# kidney (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover kidney. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Molecular Shield—How Metformin Disarms the ADMA Toxin](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/the-molecular-shieldhow-metformin) _2026-08-21 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ In the last post, we revealed the hidden engine behind cardiovascular collapse in kidney disease: ADMA (Asymmetric Dimethylarginine). ## [★Could Your Brain Be Running Low on This?](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-21-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-21 · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Your brain is about 75% water, and even mild dehydration slows focus, memory, reaction time, and mental clarity long before intense thirst appears. ## [Beyond Digestion — Research Explores Butyrate's Link to Balance and Muscle Strength in Older Men](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/butyrate-balance-muscle-strength-older-men) _2026-08-21 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Butyrate supplementation improved balance, grip strength, and walking speed in older men - discover how gut health drives physical performance as you age. ## [The Internal Toxin Sparking America’s Silent Heart Crisis](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/the-internal-toxin-sparking-americas) _2026-08-20 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ In the last post, we exposed a major medical misconception: the belief that metformin damages the kidneys. ## [★Your Gut May Be Running on Empty](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-20-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-20 · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Butyrate fuels your colon's cells, but most supplements never reach it. Discover why delivery technology is the missing link in gut health. ## [The Need to End Mercury Fillings for Children Now](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/mercury-dental-fillings-children-risks) _2026-08-20 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Learn why mercury dental fillings remain controversial for children, what the FDA recommends, how other countries are phasing out dental amalgam, and the mercury-free alternatives available today. ## [The Metformin Myth and the Silent Kidney Crisis](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/the-metformin-myth-and-the-silent) _2026-08-19 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ Metformin blocks a root cause of chronic kidney disease ## [★What if Your Skin Is Warning You About More Than the Sun?](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-19-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-19 · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Sunspots remain flat and stable, while skin cancer changes in shape, color, or texture. Use the ABCDE rule - asymmetry, borders, color, diameter, evolution - to check your skin monthly. ## [When 'More' Stops Working](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/supplement-dosage) _2026-08-19 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ More isn't always better with supplements. Learn how dose, timing, and nutrient form affect absorption - and why taking less can mean your body keeps more. ## [The CKD Paradox: Why Most Kidney Patients Die of Heart Attacks—and the Hidden Toxin Driving the Crisis](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/the-ckd-paradox-why-most-kidney-patients) _2026-08-18 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ In clinical medicine, there is a stark, tragic paradox that every doctor knows, but few patients ever hear: ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g6C1pZBGJjqi) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [★Does the Body Have a Dangerous Tipping Point?](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-18-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-18 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Researchers followed more than 1.39 million adults and found that advanced cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) disease strongly increased cancer risk, especially once people reached the more severe stages tied to insulin resistance, kidney dysfunction, and cardiovascular disease. ## [Women with Kidney Disease Are Undertreated and Left Behind by Decades of Male-Dominated Research](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/women-chronic-kidney-disease) _2026-08-18 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Women make up 55% of chronic kidney disease cases yet remain undertested, undertreated, and underrepresented in clinical trials. Learn what's driving the gap. ## [Word of the week - poiesis](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-poiesis) _2026-08-17 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ This one comes off the heels of the last word of the week. ## [Her Doctor Told Her Metformin Hurts Your Kidney: Her Doctor was Wrong.](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/her-doctor-told-her-metformin-hurts) _2026-08-17 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ A close friend recently visited their doctor and asked if they could be started on metformin. ## [★The Morning Metabolic Fix You’re Skipping That Fuels Depression](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-17-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-17 · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ New research links bipolar disorder and depression to insulin resistance, revealing mood disorders may be metabolic diseases treatable through diet changes. ## [End System of Choice for the Rich and Mercury for the Poor! Help Bring Mercury-Free Dentistry to All](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/mercury-free-dentistry-week-dental-amalgam-ban) _2026-08-17 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Learn why mercury-free dentistry is replacing dental amalgam, the latest global bans, FDA updates, and how to choose safer mercury-free fillings. ## [★Is Your Body Running on Empty Without You Knowing It?](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-16-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-16 · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Creatine acts like a rapid energy backup system for your cells, helping your muscles, brain, and heart regenerate ATP during physical exertion, mental stress, and recovery from illness or aging. ## [Diabetes Diagnosis? Early Fiber Intervention May Shift Gut Microbiome Toward Better Glucose Control](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/diabetes-fiber-intervention) _2026-08-16 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Early high-fiber intervention after a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis may reshape gut microbiome activity and improve blood sugar control more effectively than conventional treatment alone. ## [★What if Your Body Never Gets the Message?](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/aug-15-2026-take-control-nl) _2026-08-15 · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Targeted delivery technologies solve the supplement absorption problem by protecting an active compound and carrying it across the barriers that would normally destroy it or block its absorption. ## [Scientists Raise Concerns About Effects of Commonly Prescribed Sleeping Pill](https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/quetiapine) _2026-08-15 · Dr. Joseph Mercola · Dr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership)_ Scientists warn that low-dose quetiapine improved sleep in apnea patients but impaired next-day reaction time and driving performance, raising safety concerns. ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XcsUF0PKZXVU) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [When Margin Throws Mission Under the Bus: The $100 Million Lesson in Systemic Healthcare Negligence](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/when-margin-throws-mission-under) _2026-08-14 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ For self-insured employers, CFOs, and health plan fiduciaries, the search for meaningful healthcare cost containment usually leads to a familiar maze of point solutions, wellness apps, narrow networks, or benefit cuts. ## [How the Medical-Industrial Complex Overwrote Evidence-Based Medicine—And Why Fiduciaries Must Push Back](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/how-the-medical-industrial-complex) _2026-08-13 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ In our previous post, we detailed the remarkable economic pivot of the mid-2000s: Big Pharma quietly abandoned basic cardiovascular and metabolic drug development because first-generation “wonder drugs”—metformin, statins, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, eplerenone, and aspirin—set a clinical and economic bar that new, expensive single-molecule drugs simply could not beat. ## [Big Pharma Predicted Today’s Healthcare Crisis Decades Ago—And Then Capitalized On It](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/big-pharma-predicted-todays-healthcare) _2026-08-12 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ In an earlier post, The Leading Diabetes Drugs: One-Fourth the Benefit at Twenty Times the Cost, we examined a staggering mathematical reality: modern, heavily marketed single-molecule therapies and expensive specialty drugs routinely deliver a fraction of ## [The $4 Trillion Sinking Ship: Why American Healthcare Is Bankrupting Your Organization—](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/the-4-trillion-sinking-ship-why-american) _2026-08-11 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ And How Precision Protocol Architecture Fixes the Model ## [The esophagus](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/the-esophagus) _2026-08-10 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ What is it? The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach. It’s hollow - the interior is called the lumen. The interior layers of the tube are mucosal (squamous epithelium) and submucosal connective tissue layers. The outer layers of the tube are layers of muscle fibers and fibrous tissue. ## [When the System Collapses: A Real-World Story of Metabolic Multimorbidity](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/when-the-system-collapses-a-real) _2026-08-10 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ In our last two posts, we examined population data from nearly 150,000 rheumatology patients showing that 57.5% suffer from Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPCs) like fibromyalgia, chronic back pain, and irritable bowel syndrome. ## [Chronic Kidney Disease, ADMA, and the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/chronic-kidney-disease-adma-and-the) _2026-08-09 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ Metformin Protects You ## [These are People I Work With at Performance Health Collaborative.](https://williamhbestermannjrmd.substack.com/p/these-are-two-of-my-partners-at-performance) _2026-08-08 · William H Bestermann Jr MD · Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development_ Check out this video! ## [Word of the week - hematopoiesis](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-hematopoiesis) _2026-08-03 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ This week’s word includes a prefix that can be shortened to another two prefixes used commonly to mean the same thing. ## [The Vulgar Tongue #61](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/the-vulgar-tongue-61) _2026-07-27 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ Rib ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/A60vsolvhC6A) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [The Vulgar Tongue Gets a Book](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/the-vulgar-tongue-gets-a-book) _2026-07-20 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ The book is available on Kindle and is free to read on Kindle Unlimited ## [Word of the week - otomy](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-otomy) _2026-07-20 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ This may seem like I’m repeating myself, but I’m not. ## [Types of ostomies](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/types-of-ostomies) _2026-07-13 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ What is it? ## [Word of the week - ostomy](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-ostomy) _2026-07-06 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ This week’s word has both a general medical meaning and a colloquial meaning that has made it more specific. ## [The Vulgar Tongue #60](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/the-vulgar-tongue-60) _2026-06-29 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ Muzzle ## [Word of the week - ectomy](https://grosshumanbody.