When we think about vaccines, we often only think about children getting them, but there are also several safe ones available for adults. In this episode, Dr. Power discusses when adults might need vaccines, and he also debunks a commonly-held vaccine myth. To hear more, be sure to tune in today!

During 2020, most of us across the world have been shut up at home with our families. But how effective are these shutdowns for combatting the spread of the virus? It turns out, as the data shows, that by reducing contact and thus allowing fewer people to spread and contract the virus, we are able to minimize the spread, and hopefully allow the crisis to subside while giving ourselves extra time for a vaccine to be developed.

These days, feelings of depression and lethargy in kids are far too common, and high youth suicide rates show how serious of a problem this is becoming. Today on the show, Dr. Power discusses a few reasons for the surge in bad feelings amongst our precious younger folks. He lists things that upset brain functioning like street drugs, cellphone use, and the industrial diet, while also making some recommendations for how we might meet this problem head-on.

As we get older, our lungs age too by decreasing in elasticity, but smoking or breathing in polluted city air can accelerate this process. Joining this episode, listeners will learn about toxins in the air that damage the lungs. Towards the end of the show, Dr. Power tells us how we can repair some of this damage though, sharing the findings of a recent study on the effects of eating tomatoes!

One of the methods for treating patients with coronavirus currently being tested involves injecting them with blood plasma from people who have caught the virus and recovered. While this method seems new, it was actually begun 100 years ago during the great Spanish flu epidemic of 1918! In today’s show, Dr. Power explains how this method of treatment works and shares the encouraging results of a few small studies on its effectiveness.

While it is unusual for a senior citizen to only feel tiredness while having a heart attack, elderly individuals usually only experience a few of the five classic expressions while undergoing this dreaded experience. Tune in to hear what the five classic expressions are, how many people actually know all five, and the value of knowing them for spotting the onset of a heart attack.

There is a new food preservative currently being tested that is made from a thin water mix of egg albumin and edible cellulose. While this might give people with egg allergies cause for concern, today’s show sees Dr. Power weigh in on how the preservative can be washed off, and he gives us some insight into how it’s made and what it’s used for too!

While we enjoy the ability to get tropical fruit year-round, the lengthy supply chains that get food to our table also increase the risk of food-borne illnesses. Today Dr. Power talks about these risks and how harmless and cheap microbe spores are being used to make supply chains — and our food — that much safer.

The loss of biodiversity across our Earth is reflected within our digestive tracts. Today Dr. Power explores the science behind why we should eat more fruit and vegetables. The answer, as he explains, is simple — the modern diet is starving the beneficial bacteria that live in our guts. After explaining the huge amount of good that bacteria does for our bodies, Dr. Power concludes that vegetables and fruit are far better for nurturing good bacteria than burgers and fries.

With shifts in the scientific understanding of our skeletal muscle systems, today’s episode looks at the latest news on the chemistry of exercise. Dr. Power discusses how metabolites are released during exercise and the importance of exercise to your metabolic health. We then talk about exocrine which, if isolated, will be a powerful drug in the fight against obesity and lethal metabolic syndrome.