How Much Potassium Do We Need? From 2005-2019, the official recommendations were that we should all get 4.7 grams of potassium per day. This was because studies have shown some people need this much to abolish the rise in blood pressure that otherwise occurs when they eat lots of salt. In 2019, the official recommendations …
Originally published July 15 2019. Updated June 13, 2020. Skip to one-year reflections, or read from the beginning. I’ve been using the chiliPAD as one of my key tools for better sleep for the last 3.5 months (update: 14.5 months), and here is my experience. I had been thinking of buying a chiliPAD for years, …
There are four types of antibodies that each have different functions: IgM, IgG, IgA, and IgE. Generally IgE are responsible for classical allergy symptoms, while IgA are particularly important for protecting the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, mouth, and gastrointestinal tract. In the immune response to an infectious disease, IgM usually appear first, followed …
Yesterday, researchers from Denmark released a preprint* suggesting that use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is not associated with severity or mortality in COVID-19. However, this paper leaves the issue quite unsettled. In Denmark, prescriptions are required for all NSAID use except ibuprofen in doses 200 mg or less in packs with no more than …