This morning early January 2026 I reflected again on the blog and that day the first week of January while walking out of the coffee shop a young man replied when I addressed him have a nice day and Happy New Year his response was “Thank You Sir” to me instead of Thanks Man or Dude.
Over the holidays I went through something with my own body that flat-out blindsided me, and I feel a responsibility to share it—not as a doctor or a researcher, but as a guy who has spent years running nutraceutical companies and still didn’t see this one coming. For most of my career, I’ve talked about