Last week I wrote about the hormone GLP1 because of its role in reducing hunger and controlling blood sugar. Both of these are vital to carrying out an effective weight loss plan for the new year. So here we are with one foot planted in 2024 ready to take off in this new year. […]
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, […]
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 […]
I have been writing for years about actions you can engage to improve your health. This has generally been focused on specific topics that I hear as complaints from patients, but most of my patients are generally already health-oriented. Today the question is how to start the health improvement journey from ground zero. I am […]
As most of you know, I live a paleo-keto lifestyle most of the time, and have for over twenty years. Right now I am playing with a variation that involves cyclic green fasting – 3 to 4 days of eating just greens followed by 3 to 4 days of high protein and a touch of carbs […]
So the new year is still fresh and you still plan to live 2019 as healthy as possible. Right off the bat you have chosen a serious challenge. The single biggest thing that impacts your health is what you put into your mouth and allow into your lungs. It seems super obvious that the first step […]
Few topics are as near and dear to everyone’s heart as how to lose weight. More magazine covers are spent on this topic in the checkout line at your local grocery store than any other subject. The amazing thing is how many weight loss diets there are out there. How can there possibly be so […]
Years ago one of my patients, Penelope, embarked on a healing journey for her chronic back issues and other bodily maladies. She received some simple but powerful advice. She was told to simply eat only vegetables for six months with the addition of a few ounces of fish a couple times a week. That’s it! […]
A couple weeks ago my brother Daniel suggested I watch a Youtube video by a Dr Jason Fung, a kidney specialist from Canada. He had been treating diabetic patients for 20 years for kidney disease caused by diabetes when it dawned on him that none of his patients ever got better. He actually asked himself […]
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 […]