PAUL SALADINO, MD.: Favorite Protein Bar: Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese

My favorite protein bar… pic.twitter.com/MN791B9Zin

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) June 20, 2025

PAUL SALADINO, MD: Vinegar or baking soda to clean your produce?

Vinegar or baking soda? Don’t make this mistake… pic.twitter.com/Ms83UPLi8Q

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) June 16, 2025

NCAA banned colostrum

NCAA banned this food?? pic.twitter.com/ljMcmrdTbJ

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) June 8, 2025

PAUL SALADINO: Animal-based smoothie recipe

Animal-based smoothie recipe 🥛 pic.twitter.com/nnlqC1fMCO

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) June 5, 2025

These exercises measure your biological age, your biological health

Beach > gym workout… pic.twitter.com/hGQUiU8rRi

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) June 5, 2025

PAUL SALADINO: Even organic chicken can be dumped in a chlorine bath and have up to 12% retained water from the chilling process

Make sure your chicken is "air-chilled" and organic. 

What’s in your chicken? pic.twitter.com/ieiQZueqFK

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) May 5, 2025

How to Reverse Insulin Resistance (Not Keto) pic.twitter.com/JkU2k2KpCA

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) April 30, 2025

PAUL SALADINO: Champions eat steak

Champions eat steak 🥩 pic.twitter.com/5BGoKt4sPX

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) April 28, 2025

PAUL SALADINO, MD: Don't use a wire brush to clean your grill. Use an onion or potato.

My favorite grill cleaning hack… pic.twitter.com/OdJkJubfaj

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) April 24, 2025

PAUL SALADINO, MD: How much protein should you eat per day? 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight

How much protein should you eat per day? pic.twitter.com/zRVu6ZRT1b

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) April 18, 2025

PAUL SALADINO: Snake Plant, Aloe Vera, Boston Fern, Spider Plants, English Ivy, and other plants act as Natural Air Filters . . .

Snake plant = natural air filter… pic.twitter.com/mEDlOGu5oX

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) April 10, 2025

PAUL SALADINO: methane from cows is part of the natural carbon cycle that after 12 years breaks down into natural CO2 and water. Grass absorbs the CO2 by photosynthesis and the cycle starts again

He’s right. Cows are part of environmental sustainability. The methane from cows is part of the natural carbon cycle that after 12 years breaks down into natural CO2 and water. Grass absorbs the CO2 by photosynthesis and the cycle starts again. 🐄 @CultivateElevat pic.twitter.com/5oUSd6lwsN

— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) March 20, 2025

PAUL SALADINO: Caffeine is sort of borrowing tomorrow's happiness today

Caffeine is borrowing tomorrow’s happiness today… pic.twitter.com/4UigX67Dsf

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) February 3, 2025

Yeah, that morning cup of coffee . . . for biological functions is not good.  

"Darkness my old friend."  Ah, not really your friend.  

But who will listen?  When it comes to coffee, I can't even listen to my own advice.  

from the interview above,

Caffeine is sort of borrowing tomorrow's happiness today.  You're saying I'm tired and I'm going to use this chemical crutch to feel less tired.  And you know that later in the day when the caffeine wears off and your adenosine receptors are flooded with adenosines, you're going to feel more tired because it's a methyl-xanthine.  Caffeine also causes loss of electrolytes in your body, so minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium.  

Like all plant-based foods, they can and do have medicinal properties.  But plant-based foods should not be your daily bread.  You need meat, fat, and salt.  But here are a few benefits of methylxanthines.  Drugs.com explains,

The methylxanthines, theophylline, and dyphylline are used in the treatment of airways obstruction caused by conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. Caffeine (present in coffee) and theobromine (present in chocolate) are also methylxanthines. 

The interview transcript continues,

So caffeine does have negative, sort of diuretic effects.

Do you drink coffee?

I do not drink coffee.

When was the last time you had coffee?

19 years ago.  Yeah, when I was in physician assistant school before medical school.

PAUL SALDINO: plant defense chemicals cause problems for some people. Oxalates in spinach certainly contribute to kidney stones

Should you eat vegetables? pic.twitter.com/u4jkhYMvbF

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) December 28, 2024

Kale is b*******.  Let me explain it to you.  These are plant leaves. They're vegetables.  Vegetables are the leaves, the stems, the roots, and the seeds of plants.  These parts of plants contain defense chemicals.  This is not opinion; this is scientific fact.  But here's the deal: these plant defense chemicals cause problems for some people.  Oxalates in spinach certainly contribute to kidney stones in a lot of people with calcium oxalate kidney stones.  Chard also has a ton of oxalates.  If you're not getting enough iodine in your diet, the isothiocyanates, which are iodine-blocking at the level of the thyroid in this kale, could potentially lead to thyroid problems.  In my case, cutting out vegetables was a key component of figuring out what was triggering my eczema.  So, if you're thriving, don't change anything about your diet.  But if you're not, it's time to question your nutritional assumptions.  Vegetables are much better than junk food, but they're not benign for everyone.  

PAUL SALADINO: A recent study, published by Consumer Reports, found that many brands of cinnamon were not even safe to eat at all

Avoid these cinnamon powders… pic.twitter.com/klDQFeAzn4

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) November 16, 2024

Whole Foods 365 Organic cinnamon is the best brand, and by "best," he means low in, or zero, lead. 

365 by Whole Foods Market, Organic Ground Cinnamon, 1.9 Ounce https://t.co/QjLgWkXUAQ via @amazon

— St. Michael, the Archangel (@aveng_angel) November 16, 2024

"The 12 Cinnamon Powders You Should Never Use: Consumer Reports Found High Lead Levels in a third of the Cinnamon Powders and Spice Mixtures We Tested.  Here are the Ones that Pose the Most and Least Risk," Lisa L. Gill, Consumer Reports, September 12, 2024.

