cardiovascular system

The Accumulated Damage From Daily Caffeine Use

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 5 minutes of reading

Although it is simple biochemistry and physiology, caffeine and other similar compounds remain some of the most misunderstood poisons within nutrition and “sports performance science.”While I’ve covered caffeine in depth in previous articles such as “Caffeine is a Defense Chemical and a Potent Poison — Do Not Neglect Accumulated Damage,” this randomized controlled trial, as summarized by Examine.com, gave me another opportunity to expand on the subject and explain some more of their faulty […]

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Olive Oil Coffee — How To Destroy Your Health While Gagging

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 6 minutes of reading

There are bad ideas and then there are really bad ideas. For the latter, we recently got a perfect example from the Verywell Health writer Stephanie Brown. In her recent personal blog post, she tells us about her experiences with “olive oil coffee,” and rest assured, her experiences were “fact checked” by Nick Blackmer. So, this has to be some real serious stuff as their “fact” checkers have been all over it. Let’s get on

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Unnatural Artificial Sweeteners And Cardiovascular Damage

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 5 minutes of reading

Once again we return to Examine.com and a summary of a recent meta-analysis looking at the association between artificial sweeteners and the risk of cardiovascular events. This should be another no-brainer as far as common sense goes. Let’s see what they found. Quick Summary “In this meta-analysis of 12 prospective cohort studies in 1,224,560 men and women, researchers looked at the intake of artificial sweeteners and the association with higher risks of all-cause mortality,

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Iron Deficiency Is A Sign Of Severe Malnutrition, Which Needs To Be Addressed

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 7 minutes of reading

Today we return to Examine.com and another review of a new meta-analysis looking at intravenous iron treatment and reduced risk of cardiovascular hospitalizations and cardiovascular disease mortality in people with heart failure and iron deficiency. While giving intravenous iron treatment to someone with an iron deficiency might seem logical, it’s not that simple and actually shows extreme incompetence. Let’s see what they had to say. Key study details “Eight studies used ferric carboxymaltose, 2

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The Fallacy Of Focusing On A Single Nutrient In Useless Studies

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 8 minutes of reading

Today we return to Examine.com for another perfect example of wasted time and resources on studies focusing on a single nutrient and a possible outcome.This time some researchers performed a controlled trial and the possible effects of Omega-3 fatty acids and the occurrence of heart arrhythmias in 74 people with acute coronary syndrome. Key study details “The participants were admitted to a critical care unit in Iran. They received standard care and consumed either

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Backwards Thinking: Exercise And Reduced Risk Of Dementia

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 9 minutes of reading

Today we return to Verywell Health, aka., VeryBad Health if you actually were to follow their diabolical advice on nutrition, or more to the point, “Verywell Dead,” as you’ll likely feel like a walking dead and actually die a lot sooner. This time they covered a backwards, and frankly put, useless study, exploring the relationship between exercise and insulin in the brain and the risk of developing dementia. Let’s see what they came up

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Quick Life Update And A Little About Cardiovascular- And Heart Health

By / / Personal Blog / Training, Life & Opinions / 6 minutes of reading

January just passed by and I’ve had two “short” fasts this year, as in Monday afternoon until Thursday morning, or about 62 hours each fast. The first fast was between week 2 and 3, and the second fast was between week 4 and 5. Both fasts were pretty much dry fasts (about 48 hours or more of dry fasting,) as in no drinking, no liquids. Why only 62 hours? Well, I wanted to fit

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Cold Plunges And Cold Therapy Is Extremely Damaging!

By / / Health and Fitness / 11 minutes of reading

The misinformation specialist and imbecile Matt Weik of Ironmagazine continues to pull idiotic crap out of his ass, and this time it can really f**k you up, especially if you’re a competing athlete — or simply a gullible idiot who thinks that stressing the complete sh*t out of your body is a good thing. Let’s see what this imbecile managed to put together this time and I will use my 30+ years of coaching,

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