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Here I go again. Yet another guide on a nutrient. I've published an extensive guide on both zinc and magnesium in the past. This time, a blog post series on iron is up.

Iron is a bit more complex and less straightforward than the previous two topics. For that reason, I've divided this blog post...

You probably know about air pollution but don't know what to do about the problem. If you've been reading my 3-part series on air pollution for a while now, then you've read the first two installments:

• Why Is Air Pollution A Problem? How Air Pollution Imperceptibly Degrades Your Health
• The 13...

Hi again! You're currently reading the first part of my 3-installment series on air pollution and health.

In the first installment of this series, I talked about why air pollution is such a big problem. My main argument - backed with a ton of scientific data - is that millions of people die each...

Welcome to my series on air pollution and health. In this first part of this 3 or 4 installment series, I'll consider why the problems of air pollution are terribly underestimated and I'll show you how air pollution has affected human health throughout history.

Keep in mind that I've...

The art, or science, of training your immune system is as old as history. In ancient times, the king of Pontus, Mithridates II, regularly took a cocktail of 65 ingredients to protect himself against poisoning (1).

Of course, “poisoning” is somewhat different from a simple...

Welcome to the fourth and last part of my 4-installment series on particulate matter. This installment teaches you how to lower your exposure to particulate matter buy 90% or more!

But let's recap first:

Here's what I've done so far in the last 3 installments:

1. In the first installment of this...

Finally, my message is getting brighter.

In my first two blog posts on particulate matter I treated the topic of what particulate matter is and, the topic of the 10 most devastating health effects of particulate matter. 

This blog post, however, considers the topic of lowering your...

Here we are...

The second installment of my 4-part series on particulate matter. in this blog post, I'll specifically look at the health effects of particulate matter.

This blog post explores 10 different devastating health effects of particulate matter and explains the physiological mechanism of...

 What you don't know CAN indeed kill you.

How do I know? Simple: many people don't know much if anything about the effects particulate matter has on their health.

Heck, I often get the question: "what is particulate matter?!"

This blog post series will explain everything you need to know...

I've recently posted 3 blog posts on self-esteem. There were: 

• What Is Self-Esteem: Definition, The Science & Can It Change?
• The Surprising Low Self Esteem Health Effects & High Self Esteem Benefits
• How To Build Rock-Solid Self-Esteem: Everything You Need To Know