Case Study - 24-year-old young man with irregular bowel movements, unexplained abdominal pain, orange stools, sometimes constipated sometimes diarrhea, for a few months.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/116854?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-08-06&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.039759

Butyrate, and other short chain fatty acids, are made by beneficial bacteria in the gut, through fermentation of dietary fiber. These SCFAs play a crucial role in maintaining gut health by providing energy for beneficial bacteria,sustaining the gut barrier that prevents leaky gut and certain autoimmune conditions and generally reducing inflammation. This study suggests that increasing gut butyrate availability can improve BP.

This show aired Friday, August 29, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Case Study - 82-year-old woman with blood pressure of 157/90, who refused to take medication.

Case Study - 57-year-old obese man reduced average blood pressure from 170/95 to 135/85.

More Americans need blood pressure medication, according to the updated guidelines put out by the American Heart Association.

There are many ways to reduce high blood pressure without medication.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/hypertension/116998?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-08-14&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-08-14&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

This episode aired Friday, August 22, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Estrogen and the Gut Microbiome

Progesterone, Inflammation, and the Microbiome

Testosterone and Gut Health

Cortisol Regulation and the Gut-HPA Axis

This show aired Friday August 15th, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Young People Lead New Wave of Americans Unaware of Their Hypertension | MedPage Today

Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles, spanning the years 2013 to 2023, showed a significant proportion of adults having hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, continued to self-report being unaware and never diagnosed.

Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Incident Hypertension in Menopausal Women | Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association June 2025.

Prilosec/Omeprazole, Nexium, Prevacid, Protonix.

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the treatment of choice for conditions such as esophagitis and peptic ulcer disease, and they are among the most prescribed medications in the United States. In 2016, one of the PPIs was dispensed more than 70 million times in the United States.

Inappropriate PPI use either due to prolonged use or lacking an appropriate indication has been linked with several adverse events such as bone fractures, pneumonia, and kidney damage, especially in older people. Also Osteoporosis, weakened immune systems, higher risk of gut infections and dysbiosis, protein deficiency and deficiencies of B12, iron, magnesium, and other minerals.

Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent vasodilator that plays a critical role in blood pressure (BP) regulation.7 Recent studies have shown the importance of the nitrate–nitrite–NO pathway in the production of NO. The conversion of nitrite to NO in the stomach is dependent on the presence of gastric acid.8 PPIs are highly effective in suppressing gastric acid secretion and are hypothesized to affect NO production from nitrate/nitrites.

This show aired Friday, August 8, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Compared with 2,000 steps per day, walking 7,000 steps per day was associated with:

A significant 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality

A significant 25% lower risk of incident cardiovascular disease incidence

A significant 47% lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality

A non-significant 6% lower risk of cancer incidence

A significant 37% lower risk of cancer mortality

A significant 14% lower risk of type 2 diabetes

A significant 38% lower risk of dementia

A significant 22% lower risk of depressive symptoms

A significant 28% lower risk of falls

Colon cancer - Exercise rivals survival benefit of some drugs.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/asco/115838?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-06-02&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-06-02&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

This show aired Friday, August 1, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

How Exercise Fights Anxiety and Depression

How Exercise Fights Anxiety and Depression - The New York Times

Decades of research have established that movement has a positive effect on mental health.

July 16, 2025 Isabelle Zhao for The New York Times

When it comes to mental health, most treatments for conditions like depression or anxiety come with caveats. Medications work for some symptoms, but can exacerbate others. Cognitive behavioral therapy is effective for many patients, but not all.

But there’s one strategy that seems to work for most people and almost all experts endorse, and that’s regular exercise.

This show aired Friday, July 25, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

How to reduce your risk and even reverse bone loss with exercise and evidence based supplements.

This show aired Friday, July 18, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

The best nutrients to support bone health. Bio-available calcium. Adequate vitamin K2. 5000 to 10,000 IU of vitamin D. Supplemental collagen in powder form.

The importance of weight-bearing exercise and strength training.

Why no one should ever take calcium carbonate, the most common form found in cheap calcium supplements and one a day multivitamins.

CASE STUDY - 65-year-old woman with osteopenia. Should she take Fosamax?

CASE STUDY - 72 year-old woman with Osteoporosis who had been taking Boniva.

This show aired Friday, July 11, 2025, on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Risk of Neurologic Disorder Rises for People Who Live Near Golf Courses | MedPage Today

Parkinson's

Living within 1 mile of a golf course was associated with more than double the odds of developing Parkinson's disease compared with living more than 6 miles away, found researchers led by Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD, of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, reported in JAMA Network Open. May 2025. This was a study done in Minnesota involving 419 Parkinson's cases and 5,113 controls (median age was 72) from 1991 to 2015. They collected data from 139 golf courses and 224 water service areas.

The odds of getting Parkinson's disease decreased by 9% for every 1-mile increase in distance from a golf course, up to 18 miles.

This show aired Friday July 4th, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Key risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease are linked to cognitive function as early as ages 24–44, highlighting the need for early prevention in the US.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(25)00097-3/fulltext

Creatine is a compound that comes from three amino acids. Creatine is found mostly in your body's muscles as well as in the brain. Most people get creatine through seafood and red meat — though at levels far below those found in synthetically made creatine supplements. The body's liver, pancreas and kidneys also can make about 1 gram of creatine per day.

Your body stores creatine as phosphocreatine primarily in your muscles, where it's used for energy. As a result, people take creatine orally to improve athletic performance and increase muscle mass.

People also use oral creatine to treat certain brain disorders, neuromuscular conditions, congestive heart failure and other conditions

Proper hydration is crucial when using creatine to minimize the risk of dehydration and muscle cramps.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-creatine/art-20347591

This show aired Friday June 27th on KDAR 98.3 FM.