Category: Health & Medicine

Suspicion confirmed……..

Your Morning Coffee Is Reshaping Your Gut. Here’s What Scientists Found.
So fix yourself a cup of brew in the morning and chug it down, knowing it’s changing you for the better.

It’s been a while since scientists began to reach a consensus that whatever’s going on in your gut microbiome is vital, as it plays a major role in both physical and mental well-being. Those billions of microbes are sensitive, constantly shifting in response to diet and lifestyle. Now, a team of researchers says that one of the most common daily habits among billions of people worldwide can radically reshape your gut microbiome: drinking coffee.

A study published in Nature Communications tracked 62 adults through phases of normal coffee use, a forced two-week break, and a controlled reintroduction of either caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee. The goal was to understand how coffee interacts with the gut-brain axis, the communication network linking digestive microbes and the brain.

They found that habitual drinkers had distinct gut microbiomes compared to nondrinkers, with certain bacterial strains more abundant than others. When the study participants stopped drinking coffee, the patterns began to ebb and flow like ocean tides, with strains that were abundant before now retreating as others that were scarcely found reemerged.

This happened whether the coffee was caffeinated or not. That is a more important detail than it seems on the surface, since many of the changes were tied to the plant compounds in coffee called phenolic acids, which can influence how gut bacteria function and what chemicals they produce. A lot of those chemicals contain compounds that influence or affect the range of bodily functions, from brain signaling and gut health to body inflammation.

Coffee Causes Huge Changes In Your Gut Microbiome

Coffee’s effects show up in the billions of microscopic microbes in your gut, and in your behavior, too. Coffee drinkers were noted to be more impulsive and emotional. Yet after a two-week break, both of those measures dropped. When the coffee was reintroduced, the outcomes started to split.

People drinking caffeinated coffee had reduced anxiety and lower stress hormone levels, which sounds counter to what I would expect. Decaffeinated coffee drinkers also saw some benefit after the break, having shown stronger associations with improved sleep, memory performance, and fewer errors on learning tasks.

Coffee drinkers had a lower baseline of inflammatory markers, which is great. But those levels increased in the absence of coffee, then improved again once the coffee returned, regardless of whether it was caffeinated. If you want to reduce body inflammation, drink coffee in any form.

The point is, coffee doesn’t just wake your sleepy butt up in the morning. It is actively changing the complex biological ecosystem within your body, thus influencing how you think, how you feel, how you react to external stimuli, and, overall, how you function day to day.

So fix yourself a cup of brew in the morning and chug it down, knowing it’s changing you for the better.

Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis.

esearch points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.

Led by scientists from the University of Leipzig in Germany and Shandong University in China, the 2025 study identified the cell receptor GPR133 (also known as ADGRD1) as being crucial to bone density, via bone-building cells called osteoblasts.

Variations in the GPR133 gene had previously been linked to bone density, leading researchers to turn their attention to the protein it encoded.

The team ran tests on mice in which the gene was either absent or could be activated using a chemical called AP503.

In the absence of the GPR133 gene, the mice grew up with weak bones, resembling the symptoms of osteoporosis. However, when the receptor was present and activated by AP503, bone production and strength improved.

Watch the video below for a summary of the findings:

Sorry for the paucity of posts. I precipitated myself down a whole flight of stairs and spent most of yesterday in an E.R. getting X-rayed and CT scaned.

I’ve broken two ‘minor’ bones and been laying in a powered recliner chair for most of the day, and will be doing the same for awhile.

So, please bear with me as I recover

 Are meat eaters really more likely to live to 100 than non-meat eaters, as a recent study suggests?

People who don’t eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there’s more to these findings than meets the eye.

The research tracked over 5,000 Chinese adults aged 80 and older who participated in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, a nationally representative study that began in 1998. By 2018, those following diets that don’t contain meat were less likely to become centenarians compared with meat eaters.

On the surface, this appears to contradict decades of research showing that plant-based diets are good for your health. Vegetarian diets, for example, have been consistently linked to lower risks of heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes and obesity. These benefits come partly from higher fibre intake and lower saturated fat consumption.

So what’s going on? Before drawing any firm conclusions, there are several important factors to consider.

Your body’s needs change as you age

This study focused on adults aged 80 and older, whose nutritional needs differ markedly from those of younger people. As we age, physiological changes alter both how much we eat and what nutrients we need. Energy expenditure drops, while muscle mass, bone density and appetite often decline. These shifts increase the risk of malnutrition and frailty.

