| May 7, 2018 | 0 |
For every prescription drug that is developed and offers benefits to patients, there are those that also pose significant risks. Physicians must always weigh the benefits to risks in order to make informed decisions as to whether a particular medication should be used for treatment. Recent findings suggest statins, a class of prescription drug used to treat high cholesterol levels,…
| April 28, 2018 | 5 |
You may have heard about intermittent fasting (IF) and that it offers numerous health benefits but are still unsure what those benefits are and how to do it correctly. In this blog article I’m going to talk about why IF is so beneficial, especially to people with diabetes, and how you can easily incorporate it into your daily and weekly…
| April 25, 2018 | 0 |
If you’ve always believed vegetable oils were good for you, you’re not alone. First, they’ve got the word vegetable right in there, so you’re kind of tricked into thinking these oils are healthy. Then there was all the advertising that hypnotized us into believing traditional fats like butter, lard and coconut oil were bad while canola, corn, cottonseed, and soybean…
| April 17, 2018 | 0 |
I happen to be crazy about nuts. (I was going to say I’m a nut for nuts but I knew you’d probably roll your eyes at that one.) The taste alone makes me stock up on a variety so I always have some handy. But when I started learning about the health benefit of nuts, especially tree nuts, I became…
| April 11, 2018 | 2 |
Here’s a pop quiz: What is eaten by almost everyone, yet understood by few in the health community? They are somewhat detrimental to many people’s health while being downright destructive to a few sensitive souls. If you said lectins you’re either brighter than the average lightbulb or, after reading the title, you put two and two together. Lectins… let’s talk…
| April 4, 2018 | 0 |
Spring is finally here, which means many of us can venture outside, enjoy the warm temps and sunshine, and get our bodies moving after a long hibernation. So why is it that many people choose to stay inside and remain couch potatoes? “Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save…
| March 28, 2018 | 0 |
The Hemoglobin A1c test sounds like something you would have had to take back in AP bio class, but it’s actually a fairly common blood test. Your doctor may even have suggested you have one done in the past. The A1c can be used to determine whether someone is diabetic or pre-diabetic based on the amount of sugar in the…
| March 21, 2018 | 10 |
Probably the most common question I get from people on my Facebook pages, blogs, and programs, is about high morning blood sugar levels. They want to know why they wake up with a blood glucose level that was higher than when they went to bed. This is a logical question, and stems from much frustration. In fact, I completely understand…
