What’s Next?
Riley, our four-year-old grandson, recognizes patterns in daily life. Right now one of his favorite questions is, “What’s next?” Usually, it’s in relation to eating, because he knows after supper, for instance, there’s a gummy vitamin. So during a phone call, an Insider asked me what I’m working on and I immediately pictured Riley and thought, “What’s next?” The headlines usually dictate what I’ll be researching and writing about, and there have been a few topics that caught my attention.
The first is intermittent fasting. The journal Cell had a series of studies by different labs examining the benefits of the intermittent fasting for the immune system. With intermittent fasting being promoted in so many ways, there’s confusion as to which way is best. I have an idea that it will revolve on the amount of food restriction, but we’ll see.
The second is a new prescription omega-3 fish oil that’s supposed to reduce triglycerides. I’m waiting for a paper that examines the quantity of omega-3s in supplements; my concern is that there will be a push to eliminate omega-3s in supplement form at some point in the future now that there’s a prescription form.
The final topic is vaping. I’ve written about it before but with more recent research, including at least one case study about the death of someone vaping, it’s time to look at the research again.
That’s “what’s next” after I get all the research collected and read. We’ll be back for one more Memo on Friday before the Labor Day holiday weekend.
What are you prepared to do today?
