Author: Tom Patriot

What The Heck Does Vitamin C Serum Do For Your Skin, Anyway?

Tom Patriot

Could your morning glass of OJ give you clearer skin? These days people are turning to Vitamin C to give their lackluster complexion a juicy glow. Sephora’s best Vitamin C serums promise results for dry skin, oily skin, acne scars, fine lines and wrinkles, and even dark spots and sun damage. Those are some big promises for small bottles. Before you head to the grocery store to stock up on orange juice and lemons, we put this trendy skin superfood to dermatologists and skincare experts for their take on the benefits of Vitamin C for…

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Tobacco Use in Adolescence Tied to Paranoia, Due Largely to Shared Genetic Influences

Tom Patriot

Paranoia is associated with regular tobacco smoking in adolescents after accounting for other factors like cannabis use, sleep disturbances and stressful life events, reports a study recently published to the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). The study also provides novel insights about the underlying causes of the association. The authors found that the co-occurrence of paranoia with tobacco use was largely explained by genetic influences. Similar results for other types of psychotic experiences were also reported, including having hallucinations and disorganized thinking, which were also associated…

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Victoria’s Secret Model Slammed for “Fat-Shaming” After Exercising and Eating Fruit in Front of In-N-Out Customers

Tom Patriot

Victoria’s Secret model Kelly Gale follows a very strict diet to get her body in tip-top runway shape, one that doesn’t include In-N-Out burgers or Neapolitan shakes or animal style fries (I know, I know) — a point she made ridiculously clear during a recent outing to the fast-food chain. The 23-year-old found herself at the center of a controversy after she posted a series of Instagram videos in which she’s seen eating a pear inside the restaurant and later exercising on the tables outside of the chain. In the Instagram…

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Muscle memory discovery ends ‘use it or lose it’ dogma

Tom Patriot

The old adage “use it or lose it” tells us: if you stop using your muscles, they’ll shrink. Until recently, scientists thought this meant that nuclei — the cell control centers that build and maintain muscle fibers — are also lost to sloth. But according to a review published in Frontiers in Physiology, modern lab techniques now allow us to see that nuclei gained during training persist even when muscle cells shrink due to disuse or start to break down. These residual ‘myonuclei’ allow more and faster growth when muscles are…

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