Most evidence for the health benefits of diets that exclude meat comes from studies of younger adults rather than frail older populations. Some research suggests older non-meat eaters face a higher risk of fractures due to lower calcium and protein intake.

In later life, nutritional priorities shift. Rather than focusing on preventing long-term diseases, the goal becomes maintaining muscle mass, preventing weight loss and ensuring every mouthful delivers plenty of nutrients.

The study’s findings may, therefore, reflect the nutritional challenges of advanced age, rather than any inherent problems with plant-based diets. Crucially, this doesn’t diminish the well-established health benefits of these diets for younger and healthier adults.

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I always did consider chocolate one of the major food groups

Scientists Found That A Compound In Dark Chocolate Is Linked To A Lower Biological Age.

• In a new study, people with higher levels of theobromine (a compound found in dark chocolate) in their blood had a biological age that was lower than their chronological age.

• This could be thanks to theobromine’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that support healthy aging.

• Still, more research is needed before experts recommend upping your dark chocolate intake—and there are a couple of downsides to consider.

Most of the data around slowing down the aging process points to eating a nutritious diet and exercising regularly. But new research suggests that dark chocolate could have a positive effect, too.

The study, which was published in the journal Aging, linked a compound found in dark chocolate called theobromine with healthier markers of biological aging.

Before you dig into that stash of dark chocolate in the name of longevity, know this: There’s a lot more work that needs to be done before doctors actually recommend eating it for your health. Still, there’s some interesting stuff in here worth knowing. Here’s what the research found, plus what experts want you to keep in mind.

What did the study find?

For the study, researchers looked at health data from nearly 1,700 people living in Europe. The scientists analyzed several elements of the participants’ health, including various compounds that circulated in their blood, chemical changes in their DNA that suggested their pace of aging, and the length of their telomeres, which are protective structures at the end of chromosomes. (Shorter telomere lengths are usually linked with faster biological aging.)

After analyzing the data, the researchers found that people with higher levels of theobromine (again, a compound found in dark chocolate) in their blood had a biological age that was lower than their chronological age. In other words, these aging markers suggested participants were biologically younger than their actual age.

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Could cheese protect your brain health? Study links high-fat cheese and cream to lower dementia risk.

Eating more high-fat cheese and high-fat cream may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. This study does not prove that eating high-fat cheese and high-fat cream lowers the risk of dementia, it only shows an association.

High-fat cheeses contain more than 20% fat and include varieties such as cheddar, Brie and Gouda. High-fat creams typically contain 30–40% fat and include whipping cream, double cream and clotted cream. These are commonly labeled as “full-fat” or “regular” versions in stores.

“For decades, the debate over high-fat versus low-fat diets has shaped health advice, sometimes even categorizing cheese as an unhealthy food to limit,” said Emily Sonestedt, Ph.D., of Lund University, Sweden.

“Our study found that some high-fat dairy products may actually lower the risk of dementia, challenging some long-held assumptions about fat and brain health.”

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The Modern “Healthy Diet” Is The Same One They Fed Slaves

Obesity rates have been reaching breakneck pace in recent times, and the projections from here are all doom and gloom. 26% of adults in England are now classed as obese. By 2040, we’re estimated to reach 36%. This calamity has been happening in blissful disregard for any attempts put up by the NHS to get the nation back on track.

In fact, anyone with a pair of eyeballs can make the case that the introduction of the National Dietary Guidelines in 1983 made the situation worse. In what was essentially a copy and paste job from USA’s Dietary Guidelines of 1977, the nation was encouraged to treat animal fat like the plague and swap them for more carbs and more polyunsaturated fats.

Obesity surged upwards right from that point, and an emerging problem became a fact of life that everyone seems resigned to dealing with. The establishment’s vision of a healthy high carb diet only appeared to fan the flames.

Luckily, the NHS has since realised their mistake, and amended it with the EatWell Plate in 2006, which was then upgraded into the EatWell Guide in 2016. The issue was that the 1983 version didn’t recommend whole grains over refined grains.

None of this has done anything to arrest the momentum of obesity, but don’t let that get in the way of another classic tale of government competence. The crisis has been averted. The problem was that we’ve been refining the grains that used to be the beacon of health across countless civilisations stretching back to the dawn of agriculture.

Because nothing spells out optimal human health quite like following the diets that slaves and peasants were forced to eat. Traditionally-made whole grain bread, a sprinkle of some legumes, and a good smattering of fruits and vegetables to add a tinge of rainbow to a diet of love and freedom.

