Key takeaways:~ In order to get pregnant, you need healthy egg cells.~ There are four key ways to improve egg quality, according to research studies.~ Your genes play a role in how susceptible you are to damage from toxicants or nutrient deficiencies.~ A multi-pronged approach may be needed to improve egg quality. Members will see…
Month: February 2023
Tag, you’re it: challenge your friends.
As coronavirus spread across Northern Italy several weeks ago, Italians took to their homes to contain the spread. They also took to social media, challenging themselves to push their minds and bodies to new limits, even in limited space. As more countries began following suit, the trend caught on. Right now, it’s hard to go…
Immune Health
How to Win the War Against Winter During the colder winter months, most of us spend more time indoors. While we avoid the cold and snow, we also invite the spread of germs. There’s less air circulation inside and we’re likely cooped up with others who may expose us to cold or flu viruses. During…
The Obesity Society says we need to change the way we talk about obesity
Buck professor Pankaj Kapahi agrees The Obesity Society, a professional organization focused on obesity science, treatment and prevention, has called upon researchers and clinicians to use less stigmatizing terminology in scientific journals and with patients who are obese. The goal is to bolster the understanding of obesity as a disease, rather than a personal weakness….
Boost Your Energy with L-Theanine
Green tea has made somewhat of resurgence lately. You’ll find it in the aisles of your local grocery store and on the menu at Starbucks too. From metabolism to memory recall, there are a ton of benefits, which explains why you have been hearing about it everywhere recently. The truth however, is that green tea…
Healing a broken heart: Time, or decreasing expression of a single protein
By Dominican University Graduate Students, Michael Broussalian, Lithgow lab, and Asia Davis-Castillo, Melov lab; Edited by Dr. Pankaj Kapahi, Buck Professor The heart is generally considered to be a terminally differentiated organ, meaning that heart cells, also known as cardiomyocytes, lose their ability to divide during infancy. Since adult cardiomyocytes are unable to reenter…
Naked Mole-Rats: Live Slow, Die Old
By Garbo Gan, Former Lab Technician in Kennedy Lab If its nude and wrinkled appearance causes you to take a closer look at this eccentric animal, then its remarkable biology may blow you away. Native to East Africa, naked mole-rats occupy complex underground tunnel systems in colonies of up to 300 individuals. Despite their name,…
Cellular Health, Poor Diet, and NAD+
Your body runs a lot like a factory. And like any factory, the more efficiently it performs, the better the output. That’s where NAD+ comes in. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is a coenzyme found in every single one of the 37 trillion (give or take) cells in your body. It also plays a critical role in…
How Does Obesity Increase the Risk for Severe Covid-19 (and other infections, too)?
Spoiler alert: it’s inflammation As Covid-19 became part of our lives in late 2019 and early 2020, a fascinating and disturbing aspect that quickly became apparent was the range of effects that it had on those infected, from no symptoms at all to death. With time, a host of risk factors for severe disease and…
Probiotics And Prebiotics: What’s The Difference? And do I Need Both?
Both probiotics and prebiotics seem to be a hot topic in health today. Just peruse the aisles of any grocery and health food store, and you’ll probably find several products extolling their virtue. But many people don’t understand what probiotics and prebiotics are, what makes them different, and most importantly, how they work together. So,…