Re:Generations

05/19/2026

is essential to safe and ethical healthcare. Thank you Governor Kim Reynolds and Representative Helena Hayes!

05/14/2026

Brain health 🧠

05/09/2026

Our own nurse assistant, Riley, representing on The Tulip Court in Pella 🌷💙

05/01/2026

Microplastics in human tissue stopped being a theoretical concern in 2024. Three studies in top journals over the past two years have moved this from "possibly relevant" to "directly measured in human blood and atherosclerotic plaque."

Marfella and colleagues (2024, New England Journal of Medicine) ran the study that changed the conversation. 304 patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery disease had their excised plaque specimens analyzed for microplastics and nanoplastics using pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, stable isotope analysis, and electron microscopy.

257 patients completed a mean 33.7-month follow-up. Polyethylene was detected in plaques from 150 patients (58.4%), at a mean concentration of 21.7 µg per milligram of plaque tissue. 31 patients (12.1%) also had measurable polyvinyl chloride. Electron microscopy showed visible, jagged-edged foreign particles inside plaque macrophages. Patients with detectable microplastics in their plaque had a hazard ratio of 4.53 (95% CI 2.00 to 10.27, p

04/28/2026

The new flipped food pyramid represents a new national food model that centers of improving metabolic health. From the Coalition for Metabolic Health.

11 likes, 2 comments. "2025 Dietary Guidelines Explained: What It Means for Metabolic Health"

04/23/2026

We are on the edge of better understanding the lipid energy system and how to prevent and reverse, yes I said it, reverse atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Once we break the pharmaceutical industry’s stranglehold on science—human health will once again be the focus. Until then, let study, debate, conversation, humility, nuance, and personalization inform personal health decisions.

Watch this documentary for a deep dive into a neglected, poorly appreciating, phenomenon in lipidology: the lean mass hyper-responder and what it teaches us about cardiac disease.

04/22/2026

Did you know that iron deficiency without anemia is a common cause of wide ranging physical symptoms? A simple blood test can measure your iron stores and help direct whether you may need to supplement iron.

Also, if you’re having a hard time keeping iron up consider this: coffee? tea?

Or, do you need some vitamin C?

04/12/2026

Is your primary care focused on long term health and wellbeing?

04/08/2026

How "Dine Out Like a Boss" ! Enjoy this episdoe of Quick Bites from Virta Health with Theresa Link

QUICK BITES—bite-sized videos designed to help you improve your metabolic health in five minutes or less. Dining out doesn’t have to derail your goals. In th...

01/13/2026

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