It did the job for the slaves, who always exemplified the pinnacle of health in society. It will do the same for us now.

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COVID vaccine under new scrutiny after studies reveal possible health risks

Two large studies have put a spotlight on potential health risks of the COVID vaccine — but some experts urge caution when interpreting the findings.

Recent research has linked the vaccine to a higher risk of kidney injury, as well as certain respiratory infections.

A Korean study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases looked at how infectious diseases changed during and after the COVID-19

“While influenza-like illness dropped sharply during the early pandemic, upper respiratory infections and the common cold surged in 2023 and 2024, far above expected levels,” lead study author Jihun Song, Ph.D., from the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the Korea University College of Medicine, told Fox News Digital.

“Most strikingly, pertussis increased more than 40-fold compared to historical trends.”

When the researchers looked at the impact of the COVID vaccine, they found that people who received four or more doses were less likely to get flu-like illnesses and whooping cough, but more likely to get common colds and other mild respiratory infections.

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Cocoa Extract Supplements Could Reduce Aging-Related Chronic Inflammation.

An extract made from cocoa beans may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by reducing age-related inflammation, according to a recent study by an international team of researchers.

The scientists behind the study expanded on previous research suggesting that flavanol-rich food and drink, such as chocolate, significantly reduced death by cardiovascular disease.

Found in cocoa beans and other foods such as green tea, apples, and grapes, flavanols have long been associated with a variety of health improvements, including a role in reducing damage caused by excess inflammation.

Inflammation worsens with age in a process commonly referred to as ‘inflammaging‘, and is associated with a host of age-related health problems (from chronic pain to Alzheimer’s disease).

If cocoa supplements can reduce that inflammation, the potential benefits are significant.

“Our interest in cocoa extract and inflammaging started based on cocoa-related reductions in cardiovascular disease,” says Howard Sesso, an epidemiologist from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US.

“We wanted to see whether multi-year cocoa extract supplementation versus a placebo could modulate inflammaging – and the data suggests it does.”

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It looks like the Covid jabs were – and still are – killing people.

The mainstream media seem to be playing down – if not outright ignoring – a new article analyzing the impact of Covid vaccination on the general health of those receiving it.  It’s titled “Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Neuropsychiatric Conditions“, and can be found at the link.

Jeff Childers sums up what it means for us.  It’s a chilling scenario.

In the just-published peer-reviewed study, researchers analyzed over three decades of vaccine injury reports in the U.S. government’s own VAERS database, comparing covid mRNA vaccines to both flu shots and all other vaccines (combined). Using the CDC’s and FDA’s own method for detecting safety problems —called “Proportional Reporting Ratios” or PRRs— they found that reports of serious neuropsychiatric issues like brain fog, psychosis, dementia, and even suicidal behavior were not just higher, but dozens to hundreds of times more frequent after the covid shots.

If you thought people were crazy to take the jab, you might have been onto something.

The safety signal thresholds weren’t just crossed; they were blown out of the water, with some categories showing PRRs over four hundred, far above the FDA’s red-flag threshold of two. The study concluded these signals were sufficiently alarming to warrant immediate attention and further investigation— an understatement as big as the Statue of Liberty.

Among the most alarming findings, the study flagged massive spikes in reports of serious brain-related problems after covid vaccination. Compared to flu shots, reports of brain fog were up over 100-fold, psychosis nearly 80 times higher, and Alzheimer’s-type dementia more than 40 times more frequent. Even more chilling, reports related to suicidal thoughts or behaviors, including suicide attempts and self-harm, showed increases as high as 80-fold. One rare but deadly condition —cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, a type of brain clot— was reported at rates over 400 times higher than with flu vaccines.

These numbers weren’t small deviations— they were sky-high red flags by the FDA’s own data and safety standards.

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This doesn’t just crack the narrative— it blows a hole in the prison wall. If the system still held total control over scientific discourse, this paper would never have seen daylight. But it did. And that means the narrative guardians —the journals, peer-reviewers, and editors— are either losing their grip or starting to hedge, perhaps because suppressing credible dissent has become riskier than letting it through.

This study is more than a dead canary in the iatrogenic coal mine. It signals a critical turning point: what was once unspeakable is now printable, citable, and, if the trend continues, increasingly undeniable.

There’s much more at the link.

