Hi , I love spices. They make the bland and ordinary into something great. What most people don’t know is that spices were and are the essential natural medicines that can help us stay healthy in this crazy world. Herbs and spices have been used for thousands of years for every sort of ailment we […]
Hi , Last week I discussed the three basic types of weight loss diets – low calorie, low fat, and low carb, and how the most effective diet is to combine all three. I also discussed how hormones control weight – particularly insulin. This means we want to keep insulin levels as low as possible […]
Hi , Have you ever noticed how many books there are on weight loss? How could there possibly be so much to say about such a physiologically simple process? Weight loss happens when you burn stored energy to do stuff. It is the same process as burning a log in your fireplace. You put a […]
In conversations with several patients recently it has come to my attention that most people do not really understand the nature of hypertension (high blood pressure). We have all heard that blood pressure is the “Silent Killer” and just sort of let our automatic brain file that as “high blood pressure = bad, avoid high blood […]
Today’s article is to round out our discussion of blood sugar issues in our efforts to prevent Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes. To this point I have focused mainly on the obvious – sugar. Have you been reading labels? Amazed at how much sugar there is in products? Wonder why they use so many different kinds of […]