As you know, doctors widely prescribe metformin to safely and effectively treat Type II diabetes. It lowers blood sugar and hemoglobin A1C (the long-term measure of blood glucose control). [...]
As you know, doctors widely prescribe metformin to safely and effectively treat Type II diabetes. It lowers blood sugar and hemoglobin A1C (the long-term measure of blood glucose control). [...]
The fall harvest is upon us. Perhaps you’ve been gathering the last of the delicious, ripened vegetables from your garden or from local farm stands in the countryside as you set out on autumn [...]
Yesterday, I reported on the importance of keeping nuts in your diet, despite what the government warned for decades. As I explained, nuts have a healthy ratio of lower omega-6 to higher omega-3 [...]
Many of us associate nuts with the fall harvest. They go well in many of my favorite savory dishes at this time of year. I just made a healthy, delicious cranberry-pecan chicken salad in that [...]
Many people think that diet sodas with artificial sweeteners are healthier than regular soda. But as I explained last week, research links increased consumption of diet soda with all the same [...]
For decades, physicians, dieticians, and nutritionists parroted the government’s recommendation to avoid cholesterol. But as we now know, that recommendation was all wrong, all along. Informed [...]
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently partnered with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to create a quiz to supposedly assess your risk of developing Type II diabetes. The first [...]
I don’t fly on commercial airplanes anymore, if I have a choice. It’s not that I’m afraid of flying. I used to actually enjoy it. I was even a cadet officer at the U.S. Air Force Academy during [...]
I know in most parts of the country, outdoor public pools have closed for the season. Nonetheless, I still want to inform you of this new, important warning about avobenzone, an active ingredient [...]
Food sensitivities have reached epidemic proportions in recent years. And experts are quick to blame gluten, a protein found in wheat. I’ll admit wheat products have even started to bother me in [...]