by Frank Wilhelmi | Oct 13, 2012 | Frank's Column
In my last article I described the absolute essential nature of the two fats; linoleic acid (LA) and alpha-linolenic acid (LNA), how the human body cannot make these fats and requires them to have life at all, let alone health. I further described how modern food...
by Frank Wilhelmi | Sep 26, 2012 | Frank's Column, Heart Health
The news media and even many doctors refer to ‘Essential Fatty Acids’ (EFAs) and lump Fish Oils in with the discussion in a way that confuses the use of the term. Strictly, the term applies to only two unsaturated fats (which are fatty acids because they...
by Frank Wilhelmi | Sep 1, 2012 | Antiaging, Frank's Column, Heart Health, Nutrition
It has been almost 7 years since I put up this website, and I find that today, the 6 Critical Keys to Senior Fitness still remain the most important aspects of living which need to be understood and attended to for maintaining excellent health into advanced age. We...
by Frank Wilhelmi | Jun 28, 2012 | Frank's Column
Sometimes useful knowledge evades even the most diligent searchers, and so it is with me on the topic of oxidative cellular damage and how to prevent it. We burn sugars, fats and protein with oxygen to produce energy. But in addition to energy, we make free radicals...
by Frank Wilhelmi | Jun 12, 2012 | Frank's Column
We have an epidemic of obesity; a recent article Life Extension Magazine stated that the obesity numbers in the US are drastically understated – it is worse than the government is telling us. We eat too much, we eat too often and we eat the wrong stuff. There...