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09/20/2025

1 out of 5 American deaths last year were caused by cardiovascular disease. On average, the annual deaths attributable to cardiovascular disease is 3 out of 10. And when it comes to drivers, the projection is that 4-1/2 out of 10 commercial driver deaths will be a result of cardiovascular disease. Here are natural ways to ensure you are not just another statistic!

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09/16/2025

How'd you sleep last night?
🧠✨ Did you know your brain does some of its best work while you sleep?

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07/14/2025

Big News for Commercial Drivers!

There is a new Integration rule that just went into effect for the FMCSA but CA will not come into compliance, reportedly, until the end of September 2005.

What this means:

Commercial drivers will not longer be required to submit paperwork (Medical Examination Report and Medical Certificate) to the DMV, nor will they be required to carry a copy of their medical certificate. Exam results will be uploaded to the FMCSA by the examiner and the FMCSA will be the sole notification source to the 50 state (plus territories) driver licensing agencies. Employers may still require a physical certificate for their own internal purposes and they will be available on request, however employers will no longer be required to verify that the examiner is certified to perform the exam and they will be able to verify driver certification via the FMCSA online.

Until September, this office will continue to issue paperwork as usual.

Note that CA state-required Class C driver commercial endorsement physical exams are not reported to the FMCSA and thus those drivers will still need to submit results to the DMV and to carry a copy of their certificate when they are driving the vehicle for which they are required to be endorsed.

07/07/2025

Trivia Question for 7/7/25: What hormone, often elevated in functional medicine for its role in stress and adrenal function, also influences spinal disc hydration and is indirectly associated with back pain?

01/27/2025

01/05/2025

Proposed changes to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The US Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) are reviewing proposed updates to the guidelines that would prioritize plant-based proteins over animal-based ones. The new guidelines would recommend eating more beans, peas, and lentils, and less red and processed meats. The protein food group would be reorganized to list plant-based foods first, followed by seafood, then meats, poultry, and eggs. [2, 3]
Health benefits of plant-based diets
Plant-based diets can help lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and many cancers. Plant-based foods are lower in saturated fat than meat, eggs, and seafood, and they contain fiber. [1, 4]
Other considerations
Other reasons to consider a plant-based diet include environmental conservation, sustainability, ethical concerns regarding the treatment of animals, and religious influences. [4]
[1] https://www.forksoverknives.com/wellness/dietary-guidelines-for-americans-poised-for-bold-plant-based-shift/
[2] https://www.today.com/health/news/2025-us-dietary-guidelines-plant-based-foods-rcna183797
[3] https://vegconomist.com/health/proposed-us-dietary-guidelines-prioritize-plant-proteins-over-meat-first-time/
[4] https://www.kirtland.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/2348713/transitioning-to-plant-based-eating/

The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are set to prioritize plant-based protein over meat, eggs, and seafood. Learn more here.

10/15/2024

Do you have higher than ideal blood pressure? Do you have a hard time losing weight? Here's something to check on to help maintain your healthy fitness for duty...

Are you drinking enough water?

Turns out that dehydration reduces the volume of blood in circulation and triggers the kidneys to release a hormone called angiotensin. That hormone does a few things:

1. Trigger thirst
2. Causes arteries to constrict to accommodate the lower blood volume in circulation
3. Increases fat storage in fat cells.

When your "taste for water" drops off habitually, this results in less sensitivity to thirst signals and triggers chronic low level dehydration. That causes slow weight gain over time and chronically constricted arteries which contributes to high blood pressure.

FWIW, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables (with or without any animal products) helps support hydration, but it is still important to cultivate your thirst sensation and to restore your taste for fresh clean water.

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11/16/2023

Quick Summary - Weight Loss Drugs Don't How Money Works Seminar. Don't bother reading this if you or a loved one isn't struggling with obesity, just go have a nice day. However, If you or a loved one is considering this approach, please read on for for details...

Many weight-loss medications on the market have serious potential side effects.

-Qsymia, which contains phentermine (the phen in fen-phen), can cause seizures if stopped abruptly. Although it was rejected in Europe for safety concerns about its long-term effects on the heart and blood vessels, at the time of this writing, it was still available in the United States.

-Belviq is another weight-loss drug allowed in the United States but not in Europe due to concerns about cancers, heart valve problems, and psychiatric disorders.

-Saxenda requires daily injections, costs nearly $1,300 for a 30-day supply, and carries a black box warning for thyroid cancer risk.

-Contrave also carries a black box warning—about possible increased thoughts of su***de.

-Alli causes fat malabsorption, which may result in such side effects as “f***l urgency, oily stool, flatus with discharge, and f***l incontinence.” Although company-sponsored studies claimed every adverse event related to Alli was recorded, a Freedom of Information Act exposé found that one trial apparently failed to mention 1,318 of them.

An analysis of more than a hundred clinical trials lasting up to 47 weeks of anti-obesity medications found that drug-induced weight loss never exceeded more than nine pounds.
Since the underlying cause (a fattening diet) isn’t treated, weight tends to return upon stopping the medication.
Most users of weight-loss medications stop taking them because they’re so disagreeable.

Researchers have found that many physicians tend to overestimate the amount of weight that can be lost with these drugs or just don’t know.

The principal author of clinical practice guidelines that go out of their way to advocate prescribing medications for obesity is significantly linked to six pharmaceutical companies that work on obesity drugs. In contrast, independent expert panels (e.g., Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care) explicitly recommend against their use, due to their poor track record of safety and efficacy.

10/30/2023

In looking at over 270 studies of how exercise helps to lower blood pressure, they compared all forms of exercise. Comparing High Intensive Interval Training (HIIT), strength training, body weight exercises (e.g. yoga), cardio exercise, etc, the most effective, in terms of demonstrated reduction of blood pressure readings was isometric exercise! And the one isometric exercise that seemed to demonstrated the greatest effect was wall squats.