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UnChronic: The Science of Reversing Chronic Diseases After 50

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Charles Matthews M.D.

Why you should Listen to Me: I'm a Summa cum Laude graduate of Duke University, the 1978 Jefferson Fellow in Medicine at the University of Virginia, and an experienced real doctor.

Supplements I am Taking Now

Mimicking the Baylor GlyNAC Study Glycine powder 5 grams (1 teaspoon) twice daily NAC powder 5 grams (1 teaspoon) twice daily Acceptable manufacturers: Bulk Supply and Nutricost. WHY: This combination is intended to mimic the GlyNAC supplementation program discussed in the earlier blog entries. It restores glutathione levels to those

March to 100 Supplements

It's common to hear people say, "I don't want to live to 100". What they mean, I think, is that they would rather be dead than sick and miserable. Me too. But there are many who die in their seventies after twenty years of

On Chronic Illness

People fall sick in different ways, but recover in the same way. Chronic illness can be understood as an impairment of the normal regenerative turnover of the body, a broadly similar biological sequence which takes place across all tissues and systems and illnesses. In this stereotyped healing sequence an initial

Some practical things about the recipe, sharing glycine recipes, and a deep dive on metabolic syndrome

The Baylor study used 100 grams/kg/day of glycine and NAC each, not specified as to time of day. I have been using the glycine powder rather than capsules, which is easy to do- it tastes like sugar to most (but not all) people, and the powder doesn'

GlyNAC Recipes

NAC and glycine, simple amino acid supplements, restore glutathione, your natural resilience system. Clinical case: We see many young patients in the clinic at ncchc.com with migraine. Like the older people in the Baylor study, young patients with chronic migraine have reduced resilience- low energy and impaired ability to

GlyNAC Video of the Week

9.25.22 There are a number of aging influencers who have been busy producing content following the Baylor Study. This video by Dr. Brad Steinfeld is well- produced, I agree with the content, and I admire his nonprofit work in funding aging studies. Major point: GlyNAC (unlike vitamins C

GlyNAC Study of the Week

Introducing our colleagues at lifespan.io There have been a number of basic science (e.g. mouse) studies and some human studies prior to the controlled trial in humans at Baylor we discussed last week. So many studies, and so little time! In an effort to catch you up, this