Author: Bret McClellan

When to Take Supplements

When to Take Supplements

I get the question a lot. And the answer lies in my One Basic Concept for Longevity blog, which, if you haven’t read yet, proceed no further until you have. Vitamins D3 and K2 Well, when did our ancestors get their vitamins D3 and K2? Everyone knows that the best way to get vitamin D is through exposure to sunlight. It follows that since our ancestors obtained their vitamin D by being outside in the daytime, I recommend that vitamin D supplementation occur in the mornings and/or at lunch time. I usually do not recommend that vitamin D be taken with dinner, as it may fool the body into thinking that it’s mid-day, and therefore prevent adequate sleep later. As…

Don’t Wait Around for a Heart Attack.

Don’t Wait Around for a Heart Attack…

..or a stroke, cancer, diabetes, autoimmunity, arthritis, gout or any of the other various modern day maladies plaguing society today!  You need to start living a healthy life NOW, in order to PREVENT such problems! For most people, it takes the cold slap of reality to motivate them into a lifestyle change. Other more clairvoyant people will take the initiative and try to preclude the onset of illness by taking precautionary measures.  The very BEST of such precautionary measures is quite simple: Just eat right! As I’ve already mentioned countless times, your digestive tract is the very  FOUNDATION of your health, comprising about 80% of your immune system. The concept and logic are simple, but the execution can be difficult…

Are Statins Poisonous

Are Statins Poisonous?

A new client (let’s call him “Bob”) recently showed me his latest round of bloodwork and two things popped out at me:  First, his cholesterol numbers were low across the board.  Good, right?  Well, not so fast. Your body needs fats, without which you would not have a brain (the brain is roughly 60% fat).  Therefore, your body needs cholesterol, which has undeservedly taken a bad rap over the last few decades.  But that’s a post for a different time.  The point is that Bob’s lipid results were so low that it looked like he was getting “help” from pharmaceuticals, so I asked if he was on a statin, to which he responded in the affirmative.  Particularly worrisome to me…