Category " Nutrition"

We’ve been talking about blood sugar, diabetes and food as medicine for some time, but never has it been in the news more than in recent weeks with the publication of Mark Hyman, MD’s The Blood Sugar Solution.  Here is the latest from Dr. Hyman: Diabesity – A Reversible Epidemic Mark Hyman, MD  February 12, [...]

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A recent article in the SF Chronicle by scientists at UCSF talks about the toxicity of sugar and supports ways to get people to kick the sugar habit. In a paper published by Robert Lustig, MD and colleagues in Nature magazine, they argue that sugar consumption is responsible for much of chronic disease that is rapidly [...]

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Robert Lustig, MD on Sugar

What is it?            Polycystic ovary disease (also known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS) is defined as a condition in which there is an imbalance in female sex hormones. This can lead to a number of changes including abnormal and irregular menses, acne and infertility. The typical woman with PCOS is thought of as being [...]

Disease or hormone imbalance? I have been plagued by insomnia for years and years. I have attributed it to many things and have been diagnosed with a variety of “disease states”. Depression is associated with insomnia, check. Too much stress from the loss of loved ones to the stresses of medical school and residency, check. [...]

Thank you to all who came on Saturday for our “Holiday Cheer” event. Some folks experienced an Anti Aging Galvanic Facial and many of you tried the Pharmanex BioPhotonic Scanner for the first time. The scanner is so simple – even a two year old can do it!  Wishing you and yours a happy and [...]

I’d like to welcome guest blogger Allison Brooks. Allison’s interest in healthy eating stems from her study of biomedical anthropology. Everybody knows the saying, “You are what you eat” and now there is more scientific truth proving that statement. In today’s society, most understand that the fat and grease in a burger are not as [...]

A viral email was sent to me this week with 18 pictures of food/drinks and the amount of sugar each item contained, represented by a cube of sugar (equivalent to 1 tsp of sugar or 4.2 grams). The tagline was “We know the facts, but this brings it into perspective quickly, doesn’t it?” Kudos to [...]

I never thought that diabetes would be something for me to worry about.  I have never been overweight, love to exercise, and thought I ate healthy.  When I was in my 30s, I worked long hours pulling a 36-hour shift hour shift at least once a week.  My breakfast was usually a bagel and cream [...]