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They didn’t make a movie about this but several episodes of Stargate SG-1 sure had a very similar plot i.e. sterilize the population

Czech Study Finds Covid Vaccine Linked to One-Third Drop in Fertility Among Women.

A steady stream of reports is now developing that suggests Covid vaccinations may indeed hurt fertility and pregnancy outcomes.

I reported on a rat study that clearly showed fertility was impacted after the animals were injected with mRNA Covid vaccines. A recently published study (not peer reviewed yet) looking at data from Israeli women found a substantially higher-than-expected number of eventual fetal losses associated with Covid vaccination during gestational weeks 8-13.

A newly published peer-reviewed study analyzing nationwide data from the Czech Republic has reported a significant association between Covid vaccination and reduced fertility rates in women of childbearing age. The study, which examined approximately 1.3 million women aged 18–39 between January 2021 and December 2023, found that women who received the Covid vaccine before conception had a substantially lower rate of successful conceptions (“SC”, i.e., pregnancies that resulted in live births) compared to their unvaccinated counterparts.

The article, entitled Rates of Successful Conceptions According to COVID-19 Vaccination Status: Data from the Czech Republic, began by noting that adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccination on menstrual cycles have been documented, and there was limited population-level data on how vaccination might relate to birth rates. The researchers aimed to fill this gap by comparing SC rates between women vaccinated and unvaccinated against Covid before conception.

Researchers analyzed monthly data from January 2021 to December 2023, including vaccination status and live births for women in the target age group. SC rates per 1,000 women were calculated for both preconception-vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, as well as for the overall population.

The results were jaw-dropping:

• By the end of 2021, about 70% of women in this age group were vaccinated.
• From June 2021 onward, SC rates per 1,000 women were significantly lower for those vaccinated before conception than for unvaccinated women.
• The SC rate for vaccinated women was much lower than expected based on their share of the population (i.e., a 33% or one-third decrease).
• In 2022, SC rates stabilized, but remained approximately 1.5 times higher in unvaccinated women compared to vaccinated women

By 2022, a stark difference was clear.

The vaccinated cohort averaged around 4 successful conceptions per 1,000 women per month.

That’s a staggering 33% LESS than the 6 per 1,000 seen in the unvaccinated group. pic.twitter.com/rStvvdz4jy

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 25, 2025

The authors also point out additional limitations, including a lack of data on confounders like age, socioeconomic status, health, and fertility intentions.

That being said, the results are preliminary and hypothesis-generating, highlighting the need for further research into the potential effects of covid vaccination on human fertility. However, until these studies are conducted with no Big Pharma bias nor conducted in ways that are designed to promote the preferred political bias, all women should weigh these recent reports as part of their personal risk assessment.

Truly, personal risk assessment has never been more critical. Covid cases now resemble a bad cold in most healthy people. Women of childbearing age and parents of young girls should weigh seriously the real-world consequences of infection against the potential loss of fertility.

As Hot Air’s David Strom observes, pushing the vaccines when any of this was suspected is a crime against humanity.

How many women will be robbed of fertility? It is impossible to say. What we do know is that each and every one of them was lied to in a manner that we define as a crime against humanity. We also know that in cases asymptotically close to zero, the women did not benefit from the vaccine. They were at almost no risk from COVID, and now they have lost their future children.

The government-generated mass panic was evil. The forced closures of much of our economy were evil. The “comply or die” measures were evil. School closures were evil. Setting people against each other was evil. The forced vaccinations were evil. The lies were evil.

This study should be front-page news, and talked about 24/7/365 until people get it through their heads that the people who run our lives are not “experts,” but budding tyrants so drunk with power that they experimented on every person in the world without worrying about the damage they could do.

And over at Ace of Spades HQ, there is a reminder that any of us who tried to express these concerns were silenced.

People screamed that this entirely untested, experimental gene-slicing “vaccine therapy” could have serious consequences that were entirely unknown.

They were chased off the internet and subjected to government punishment.

“Trust us,” they said. “We’re the Experts and we’re here to play savior.”

Moreover, birth rates in the Czech Republic dropped from 1.83 per 1,000 women in 2021 to 1.37 in 2024, adding further evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines may be contributing to the decline in fertility. pic.twitter.com/Flv7OfyHQI

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 25, 2025

My hope is that all the damage caused by the Covid pandemic policies can eventually be undone. Until then, I am bracing for more troubling findings from serious researchers willing to ask the hard questions and bravely present their analyses.