You’ve probably heard of the latest health trend and Biohack around the cold plunge. Since this is gaining in popularity and I receive dozens of emails weekly on its benefit, I thought it timely to discuss the science and rationale behind cold exposure. Since I have personal experience around the cold plunge, I can speak […]
Following up on last month’s blog on nutrition, I thought it would be timely to discuss the carnivore vs vegan dietary patterns. These are two extremely polar opposite diets on the surface. The carnivore diet is a meal plan based on eating only animal products, primarily meats with a little bit of dairy while excluding […]
Nothing is more important than what we put in our mouths. The picture above is what should be avoided but unfortunately, this picture reflects what many Americans consume each day. Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine is famously quoted as saying “Let food by thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. Today our food and […]
In February of 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson designated February as American Heart Month. President Johnson urged “the people of the United States to give heed to the nationwide problem of the heart and blood-vessel diseases, and to support the programs required to bring about its solution.” This year marks 60 years since that designation. […]
Well, we made it another year. Every new year starts with resolutions. What are we going to do or change to make this year a better year than last? Most people want to lose weight and make more money. Those are always the most popular new years resolutions and most people fail. This year let […]
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most feared of all diseases. Not only due to the suffering by the patients themselves but the burden it puts on family members is what makes it most feared. It is a slow debilitating disease that many people survive for many years but with absolutely no quality of life. […]
Last month I focused on metabolic syndrome of which insulin resistance is part of the criteria. I received dozens of emails, texts and phone calls on this subject. Since November is designated as National Diabetes Month, I thought it timely to delve a bit deeper into this subject and focus on diabetes. Taking a quote […]
Have you ever noticed the growing number of “syndromes” popping up in medicine?A syndrome is a list of symptoms that has no known cause, at least to the medical community. One of the most common over the past few decades is METABOLIC SYNDROME. Metabolic syndrome is a specific set of symptoms and criteria including insulin […]
It is Labor Day weekend in the U.S. which means several things. It is the end of summer, kids are back to school and it is the beginning on influenza and other viruses season. Collectively this creates a perfect storm for infectious and contagious disease outbreaks. People spend more time indoors and kids from all […]
Cholesterol lowering medications, called statins have been one of the most popular drugs prescribed in the world over the past 30 years with annual sales reaching $20 billion. These drugs were first approved by the FDA in 1987 as a new mechanism to reduce cholesterol. Now 35 years later, we have an abundance of data […]
