“You are what you eat!” The huge words from a colorful poster in the cafeteria of my elementary school keep coming to mind. Fifty years ago, as a child, and...
Hypertension every day affects more people recently, I have had several patients in my office who have been on inappropriate blood pressure medications for different reasons. Medication given to Alex...
Recently, I have had several patients in my office who have been on inappropriate blood pressure medications for different reasons. Alex was given medication which didn’t seem to be working....
There are two lists of risk factors for heart disease. One is the “traditional list” and the other is the "scientific list.” The Traditional List The traditional list [1] comes...
We often focus so hard on the outward things that we miss the more important things of life. It’s so easy to look at diet, exercise, and nutrients as the...
Karen had many children from adults to young children and her house was always busy. She did not want to miss out on any fun at night, and she had...
The J Curve Today, I would like to share something called “optimal.” We often think of things on a linear scale, but biology is rarely linear. There is a possibility...
I would like to spare everyone the pain of reading this article by summarizing it up front in three words: Eat More Plants! Now that I have that out of...
A substance required by the body to function, but not made by the body, is by definition a vitamin. B-vitamins are a very important group of substances that needed for...
Everything you ever wanted to know about fat – and more! What is the difference between oils, fats, and lipids? Fat = oil = lipid “Lipid” is the general term...
Ethan was seven years old when his mother brought him into the office. She was in tears. She had collapsed under the school pressure. And put Ethan on medication for...
In 1981 a German physician, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, MD,[1] was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Since he was working in an oncology hospital, he knew that this cancer was treatable...