Category Archives: Diabetes
The human body contains, give or take, 37.2 trillion cells. I think we can all agree that’s a whole lotta cells. Well, if that number blows your mind, consider this: The bacteria in your body, right now as you read this, outnumber your cells by 10 to 1. Bacteria are all around us, inside and out, and when you really…
I get asked by a lot of my patients, and readers of this blog, my opinion on bone broth. Apparently bone broth is really “in” right now, with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow touting its many benefits. It’s funny how something so ancient, so a part of just about every culture around the world, can “suddenly” be trending. What’s next,…
If you’ve recently been diagnosed with diabetes, there is a very good chance that someone else in your family has it as well. Roughly 10% of patients diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes have a first-degree family member (parent, sibling, child) with the same type of diabetes. When it comes to the more common type of diabetes, Type 2, which accounts…
Back in 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first true antibiotic. Soon after, several other antibiotics came onto the scene, namely ampicillin, amoxicillin, and benzylpencillin. These days we have more “modern” antibiotics such as: • Cephalosporins: You might know it better as cephalexin. It’s used to treat UTIs, ear infections, respiratory infections and bacterial meningitis. • Macrolides: These include erythromycin, clarithromycin, and…
Has this ever happened to you? You sit down with your family to watch a movie and by the time it ends you realize, to your horror and slight amazement, that you alone have eaten an entire bag of pretzel sticks. And you don’t even really remember doing it. But the empty bag is proof enough. These days most people…
If you’re like most people, you’re worried that if you eat fat, you’ll become fat. It’s no wonder you have this (irrational) fear. For decades we all had the same message drilled into our heads: fat was bad. It lines the arteries causing heart attacks, and sticks to our belly and legs, so go with a low-fat diet. In a…
The name Berberine may make you think of those roughly woven area rugs. No, I am not suggesting that chewing on a piece of berber carpeting (not the same berber) will lower your blood sugar. Berberine is a naturally occurring plant compound that boasts impressive health benefits. Not only has berberine been shown to improve heart health, it may also…
You’ve probably seen it talked about on health-food blogs or heard about it from a friend of a friend, but maybe you haven’t given much thought to this oddly-named beverage. Matcha tea – is it everything people say it is? What Exactly is Matcha? Matcha is powdered green tea, so it’s generally sold in a canister, not in little tea…
