The Aesthetics Advisor

One of the easiest steps you can take to improve your health is to provide your body with optimal hydration in the form of pure water. Researchers 1   found that middle-aged people whose serum sodium is higher than normal, indicating dehydration, had an increased risk of being biologically older than their chronological age, of developing chronic diseases and of dying prematurely. This is logical since your body is made up of mostly water. An infant's body weight is 75% water, which drops to 55% in the elderly. 2  Optimal water balance is essential for survival. If you become dehydrated, your body activates several hormonal and neuroregulatory mechanisms, among which are feeling thirsty to help remind you to drink water and your urine output declines. However, this also means that the waste products excreted by the kidneys will be more concentrated. Water plays a significant role in your bodily functions, including keeping your skin healthy, eliminating toxins and facilitating...

Are supplements good substitutes for fresh fruits and vegetables?   We found that "fruits" and "veggies" supplements were   not substitutes   for getting the recommended daily intakes of fruits and vegetables, despite marketing claims for some saying they are. At best, only one-fifth of the adult daily requirement might be met with a suggested daily serving of any of these products. Adults need about 500 grams of   fresh   fruits and veggies per day. If dried and made into powders, this would equal about 50 grams per day. Most supplements provide no more than 2 to 10 grams of powdered fruits and veggies per suggested daily serving; many don't even list the amounts; and some contain greater amounts of ingredients like tapioca syrup and sugar than fruits or vegetables. In fact, you can get more fruit (and fiber) from a single apple than from most fruit supplements, and at much lower cost. What are the health benefits of supplements that contain fruits, veggies, a...

For many decades, the prevailing opinion in mainstream medicine has been that levothyroxine (T4) is the only appropriate treatment for nearly all patients with hypothyroidism. During that time, some practitioners (including this writer) have held a dissenting opinion. Our view is that a substantial minority of hypothyroid patients respond better to preparations that contain both T4 and triiodothyronine (T3; also called liothyronine) than to products that contain only T4. It is generally agreed that T3 is the biologically active thyroid hormone and that T4 is a precursor molecule that is converted in the body to T3. The argument used to support the mainstream opinion about thyroid therapy is that the body is capable of converting T4 to T3 at exactly the rate it needs to. Thus, even though the human thyroid gland secretes both T3 and T4, T4 alone is all that is needed for complete thyroid hormone-replacement therapy. Those of us who hold the dissenting view do so for a simple but importa...

Some doctors, media channels and fact-checkers argue that there is very little evidence to support the use of quercetin and zinc to prevent or treat various illnesses. We have included the scientific evidence together with the sources and references in this article below and we leave it up to you, the reader, to separate the facts and science from manipulated propaganda. What is Zinc and the Benefits of Zinc Zinc  is a well known supplement that is generally contained in standard multivitamins. It provides immune support amongst other functions. Zinc inhibits coronavirus replication and is a general stimulant of antiviral immunity ( source ). Higher levels of intracellular zinc showed to increase intracellular pH; which affect on RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and decreases the replication mechanism of RNA viruses (e.g. COVID-19). Therefore, zinc ionophores (e.g. Quercetin) can likely be used with zinc supplement to act as antiviral against many RNA viruses including influenza and CO...

As of January 2023, there are  more than 2,000 studies  published related to the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. As of January 2023, there are more than 350 published evidence of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 ( c19hcq.org ). As of January 2023, there are 38 published evidence of zinc for COVID-19 ( c19early.org/z ). In 2020, Hydroxychloroquine was touted as the most controversial drug in the world. Is there any new evidence to confirm or to disprove previous evidence? Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc and Azithromycin are among the handful of COVID-19 treatments that are being studied as potential candidates that might influence the outcome in the prevention and management of COVID-19.  Who makes hydroxychloroquine? Hydroxychloroquine (generic or scientific name) comes in various brand names. Plaquenil is a brand name of hydroxychloroquine from Sanofi.  Who makes azitromycin? Azithromycin (scientific name) comes in various brand names as well. Zithromax (from Pfizer),...