We Need A Good Reminder To Be Careful Of Diet Fads: This post might be more of a small note, but it's still brings up themes that are important to consider. So, there's nothing that the nutrition space or the supermarket checkout line loves more than a fad diet. Whether it's Paleo, South Beach, Zone, celebrity hot-sauce-water, etc. There's supposed to be some magic formula to solve your problems and make the pounds fall off easily. But one of the more recent plans does seem to work like magic, with all kinds of benefits. -Until now... The post !HOLY JAZZERCISE, BATMAN! Hugely Popular New-Ish ..read more

The Overlooked Wellness Hacks Might Be The Best Ones: Every once in awhile, you find a piece of info that doesn't arrive the way you'd think. Especially if it's about something you take for granted or is sitting in your blind spot. This time around, the start of it doesn't come from a study, but instead a marketing campaign or stunt designed to sell more drink powder. -Which would normally raise strongly-worded questions. But the results of their survey might accidentally be worthwhile... The post Is There An Easy Way To Be Happier? One Company’s Marketing Survey Says Yes And It Might Not Be ..read more

Microplastic Menace; In The Quantum Realm!: File this update as another case of, "Well, we thought it was safe because..." A short while ago, we found a study that showed people were right to be cautious about plastic water bottles. Not only did they have BPA in them before. But that recent study found after awhile, they can leach between 300-500 different chemicals into the water that's in them. In many cases, this was even true of reusable bottles that had been put through the dishwasher. The detergent alone introduced another 3500 chemicals into them, too. But now Columbia & Rutgers te ..read more

Everyone's Favorite Superfood Scores Another Win: One of the benefits we can all cash-in on with new information is discovering our own blind-spots. For example, thanks to nutrition scientists we now know that if you're an adult and you have stress, you're probably magnesium deficient. Still further, Dr. Joel Fuhrman opened everyone's eyes to how little micronutrients they get if they aren't eating big salads every day. On that note, it turns out researchers are finding even more dietary blind-spots. If you're like me, or any other nut who stops by HealthTrekker, you want to have those bases ..read more

Tech-Bro Nerdery Trickles-Down To Significant Figs For Average Joe: One of the most unfortunate parts of being alive on this planet is the set of dents our health can take over time. Researchers like Dr. David Sinclair have even called Aging itself a disease. And if you look around at different tech bros like Bryan Johnson and his "Blueprint" protocol, a lot of people are trying to solve the problem. Using a variety of tests that may or may not be accurate, guys like Bryan and tech billionaires taking Metformin are finding out that age may not just be measured in years. In the immortal words ..read more

The Wheels Of Government Turn Slowly; Even For Food-Safety: A short while ago, we talked about Sam Parr's question on slim travelers. He was surprised by how many people came back from European vacations noticeably slimmer than before. But since these were generally healthy people who had good diets and exercised regularly, there seemed to be some x-factor responsible. One of the revelations from that post was that the European Food Safety Agency bans a lot more ingredients in their food than we do. -Which leads right into today's post, because both the CSPI and Consumer Reports are trying to ..read more

Just Like The Original Top Gear. Always Ambitious But Sometimes Crap: Missed it by -that- much! Hi Healthtrekkers! Looks like I was a little too ambitious in trying to get Monday's post out. It seems I was unaware how quick and efficient my web host's team is at server migrations. I also was unaware to what extent Firefox caches certain data. So as a result, the post that was finished last week and set to go out first thing Monday morning got lost in the shuffle. Thankfully with the aid of an amazing support team and their clever ideas, I was able to work some database wizardry on a backup a ..read more

Air Pollution Isn't Just 1970s Los Angeles Anymore*: Fifty-six years ago, Jimi Hendrix warned us all about the dangers of Purple Haze. With all the different pollutants we have to deal with today, it seems like prophetic advice. The sad part about this is that many of them come from places none of us expected. The plastic bottle BPA scare years ago was just one of them. And unfortunately, these insults seem to affect the vulnerable among us the most, like the very young,very old, and those already ill. So if plastic bottles were an unwelcome surprise back then, the EWG's new findings on prod ..read more

The Baptist Conspiracy Against Alcohol Finally Revealed!: One of the more difficult parts of becoming a health nut is changing the things you used to like in your diet. This might be easy when you considered the Cap'n Crunch, Pancake, OJ carb-splosion you used to engage in as a kid. But the more you whittle things down, the more disappointing it seems to get. This was particularly difficult for me when I found out how dangerous eating dark chocolate can really be. We're going to have to pour another one out for an old friend on this one. Because where I was sure Mormons perpetrated this idea ..read more

To anyone & everyone who can help: One of the most wonderful human beings on Planet Earth is in a tight spot due to his father passing recently and leaving behind a "challenging" situation where Josh might lose his home. The rest of the details about lawyers, probate, outstanding bills, etc. are all over at the page John put up for him. Invest in the best of humanity with whatever you can give! PS: Given the potential costs he'll get realistically stuck with, the funding goal is actually a little bit on the modest side. Thanks very much for anything you can do to help, even if it's just a ..read more