We evolved from the ocean and as we kill the ocean, our end will come. ~Steve Gill, from his sailboat "Windsong," somewhere on the Pacific."The oceans are under tremendous stress from a multi-front war by humans. Any one threat listed below is sufficient for great concern, but when all these threats are combined into a simultaneous attack on ocean health, the outlook is extremely grim.

Hearing loss puts considerable burden on sufferers and those with whom they associate.The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reports that more than 37 million American adults have some degree of hearing loss, with more than 30 percent of adults between 65 and 74 years of age being hearing impaired.

Urolithin is a metabolite produced in the gut from dietary ellagic acid, a polyphenol abundant in strawberries, blackberries, cranberries, pomegranates, and walnuts. It has been repeatedly suggested to help prevent ​neurodegeneration—but before you start proactively gorging on berries and pomegranates to protect memory, understand that the metabolite, urolithin A (UA), the biochemical ​compound resulting from the transformation of ellagic acid by the gut bacteria, decreases with age due to microbial imbalances in the gut.