If you have been reading this newsletter for a while now you know that I am always looking for ways to create my favorite food items without using grains or sugars. Often I even take the next step and eliminate all carbohydrates from my diet. While eliminating carbs is not necessary for healthy people, […]
A week ago Ellen and I had some lab work done to check our fasting insulin and hemoglobin A1c. We regularly test our blood sugar and ketones at home with a finger stick blood test. There is no at-home test for insulin, but I just found out there is a new at-home test for […]
2023 is upon us. We have had a week to recover from the holiday season. Clearly, winter is in full swing. We have not had this much winter weather in quite a while. It feels like Mother Nature is washing away the last several years of accumulated grime from our streets and psyches. Winter […]
One of the favorite health expressions that get tossed about a lot is the ever-popular use-it-or-lose it. Generally, this trope is used in reference to your muscles where reality is easily observable. It is easy to see on yourself when you slack off on your exercise regime and your muscle tone goes to crap. […]
Life is full of so much health-destroying stress, so how can stress be helpful? Everything is telling us we need to reduce stress in order to get healthy. Well, guess what, there is such a thing as helpful stress. Not all stress is bad for us. Life is a balancing act on all levels. […]
One of the favorite methods diet researchers use is to look for populations of people that are healthier and live longer than normal folks. Suppose I told you about a particular tribe of men that live about 40 – 50% longer than average? Usually, researchers are thrilled with populations that do 10% better than […]
If you are reading this on Sunday, I will be finishing the third week of a detoxification fast. That sounds like it would be hard, but as I will show you in this newsletter, it is not difficult at all. But first, we have to understand the different kinds of fasting, what they are […]
As the years go by, the single biggest indication of the passage of time in my body seems to be the gradual loss of energy. This is not just a personal observation, but it is in fact the single biggest complaint given by patients to every doctor. When asked what they want most in […]
My mother turned 91 last week. I decided to give her a rather unusual birthday present – a fast! She has been complaining about having trouble with her memory lately. I have been there so I know how unpleasant that can be. My memory was down the tubes about 17 years ago. I could not […]
What are the most powerful things you can do for your health? There is a lot of variability in just how these factors might look because people are variable. We all have slightly different genes, which means we all have different strengths and weaknesses. But in general, the top health promoters are: Good sleep/relaxationProper exerciseHealthy […]