of Their Work
According to research – Early Morning Food Intake as a Risk Factor for Metabolic Dysregulation – which...
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness & Muscular Strength Reduce Risk of Arterial Stiffness
In the Covid-19 world, research shows that being older—over 65—with hypertension—high blood pressure—increases the risk of complications...
