In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John discuss the critical role magnesium plays in human health and resilience. They discuss testing, best food sources for magnesium and supplement consideration.

In this episode of The Health Edge John and Mark review current guidelines for sodium restriction. They look at recent clinical research and place current guidelines into a different risk-benefit analysis.

Sodium, Potassium Intake and Cardiovascular Events

Cochrane Review- Reduced Dietary salt for the prevention of cardiovascular disease

In this episode of The Health Edge John and Mark review current guidelines for sodium restriction. They look at recent clinical research and place current guidelines into a different risk-benefit analysis.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1311889

http://www.cochrane.org/CD009217/VASC_reduced-dietary-salt-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease

In this episode of The Health Edge Mark reviews the 2013 cholesterol management guidelines. Mark looks at the clinical trials using statins for primary and secondary prevention and offers some perspective on risk-benefit based on the studies.

Do statins lengthen life? BMJ Open-2015-Kristensen-

In this episode of The Health Edge Mark reviews the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2013 cholesterol management guidelines. Mark looks at the clinical trials using statins for primary and secondary prevention and offers some perspective on risk-benefit based on the studies. 

In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John review the mechanisms and medicinal effects of cannabis.

CBDs transcriptional profiles BJP 2012

In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John review the mechanisms and medicinal effects of cannabis.

In this episode of the Health Edge Mark challenges some common myths as they relate to diet, weight loss and improved metabolism. Is with loss more than a calories in – calories out accounting proposition? Does fat really make you fat because it has more calories per gram?

Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management. A critical review of the evidence

How calorie -focused thinking about obesity and related diseases may mislead and harm public health. An alternative.

Comparison with ancestral diets suggests dense acellular carbohydrates promote an inflammatory microbiota, and may be the primary dietary cause of leptin resistance and obesity.

CreatingHealth2015MetabolismFinal

In this episode of the Health Edge Mark challenges some common myths as they relate to diet, weight loss and improved metabolism. Is weight loss more than a calories in – calories out accounting proposition? Does fat really make you fat because it has more calories per gram?