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Hello. I'm Michael Mooney. This website is an outlet for information that I want to share with others which does not fit into the missions of the two primary organizations I work with.
These organizations are SuperNutrition, my father’s nutritional
supplement company, where I am Director of Education, and Medibolics, an information outlet
for PoWeR (Program For Wellness Restoration), where I donate time as Director of Research and Education. PoWeR is
a non-profit research and educational
organization that provides details
about hormonal, nutritional,
and exercise therapies to improve
well-being for people with HIV. Click here to read about my co-authored book about complementary medical and nutritional approaches to HIV well-being, called Built To Survive.
The information and opinions
I present on this site are my
own and are entirely independent
of these other two organizations. They do not necessarily represent
the opinions of the people I
work with in these other two
entities.
On this site you will find
ideas and information that I
hope will spark you to think
more about things that are sometimes
assumed to be true. I will be
digging away at some commonly assumed notions and assumptions to get
to the truth. This is what I
have a passion for.
If there is a misunderstanding about a subject, and the truth will help you be healthier, I will provide details that I hope can help clear up the misunderstanding. I will name the names of products and people when I review an issue and sources of information about it.
For instance, articles in the newspapers and incorrect statements by well-known people who are supposed to be nutrition experts like Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Mercola and statements from New Chapter®, one of the largest vitamin companies in the natural products industry, raised unjustified concerns about Vitamin A supplements. Vitamin A is an essential nutrient, which means you must have it for normal health and well-being and even to stay alive. Vitamin A is critical for the health of the eyes, lungs, bones, skin and immune system.
Well-known medical doctors began to say that people should not take Vitamin A because Vitamin A can be toxic (but only at doses much higher than any multivitamins in the USA has). They began recommending that people take beta carotene instead. However, a critical look at the science confirms that beta carotene does not convert into vitamin A in the body adequately for most people, therefore beta carotene cannot be relied on to substitute for vitamin A. If you are concerned about the health of your eyes, lungs, immune systerm or bones you should consider taking vitamin A as retinol and not rely on beta carotene for your Vitamin A needs or you risk a vitamin A deficiency.
Another big misunderstanding generated by negative sales tactics from "whole-food-grown-type" vitamin marketers is to say that isolated vitamins are toxic or that the body doesn't recognize them. This is silly. Click here to read why.
There has been another misunderstanding about iron, with some well-known nutrition gurus, like Dr. Mercola and Dr. Andrew Weil, telling people that they shouldn't take iron, saying it is "toxic." Iron is an essential nutrient, required for life and health. Reading the published medical journal studies causes me to believe that the potential for iron toxicity is highly exaggerated and rarely occurs. A majority of men and even postmenpausal women should take supplements that contain iron. In fact, iron deficiency is associated with more deaths from heart attack and hair loss for males and females.
In regards to finding what is true, I work with critical analysis of independently published scientific studies of human populations. All too often claims from commercial companies and notions expressed by so-called "experts" are proven to be false when skeptical analysis and logic are applied to them. This is true, for instance, of claims about high-priced "whole-food-grown" dietary supplements, which are seen by many as having magical properties, when published data confirm that they actually do not have any special qualities. Yet, because brilliant marketing people use the hot buttons of people wanting natural, organic products, many people automatically believe in them and pay exhorbitant prices for them.
If it is real, and it is good
for you and it is something
you should consider using for
your better living, I want you
to know about it. If it is a sham, or if its main purpose is to gain profit, with little regard for the integrity of the product or information delivered to you, I want you to know that too. From time to time, I will also discuss popular issues like global warming as they can be viewed from a scientific perspective.
If you have questions, please
send them to me.
I do not promise to review
everything that I am asked about.
I do however, promise to do
my best at reviewing the things
I find to be interesting myself.
I only have so much time, so
I will focus on things that
I am curious about. These are
the things I will share with
you.
For The Avid Reader: June, 2009 I started writing an occasional newspaper column for WEHONEWS.com. an online newspaper serving the city I live in, West Hollywood, California, Search for "Michael Mooney" on that site for my articles. November, 2009 I started writing for Beverly Hills Times Magazine. In March, 2010, I started writing for Muscle Insider a new fitness magazine. View a sampling of my publications and articles here.
Sincerely,
Michael Mooney
P.S. Some linked pages say "Coming
Soon." These pages are
for topics that I intend to
cover. Please send me any questions
you have about these topics
so that I may help you learn
about them.
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