Does a growing child need a *less* nutritious diet than an adult? You would think so, looking at the RDAs! Yes, some of them are higher during childhood growth phases, such as calcium. But many of them are lower, and not because we know children need less but simply because they were scaled down by …
Got MTHFR? 
Relax! Riboflavin will come to the rescue! 
MTHFR is an enzyme that uses folate (vitamin B9) to support your mental and physical health. It does so by using riboflavin (vitamin B2) to make the methyl group of methylfolate. The common polymorphisms that lower MTHFR activity may do so simply by hurting …
Feel tanked after your workout? 
Well you might feel fine, but you might still be stressing your body too much. How do you know? This is my recommended protocol for using heart rate variability to determine how recovered you are. It covers everything from getting an accurate baseline measurement to discovering and testing things that …
“Low Copper Low Vitamin C BRAIN Syndrome” Ok it’s not a medical term. I invented it. But this is the cluster of signs and symptoms that make it sound like your brain needs more vitamin C or copper, based on the neuropeptides we need these nutrients to activate. How to watch it: Watch it on Facebook . …
Please join me in a global campaign to correct the misunderstanding that the liver “filters” toxins. Filters remove undesirable things from air, water, oil, or other desirable materials. They do so by holding on to them. As a result, they get dirty and eventually need to be replaced. Many people believe that this is what …
In part 1 we covered what niacin is and why you need it. Here’s part 2, where Alex Leaf and I cover blood tests, foods, and supplements! How much do we need? The RDA has some flaws, including claiming women need less than men, when all the evidence shows women need *more* than men. Why …
Here are ten steps to healthy sleep! What has been most game-changing for you? Let me know in the comments! How to watch it: Watch it on Facebook . Watch it on YouTube. Listen to the Audio. How to share it and show it love: Share it on Facebook. Give it a thumbs up on YouTube. Like it on Instagram. Retweet it on Twitter. This episode is brought …
Don’t you just hate it when you keep waking up in the middle of the night to pee? If this is your biggest sleeping problem, listen up. In this episode I cover how sleeping regular hours is one of the most important ways to combat this, and how nutrients (salt, vitamin C, copper, zinc, glycine, …
On February 23, members of the CMJ Masterpass joined me in a live Zoom meeting to ask me anything about nutrition, and here’s the full recording! We talked about lots and lots of things: 5-HTP versus tryptophan; unusually low appetite, my recommendations for glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; choline and cognitive decline; how to gain muscle …
To get good sleep, your brain needs to know when it’s daytime and when it’s nighttime. How does it know? Vitamin A tells it! So if you don’t have enough vitamin A, your brain is going to be clueless. Tune in for how to figure out if vitamin A is at the bottom of your …