Quotes of the Day

The four points of Principled Negotiation (Negotiation on the Merits): People: Separate the people from the problem. Interest: Focus on interest, not positions. Options: Generate a variety of possibilities before deciding what to do. Criteria: Insist that the result be based on some objective standard. [1991] - Roger Fisher

The ketogenic diet involves eating a high-fat, very low-carbohydrate diet that mimics fasting for the purpose of generating ketones in the body. Ketones are created from fat stored in the body when carbohydrates are not available for metabolism to make glucose. The ketones are used as an energy source by cells in place of glucose. While normal healthy cells can adapt to use ketones as an energy source, cancer cells cannot adapt the same way because they rely on glucose to keep up with their high energy demands. When glucose is low, tumors have difficulty growing. Ketones also interfere with the ability of cancer cells to obtain energy, making tumors more likely to respond to treatment when the patient is adopting a ketogenic diet.  [2019] - William W Li

According to the American Heart Association, metabolic syndrome occurs when a person has three or more of the following measurements: 1. Abdominal obesity (excessive belly fat) 2. Triglyceride level of 150 milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dl) or greater 3. HDL cholesterol level of less than 40 mg/dl in men or less than 50 mg/dl in women 4. Systolic blood pressure (the top number) of 130 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or greater 5. Diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) of 85 mmHg or greater 6. Fasting glucose of 100 mg/dl or greater 7. Insulin resistance of glucose intolerance [2013] - Hillary Wright

The ideal body mass index (BMI) for the longest life appears to be 20 to 22 (kg/m2). [2023] - Michael Greger

Resveratrol is a bioactive well known to be in grapes, red wine, and grape juice. But resveratrol is also present in blueberries, cranberries, peanuts, and even pistachios, as well. In nature, resveratrol acts as a natural fungicide to fight fungi that could destroy the plant. So this is a bioactive that is first and foremost part of a plant’s health defense system. The practical challenge with resveratrol is that it is present only in small amounts in red wine and most foods. Because of this, resveratrol may be one of the few exceptions where the bioactive may be better obtained through a concentrated supplement rather than the actual food. [2019] - William W Li