A new study from University College Cork, led by Professor Yvonne Nolan and published October 21, 2025, in Brain Medicine, purports to show exercise can reduce depression-like behaviors caused by a high-fat, high-sugar Western diet. Researchers fed male rats either a healthy diet or a high-fat, high-sugar “cafeteria diet” for seven weeks. Half of each… Read more: Exercise Overpowers Junk Food Depression

A cardiologist recently reminded his audience that more than 80% of chronic disease—heart disease, diabetes, cognitive decline, and even many cancers—stems from lifestyle. Diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management aren’t side notes to medicine. They are medicine. That number sounds both liberating and intimidating. If so much of our health depends on daily choices, are… Read more: Why 80% of Chronic Disease Is Lifestyle-Driven — and How to Tackle the Other 20%

Dr. Paul Saladino is one of my go-to guys for extreme living. He does things that are the antithesis of moderation. I almost use his advice as a divining rod to know what not to do. His latest advice is to replace your laundry detergent with white vinegar. It seems like a silly idea to… Read more: Vinegar instead of laundry detergent?

I’ve always considered BMI (Body Mass Index) an inaccurate measurement for assessing a person’s weight. I remember seeing a news report back in the 1990s that illustrated the flaw in this measurement by using Michael Jordan as an example. At the peak of his career, Jordan weighed about 216 lbs, and his height is widely… Read more: BMI is too inaccurate for individual use

I don’t have a goal to lose weight or build big muscles. If I do have workout goals, they would be to maintain muscle tone and to be able to walk and run for at least the next few decades. I’m 57 at the moment, so that means I want to be mobile until I’m… Read more: Moderate Method exercise routine

Paul Saladino, MD, tweeted today about the dangers of aluminum foil. In 48 seconds, he claims that using it to cook or store your food is bad for your health. The key quote for me is, “People who cook with aluminum foil have up to two times higher levels of aluminum in their blood than… Read more: Is using aluminum foil bad for your health?

The Moderate Method is about a personalized way of living. There are three steps to my method. In order, they are diet, exercise, and life. It’s all rather obvious and meant to be so. You start where you have the most control and move on from there. Diet refers to what you eat, exercise refers… Read more: The Moderate Method

Image by lookstudio on Freepik By: Sheila Johnson of wellshelia.net Life is full of stressors that can impact your mental and physical well-being. Identifying and managing these stressors is crucial for maintaining a balanced life. This guide offers practical strategies to help you navigate stress and cultivate resilience. Recognize the Sources of Your Stress Recognizing the… Read more: From Stressed to Streamlined: Your Guide to Tackling Tension

I often hear about how bad vegetable oils are for human health. Much of the noise centers around the argument that vegetable oils are harmful because they’re highly refined and have origins in industrial lubrication. On the surface, they might seem bad, but are they really? And if they are, is there an evil corporate… Read more: Book: Dark Calories, How vegetable oils destroy our health and how we can get it back