It's official: the ketogenic diet has gone mainstream. As a functional medicine practitioner, I have used the health benefits of ketosis with patients for years, and it's exciting people are talking about it on a global level in pop culture. By focusing on a low-carb, moderate-protein, high-healthy-fat ratio of macronutrients, my patients are able [...]
Are you frustrated every time you look down at the scale? Perhaps no matter how hard you try, you just can’t shed those extra pounds. While there are various reasons why some people lose weight more easily than others, metabolism plays a major role. Some people have a faster metabolism than others. Everyone knows people [...]
If you’ve ever wondered why you take off the pounds, only to put them back on again, there is now scientific evidence to support the frustrating seesaw known as body weight. Obesity is a major problem for many, many Americans. (According to the Harvard School of Public Health, obesity is defined as a body mass [...]
Obesity is a growing public health issue that affects millions of people. And the World Health Organization estimates that 2.8 million people are expected to die each year based on health-related conditions linked to obesity such as hypertension, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. In a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that [...]
Diets have never worked for people—at least for the long term. Let's admit it. Most of us have tried high-fat, low-fat, high protein, no grain, high grain, juice fasts...you get the idea. These may work for a while, but then they stop working. The reason is that they all lead to deficiencies in critical nutrients that [...]
I explain in my new book, The Gene Therapy Plan: Taking Control of Your Genetic Destiny with Diet and Lifestyle, how angiogenesis is the process in which blood vessels are created. Our knowledge of its role in fat tissue accumulation comes in part from the study of cancer. Blood vessels also serve as conduits by [...]
Have you been trying to lose weight? But you find yourself struggling to keep the weight off after you’ve shed a couple of pounds. Approximately 68.8 percent of adults are either overweight or obese and have a difficult time with keeping their weight at a healthy level. Obesity is an epidemic that creeps in over [...]
When planning your diet, think of how well the ecogenetic foods that you’re eating work together to promote health and longevity. For instance, turmeric (curry) is better absorbed when taken with a nutrient called piperine that's found in black pepper. And a study from the University of Illinois at Urbana found that rats injected with [...]
Obesity is an epidemic that contributes to more than just growing waistlines. Obesity contributes to the pathology of other chronic diseases like heart disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cancer. In The Gene Therapy Plan, I explain how the Western diet, which is packed with processed and refined foods, promotes inflammation and grows abnormal blood vessels [...]
When sugar is being processed properly, it is stored in the fat and muscle cells to be used as a primary energy source. But this processing mechanism can break down for a number of reasons. The main mode of disorder is insulin resistance or insensitivity. Insulin insensitivity occurs when the cells of the body no [...]