Lead is a heavy metal that is linked to all sorts of massive problems in humans--heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney issues.  In kids, behavioral issues, neurodevelopmental problems, decreased IQ, learning difficulties, all kinds of issues.  You do not want to be consuming lead.  Most of us know this, but cinnamon is very often contaminated with lead.  

So what's the solution?  In the caption of this video, I'll put a number of cinnamons that came up very low for lead.  These would be the safest ones to consume.  Saladino writes, 

This content isn’t meant to scare you. In fact, it’s meant to inform you so that you can make the best choices for your health…

Here are the safest brands: Sadaf, Loisa, Morton & Bassett San Francisco, and 365 Whole Foods Market.

One of the best cinnamons is the Whole Foods Organic Cinnamon 365 brand

"Study: Lead Exposure Can be Deadly for Adults," Sonya Lunder, EWG, March 15, 2018. 

PAUL SALADINO: A recent study showed that cashiers have high levels of these endocrine-disrupting compounds in their bodies

Are you still touching receipts?

A recent study showed that cashiers have high levels of these endocrine disrupting compounds in their bodies (PMID: 26309242) pic.twitter.com/YoMSc1tnHx

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) October 28, 2024

This is why you don't ever want to touch the receipts on thermal paper.  These thermal paper receipts contain contain BPA and BPS. 

"Harmful BPA Replacements Contaminate Store Receipts," Samara Geller, (EWG), Thomas Galligan, Ph.D. (EWG),  December 9, 2020.   

These are endocrine-disruptive chemicals that can actually be absorbed through your skin.  So just touching one at a grocery store every once in a while isn't the end of the world, but I would like to avoid as many endocrine disruptors in my life, thank you, as I can.  So, I either don't get the receipt, or I'm just going to use my handy-dandy wool shirt here to put the receipt in the trash and not touch it.  So if you are touching a lot of receipts in your daily life, don't touch the thermal paper receipts, and you will decrease your exposure to BPA and BPS and endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can be messing up your hormones.  

Don't touch them.

FANTA ORANGE CONTAINS BROMINATED VEGETABLE OILS? VEGETABLE OILS IN YOUR SODAS?

This is unbelievable…. pic.twitter.com/efseVSaYvK

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) October 25, 2024

Why is vegetable oil in a citrus drink?  It's there as an emulsifier to prevent the citrus flavor from separating from the rest of the drink.  But the problem here is that brominated vegetable oil contains bromine.  The reason it's illegal in Europe and Japan is that bromine can accumulate in fatty tissues of your body, causing thyroid issues as bromine will compete with iodine for your thyroid tissue to make thyroid hormones.  And it can potentially cause cognitive issues in your brain by accumulating in your body.  But the solution is . . . 

PAUL SALADINO: The secret benefits of Grass-Fed BEEF TALLOW

The secret benefits of Grass-Fed BEEF TALLOW pic.twitter.com/bOEaoxpjsO

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) October 18, 2024

PAUL SALADINO: How to cook the perfect steak. Use a meat thermometer

How to cook the perfect steak 🥩 pic.twitter.com/NObXpEAJSv

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) October 18, 2024

PAUL SALADINO: What’s really in the food at Chick-fil-A?

What’s really in the food at Chick-fil-A? pic.twitter.com/3lOBLYkfMa

— Paul Saladino, MD (@paulsaladinomd) October 8, 2024

I stopped eating at Chick-fil-A 4 years ago.  And given their ingredients list and how bad they are for you, it's pretty clear the fact that they're closed on Sundays to commemorate God's rest on the 7th day is a marketing gimmick to help you honor a company that serves frankenfood every other day of the week. 

That's a gimmick born of childhood discipline.  We say our prayers before a meal, before bed, at church, and in confession.  These food corporations, bought out a few decades ago by the tobacco industry, know how to manipulate shoppers into buyers.  I was one.  Chick-fil-A's Christian associations sold me or at least intrigued me.  And when I first tried their chicken sandwich, I was sold.  

I stopped eating at Panda Express 3 years ago after ordering a chicken and beef dish cooked in soybean oil that just had my stomach doing very tight somersaults.  I phoned it in.  I asked, "What do you cook your food in?"  The Panda Express didn't know and had to check.  At least she was cooperative and wanted to know herself, which was helpful to me.  The answer came back, "Soybean oil."  Ah, another dastardly seed oil.  These seed oils are everywhere and cause horrible inflammation in the gut, kidneys, lungs, liver, et al. 

I stopped eating at Chipotle 10 years ago.  I ate there a total of three times and each time I got sick.  I had a chicken burrito with beans and sour cream and just destroyed my stomach.

I stopped eating at McDonald's 10 years ago.  The last food item I ordered there was a Double Cheeseburger, but the meat was so soggy, like it wasn't even meat.  It was manly seed oils made with something unrecognizable.  And the flavor, too, frightened me.  I couldn't eat the burger, a food that I had cherished since a kid when they cooked their fries in beef tallow and cooked their 100% beef in beef tallow.   I can't even drink their coffee anymore, it's so bad.  And the fact that there are so many microplastics in the cup lining.  So even if the coffee is any good, or if the coffee is harmless, you're still getting sick from the microplastics in the container.  It's a no-win situation.

Getting a breakfast at any local diner outside of a chain, like Denny's or something, is also fraught with explosive landmines, again because of the seed oils.  There are accumulative effects from these seed oils.  But their food is either cooked it in soybean oil, canola oil, corn oil, or safflower oil, and they think that they're doing this to render their recipes healthy.  It makes them poison.