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Magnesium Deficiency: Over Half of Americans Fall Short on the Mineral That Runs 300+ Enzymatic Reactions
Over half of Americans consume less magnesium than the body needs to run 300 or more enzymatic reactions, including those governing heart rhythm, sleep, and blood sugar. Soil depletion and food processing have made dietary sufficiency nearly impossible for most people. Supplementing with magnesium glycinate or malate addresses a deficiency the standard blood test is not designed to catch.
June 7, 2026
Institutional ResearchThey Found It in a Plant, Patented the Molecule, and Called It Medicine: The Documented List
Between 40% and 70% of pharmaceutical drugs in clinical use today are derived from or directly modeled on plant compounds used by traditional cultures for centuries before pharmaceutical companies isolated, modified, and patented them. In every case, the traditional knowledge holder received nothing. This is the documented origin list, compound by compound.
June 5, 2026
Institutional ResearchWhy Natural Medicine Cannot Be Funded: The Patent System, the Flexner Report, and a Century of Structural Incentives Against Plant-Based Research
The pharmaceutical research system cannot fund natural compound research because patents require novelty and plants are not novel. The Rockefeller Foundation gave over $50 million to pharmaceutical medical schools and nothing to herbal medicine schools. The NIH office for natural therapy research receives 0.3% of the total budget. These compounds were not found ineffective. They were defunded.
June 5, 2026
Fitness and PerformanceCreatine Is Not a Muscle Supplement. It Is a Brain and Heart Supplement That Also Builds Muscle.
Creatine monohydrate is the most studied dietary supplement in existence. The phosphocreatine system operates in every high-energy-demand tissue, including the brain and heart. Multiple randomized controlled trials show it improves working memory, reduces cognitive impairment during sleep deprivation, and accelerates antidepressant response. Most people taking it know none of this.
June 5, 2026
Food TruthThe Oils in Your Kitchen Are the Most Recent Addition to the Human Diet. Here Is Who Funded the Research That Called Them Heart-Healthy.
Canola, soybean, corn, and cottonseed oils did not exist in the human diet before the 20th century. They are extracted using petroleum solvents and deodorized at high heat. The AHA, which recommends them as heart-healthy, was established with a $1.74 million donation from Procter and Gamble, maker of Crisco. The independent controlled trial evidence points against the AHA recommendation.
June 5, 2026
Institutional ResearchHarvard Scientists Were Paid to Blame Fat for Heart Disease. The Documents Are in JAMA.
JAMA Internal Medicine published in 2016 that the Sugar Research Foundation paid three Harvard scientists $6,500 in 1967 to produce a literature review blaming dietary fat for heart disease. The funding was not disclosed. One author later wrote the first federal dietary guidelines. The resulting low-fat era replaced animal fats with sugar and seed oils in the American food supply.
June 5, 2026
Food TruthUltra-Processed Food Is Not Food. An NIH Randomized Controlled Trial Found Participants Consumed 508 More Calories Per Day Without Knowing Why.
Ultra-processed food makes up over 70% of the US food supply. A randomized controlled trial at the NIH found participants consumed 508 more calories per day on a matched ultra-processed diet without trying to overeat. A 2024 review of 45 meta-analyses and 10 million participants found convincing evidence linking it to cardiovascular mortality, type 2 diabetes, anxiety, and depression.
June 5, 2026
Environmental ToxinsFluoride Is an Industrial Byproduct of Phosphate Fertilizer Manufacturing. A Federal Court Just Ordered the EPA to Regulate It Accordingly.
Fluoride in US drinking water is a phosphate fertilizer byproduct, classified as hazardous waste before water utilities began purchasing it. In 2024, a federal court ordered the EPA to regulate fluoride after a National Toxicology Program review of 72 studies found it associated with lower IQ in children. Reverse osmosis is the only consumer filter that removes it.
June 5, 2026
Food TruthThe PURE Study Tracked 101,945 People Across 17 Countries. The AHA Saw the Results and Kept Its Guidelines Anyway.
The PURE study tracked 101,945 people across 17 countries and found that sodium below 3 grams per day is associated with higher cardiovascular mortality than moderate intake of 3 to 6 grams. The AHA's 2.3-gram recommendation falls in the higher-risk range. The restriction guidelines trace to a 1972 rat study using doses 50 times the typical human intake.
June 5, 2026