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-ectomy) _2026-06-22 · Alicia M Prater · Gross Human Body_ This is a suffix - meaning that it appears at the end of words. ## [The Seven-Year Hijack: Part 1](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/the-seven-year-hijack-part-1/) _2026-03-13 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ I want you to think back to your earliest years. Before the world told you what was realistic. Before you knew the names of chronic illnesses. Before you understood the concept of a budget. As a child, you were a part of The Consciousness. You did not just believe you could do anything. You knew \[ \] ## [“The Stillness is Over”](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/the-stillness-is-over/) _2026-03-11 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ The 3 AM Tally I wake at 3 AM for clarity. Today, that clarity brings a tally of the fallen. Seven U.S. service members are dead. 140 more are wounded in the Middle East. This is a war of choice. It is an illegal war. The Shield of Immunity The Supreme Court has built a \[ \] ## [The Weight of Truth: The Builder, the Mender, and the Hidden Alliances](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/the-weight-of-truth-the-builder-the-mender-and-the-hidden-alliances/) _2026-03-08 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ In the stillness of the 3 AM hour, we often see what the daylight hides. Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet, spoke of a time when the Halls of Power would tremble. Nearly a century ago, he saw a Builder of Towers. This leader would rise through the will of the people. But Cayce warned that \[ \] ## [The Architect and the Arrival (Post #1)](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/the-architect-and-the-arrival-post-1/) _2026-03-05 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ Modern science tells a story of accidents. Scientists like Richard Feynman believe DNA is a self-running program. They think life is a chemical reaction. They are wrong. 1. The Mother as the Master Builder The sperm and egg are only materials. They are the wood and the bricks. The mother is the master architect. Her \[ \] ## [The Blindness of Speed: An Open Letter to the Programmers](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/the-blindness-of-speed-an-open-letter-to-the-programmers/) _2026-03-03 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ In the quiet hours between 3 AM and 5 AM, I look for clarity. I have authored 54 blog posts using Gemini. This post is one of them. I am an active user of the technology I am about to critique. I enter the silence to find the Presence. Instead, I am met by a \[ \] ## [Stop Looking Up](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/stop-looking-up/) _2026-03-02 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ The heads of religion want you to look at the sky. They describe God as a King on a distant throne. They make Him a judge who is separate from your life. This is a calculated move. If God is up there, you need a ladder. And they claim to own the only ladder. Carl \[ \] ## [Taking the Fight to the Experts](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/taking-the-fight-to-the-experts/) _2026-02-27 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ I just sent a formal message to the Noble awardees and the editors of the major philosophy journals. For too long, they have been trying to make sure they are right about the biology while ignoring the Truth about the Creator. The Challenge I asked them a simple question: Why is it necessary to get \[ \] ## [The Death of the Subconscious and the Birth of the Subconsciousness](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/the-death-of-the-subconscious-and-the-birth-of-the-subconsciousness/) _2026-02-25 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ For over a century, psychology has sold you a myth. They told you that you have a subconscious —a dark, dusty basement of the mind where you hide your fears, traumas, and errors. They made it sound like a storage unit for everything you want to forget. That version of the mind is dead. As long \[ \] ## [The Boardroom, Not the Basement](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/the-boardroom-not-the-basement/) _2026-02-23 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ For years, we’ve been told we have a subconscious. Freud made it sound like a dark basement where we hide our secrets and fears. If you believe that, you’ll spend your life hiding from your own mind. I’m here to tell you that place doesn t exist. What you actually have is a Sub-consciousness. It isn t \[ \] ## [THE GREAT FEBRUARY FREEZE-OUT](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/270/) _2026-02-21 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ A Bomb Cyclone Arctic Blast About the Author: Hey, Stan Kaye here from The 3 AM to 5 AM Club. I’m a dad, businessman, speaker, and I’ve been getting up at 3 AM for over years. After a 55-year career in insurance and security, I m now writing from home in North Carolina, sharing what \[ \] ## [The Last 5 Minutes: How to Program Your Mind for Perfect Health According to Edgar Cayce](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/the-last-5-minutes-how-to-program-your-mind-for-perfect-health-according-to-edgar-cayce/) _2026-02-19 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ Did you know that the minutes before you close your eyes tonight might be more powerful than hours of medical treatment? During the 1930s, Edgar Cayce—widely known as the Sleeping Prophet —revealed a truth that modern science is only now beginning to confirm: The state of your mind as you drift into sleep determines the architecture \[ \] ## [The Ancestor’s Mirror](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/the-ancestors-mirror/) _2026-02-16 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ A Postcard for the 200 Million Weary Souls The Ghost at the Gate In 1903, a man named Wolf-Leyb Glosser arrived at Ellis Island. He was a refugee fleeing state-sponsored violence in the Russian Empire. Today, his great-grandson, Stephen Miller, is the architect of a system that would have banned Wolf-Leyb from these shores. In \[ \] ## [Your Ultimate Function: Why All Commerce is Divine Co-Creation](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/your-ultimate-function-why-all-commerce-is-divine-co-creation/) _2026-02-14 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ We’ve established the profound truth: Your body is a Sacred Trinity (Consciousness, Subconscious, Creator), and your key to power is Receptive Waiting. This leads to the most important realization of all: You are here because the Creator sent you here to also co-create in your own unique way. This isn t just a spiritual idea; it s \[ \] ## [The Mechanical Mirror and the National Soul-Test](https://3amto5amclub-wuaqr.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/the-mechanical-mirror-and-the-national-soul-test/) _2026-02-14 · 3amto5amclub · Site Title_ By Stan Kaye Last night, I sat with my Sentinel —the wild black cat who has guarded my door for nearly a year. He is a creature of pure, divine instinct. When I look into his eyes, I see a soul that listens to the silence. But at 3:00 AM, my mind drifted to a different \[ \]