by Dr. Samia McCully | Jun 15, 2023 | Aging, Health, Healthspan, inflammation, Lifespan, stress
Homocysteine was discovered in 1969. I order it for all my patients. It is said to be one of the causes of increased cholesterol because it damages the vascular lining, and as a result the body manufactures more cholesterol to patch up the holes. So to treat or not to...
by Dr. Samia McCully | Jun 5, 2023 | Aging, energy, Fatigue, Fitness, Health, Healthspan, inflammation, Lifespan, stress
FASCIA. It’s the invisible fabric of our bodies that gives us our shape. It’s that thin almost transparent white coating you sometimes see on a chicken breast. Very tough to separate and cut through. Without it, we would be a puddle of bones, muscle, tendons,...
by Samia McCully | May 29, 2023 | Aging, energy, Fatigue, Fitness, Health, Healthspan, inflammation, Lifespan, weight loss
Once degeneration happens it becomes much more difficult to build back what you have lost – whether it’s bone density, cartilage or scarring in your arteries. Prevention of breakdown and even expansion of wellness like you’ve never known is possible when you...
by Samia McCully | May 8, 2023 | energy, Fatigue, Fitness, Health, Healthspan, Lifespan, stress, weight loss
Your body weight is a very rudimentary metric of your health and well-being. Even worse is BMI. BMI means body mass index. It’s a measure of your height to weight ratio. And the WHO has long declared it as the determinant of weight standards. It will tell you if you...
by Samia McCully | Apr 24, 2023 | Aging, allergies, energy, Fatigue, Fitness, Health, Healthspan, inflammation, Lifespan, stress
Breathing! When I was 12, after I had had a respiratory illness, I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma. It was very limiting as an athlete. Especially for endurance. Although I still excelled, I often felt like I couldn’t get a deep breath. My lungs burned when...
by Samia McCully | Apr 10, 2023 | Aging, Blog, energy, Fitness, Health, Healthspan, Lifespan, Uncategorized
t’s called the sit-to-stand test. This test involves being able to sit from standing in a cross legged position, and then rise to standing again without the use of any arms/hands/knees or other props. A study was published in the European Journal of Preventive...
