This is a continuation from last week where I was discussing the diet portion of the makeover. Stage 1: the first seven days are designed to overcome lipotoxicity within our cells causing insulin resistance. To do this we have to force our cells to want to burn any available fats in storage for energy. […]
The big new frontier in biomedicine is the vast landscape of the microbiome. Although it only amounts to a few pounds of muck in your colon, it contains 90% of the genetic material (DNA and RNA) in your body. There are thousands of different bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in a healthy colon. […]
Here is an amazing statistic I heard in a podcast — 70% of the dollars spent in the US for healthcare are spent on diseases that are caused by the Standard American Diet. We are talking about type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, fatty liver, polycystic ovarian disease, […]
What is my most favorite food in the whole world? Sourdough bread. What have I not had for the last 15 years since I found I was gluten intolerant? Sourdough bread. Ah for the love of bread! There is nothing like a chunk of fresh hot bread slathered with real butter. Yum! But alas […]
One of our favorite regular treats around our house is muffins and jam. Of course, these are not regular muffins and jam, but their superhero counterparts. But to taste them you would not know the difference. They look normal and taste delicious even to normal people. (Yes, eating healthy makes you a little bit […]
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 […]
Last weekend I went to a seminar titled Building a Better Brain. The seminar email said that it was about how to treat Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. The lecturer was a kick-ass gal from Georgia who really knew her stuff. More importantly, she was in actual clinical practice dealing with real patients every day. This […]
A couple of weeks ago a study was published by researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine on the results of comparing the effects of a 10-week diet high in fiber compared to a diet high in fermented vegetables. There has been a ton of research showing how the lack of fiber in the diet […]
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 […]
Are you feeling run down, tired, or you just don’t have the pep and stamina you used to have? I know we want to think that this is simply normal aging, but it isn’t. We have a deeply ingrained mindset in our culture about how life looks and feels as we age. We believe it […]