Both ginkgo biloba and arginine are considered potent vasodilators.
But while ginkgo biloba is a nitric oxide inhibitor, arginine is a
nitric oxide precursor.

Sweetened beverages are now the largest single source of calories for many
people.  Combined with the lack of a calorie intake feedback loop for corn
fructose sweeteners the resulting weight status is no surprise.  Other
beverages,unsweetened orange juice and low fat milk, do ...

Histol Histopathol. 2009 Sep;24(9):1161-9.
Voluntary oral feeding of rats not requiring a very high fat diet is a
clinically relevant animal model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD).

Rx vs. XXX
The makers of a testosterone supplement are launching a national
campaign touting the youth-enhancing benefits of their product. But
there may be a cheaper, less clinical solution to low hormone levels.

From PMID 16166231:
The importance of the study by Wang et al. (9) is that it convincingly
demonstrates a cause-effect relationship between COX2 and
steroidogenesis. First, in correlational studies, COX2 protein was

Are low-carbohydrate diets used for weight loss safe?
A study from Harvard raises new concerns about the
popular low-carb diets.  Mice on a 12-week low-carbohydrate/high-
protein diet had a marked increase in arteriosclerotic plaques in

So what does the world's oldest man eat? - see for yourself:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-09-24-oldest-man-diet_N.htm
"Just one baby aspirin," he said, "but everybody gets that for their
heart. That's the only pill I ever take, no other medicine."

I'd like to know a few things.  Why did you have all these tests
done?  Usually a doctor looks for something specific.  Previously, I
asked you about your doctor but you didn't respond.  Is he/she not
very responsive, does he/she think you are overreacting?  Or something

A bunch of new essays is available on Ray Peat's site.  This time he
focuses on the brain and serotonin which mediates many of the "modern"
diseases.  Interesting is also the reading about diabetes and simple
sugars in this context.  Just to remind you that this biologist has

Where Cancer Progress Is Rare, One Man Says No
Politicians and researchers have predicted for nearly four decades
that a cure for cancer is near, but cancer death rates have hardly
budged and most new cancer drugs cost a fortune while giving patients

An individual's risk of fracture over a given period of years can be
predicted using one of two models. Both are simple to use by
individuals with no medical training. A patient simply answers a few
questions. For a brief discussion and links to both calculators see:

Red yeast rice refers to the product of fermentation of rice with
various strains of the yeast Monascus purpureus (Went). Red yeast rice
have favorable effects on lipids, lowering cholesterol and
triglycerides. Red yeast rice is a natural compound that supports

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/ucl-mds082609.php
  The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy
  farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as
  was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University

First of all, you are taking so many supplements, it's impossible to
tell if one of them (or more than one, possibly a combination) is
causing your problems.  The funny thing is that I was on a similar
diet, taking similar supplements, back in the late 1990s.  Then I