Author Archives: fuseology
Jul
COVID UPDATE for July 10
Jul
COVID UPDATE for July 10 The quandary of inflexible ideology quan·da·ry kwänd(ə)rē noun A predicament. A state of intellectual paralysis. FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube are filled with warnings of impending doom, but these positions lead to a quandary. Position 1: The COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax, perpetrated by a global conspiracy, using lockdowns, […]
Jul
COVID UPDATE for July 3rd, 2020 The quandary of inflexible ideology quan·da·ry kwänd(ə)rē noun A predicament. A state of intellectual paralysis. FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube are filled with warnings of impending doom, but these positions lead to a quandary. Position 1: The COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax, perpetrated by a global conspiracy, using lockdowns, […]
Jul
COVID UPDATE for July 1, 2020 Autopsy reports continue to show a problem of abnormal blood clotting. Often hundreds or thousands of mini-clots in the lungs, liver, heart, kidney and brain. Most recently, researchers have pinpointed a causative factor = a dysfunction of platelet-producing cells. Platelet aggregation is the term that describes the formation of […]
Jun
COVID-19 UPDATE for June 26th About the author: Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. You can follow him on FaceBook and My2048.com
Jun
COVID-19 UPDATE for Thursday June 25th About the author: Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. You can follow him on FaceBook and My2048.com We know that the majority of people infected with the COVID-19 virus have only mild […]
Jun
When will this end? There are three possibilities. Best case, this turns out to resemble SARS, a coronavirus pandemic that started somewhere in Asia in 2003. SARS infected only about 8000 people globally and killed “only” 800. Obviously, the virus that causes COVID-19 is far more virulent, infecting over 9.3 million people, and killing – […]
Jun
Download The Four Stages of Infection Help Stop Webalony! There’s a quick way to improve social media that we can borrow from scientists. It’s called “demand primary source.” If the post you are reading starts with “They” did / found / discovered… ask the sender to identify exactly who “they” are, and exactly where […]
Jun
The Four Stages of Infection Stage 1: EXPOSURE Mucosal Immunity * Zinc: 30 mg/d * DHEA: 15 to 50 mg/d to maintainyouthful serum DHEAS levels Immune Competence: * HVNFD devoid of sugar* Vitamin D: 5,000 to 10,000 iu/d M-F* Medicinal Mushroom concentrates:1-2 g/d. Double at first sign* Selenium: 200 mcg on Sunday* Melatonin: 2-6 mg/before […]
Jun
Help Stop Webalony! There’s a quick way to improve social media that we can borrow from scientists. It’s called “demand primary source.” If the post you are reading starts with “They” did / found / discovered… ask the sender to identify exactly who “they” are, and exactly where “they” published their findings. This week, “they” […]
Jun
Help Stop Webalony! There’s a quick way to improve social media that we can borrow from scientists. It’s called “demand primary source.” If the post you are reading starts with “They” did / found / discovered… ask the sender to identify exactly who “they” are, and exactly where “they” published their findings. This week, “they” […]
May
COVID-19 UPDATE for Monday, May 11 News out of South Korea, where the opening of a small number of night clubs in the Itaewon district on Friday was followed by 35 new cases by Monday morning. Similar spikes have been seen in Seattle as the warm weather brought crowds to beaches and parks, and I […]
May
COVID-19 Update for May 5th About the author: Stephen Cherniske was an adjunct instructor at UCLA (Clinical Nutrition) and directed the nation’s first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and Immunology. I promised some good news today, and there are two items to celebrate. 1. The first modifiable risk factor analysis has been published. Background: […]
Apr
COVID-19 UPDATE for Wednesday April 15 About the author: Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. You can follow him on FaceBook and My2048.com We know that the majority of people infected with the COVID-19 have only mild symptoms while […]
Apr
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Update for 04/08/20 As you might expect, Natalie and I are receiving requests for prescriptions for HCQ. We’re refusing, based on the side-effect profile (especially for heart or kidney disease patients) and the lack of reliable data. And that doesn’t mean a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study. I’d go with the real-time experience […]
Apr
What we need to learn – ASAP about Covid-19. About the author. Stephen Cherniske taught Clinical Nutrition at two southern California universities and directed the nation’s first FDA-licensed clinical lab specializing in nutrition and immunology. He and his wife, a board-certified Family Medicine MD, provide information and insights at My2048.com. A 101- year-old man […]
Mar
IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM STEPHEN & DR. NATALIE KATHER After our Friday FaceBook LIVE video, we’ve been flooded with calls, emails and texts. We spent the weekend responding to these issues, helping people make important decisions and exploring ways to reduce risk for this terrible virus. Click here to view our video on COVID-19 prevention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACRuWTgRJj0 […]
Mar
Coronavirus Update, Sunday, March 15. I worked for 20 years with ECONET, a global natural products R&D organization. Looking for medicinal plants through remote areas of China or Siberia required a recovery period upon my return. This was not because of unsanitary or unhealthy conditions. It was just that my immune system was challenged by […]
Mar
STEPHEN CHERNISKE TO RELEASE E-BOOK VERSION OF “THE CASE FOR DHEA” AS A FREE DOWNLOAD Stephen Cherniske, biochemist and co-founder of My2048, has announced that he is releasing an e-book version of his book, “The Case For DHEA.” Cherniske is well-known for his 1996 best seller, The DHEA Breakthrough and the 2003 blockbuster, The Metabolic Plan, both […]
Mar
Immunity Deep Dive Part Five: Medicinal Mushrooms How to make Reishi tea NOTE: DO NOT pick, eat or prepare mushrooms unless you are trained in identifying specific species. Reishi (ganoderma) is pretty easy to identify (see photo). We collect Reishi mushrooms in the forest around our home in Olympia WA. They can be made into […]
Mar
Immunity deep dive part Four If you watch TV, especially during the day, you cannot help but notice that, seemingly every week, there is a new drug to treat plaque psoriasis. According to Drugs.com, there are now 56 drugs to treat this one condition. Plaque psoriasis is not a fatal disease, but the new drugs […]
Mar
Immunity Deep Dive Part Three: Inflammation In the Metabolic Model of Aging, two dynamic forces determine one’s quality of life; an ongoing see-saw relationship between damage and repair. On the repair side, we have the astounding regenerative forces of stem cells, growth factors, anabolic hormones, anti-oxidants and the homeostatic activity of the endocannabinoid system (ECS). […]
Mar
We need deep learning about immunity We’re all busy. The stock market is falling like a stone and we’re in an election year. But it’s time to focus on immunity. And there are three reasons other than the coronavirus (Covid-19).1. It’s winter2. This year’s flu is particularly virulent3. You’re getting older This is going to […]
Jan
Intermittent Fasting (IF) part II © 2020 Stephen Cherniske, M.Sc. Glycogen and Fat. Since life, until very recently, was fraught with short and sometimes lengthy periods of famine, humans evolved the ability to store energy. For short famines (one to 2 days) glycogen stores in the liver and muscles work just fine. For longer periods, […]
Dec
Cancer research in the last decade (the 20-teens) revealed a number of important factors that might be mitigated by nutritional intervention. Statistically, we know that few people die from their original tumor. Since most cancer deaths occur from metastases, it makes sense to study that process, and intervene as soon as possible. This is not […]