In this episode of The Health Edge Mark reviews the neuroscience linking stress and the fight-flight response with chronic complex disease and quality of life. He reviews the research of Richard Davidson PhD, Robert Sapolsky PhD, Herb Benson MD and Bruce McEwen who has advanced the understanding of allostatic load and health. Mark concludes with several lifestyle considerations for creating health that have been shown to reduce allostatic load and the many downstream mediators that undermine health.
The Health Edge 25: Creating a Healthy Brain. Is Alzheimer’s Preventable?
Mark and John review the science linking lifestyle with “brain” diseases e.g. depression, ADD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple sclerosis, etc. They review powerful lifestyle interventions for preventing these common and debilitating health challenges.
The Health Edge 25: Creating a Healthy Brain: Is Alzheimer’s Preventable?
Mark and John review the science linking lifestyle with “brain” diseases e.g. depression, ADD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple sclerosis, etc. They review powerful lifestyle interventions for preventing these common and debilitating health challenges.
The Health Edge: Motion is the Lotion
John and mark discuss recent science connecting exercise, movement and health as the Holy Grail lifestyle intervention. The benefits of core training and interval aerobics are examined.
The Health Edge 23: Lab tests- the “do not miss” tests for assessing cardiometabolic risk
The Health Edge: Blood Tests: The “Do Not Miss”
John and Mark review some of the “do not miss” cardiometabolic tests that every assertive steward of self-care should think about as part of their health portfolio…the quantified self.
The Health Edge 22: Inflammation-Are you playing with fire?
In this Health Edge Podcast, John and Mark review inflammation as one of the most important contributors to western chronic complex disease. They examine the many lifestyle changes that can dramatically reduce inflammation, manage disease, reduce disease risk, create health and improve quality of life.
The Health Edge 22: Inflammation- Are you playing with fire?
In this Health Edge Podcast, John and Mark review inflammation as one of the most important contributors to western chronic complex disease. They examine the many lifestyle changes that can dramatically reduce inflammation, manage disease, reduce disease risk, create health and improve quality of life.






