INFLAMMATION IS A “HOT” TOPIC IN MEDICINE. It appears connected to almost every known chronic disease — from heart disease to cancer, diabetes to obesity, autism to dementia, and even depression. Other inflammatory diseases such as allergies, asthma, arthritis, and autoimmune disease are increasing at dramatic rates. As physicians we are trained to shut off [...]
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Archive | July, 2010
A HIDDEN FUNGUS MAY BE MAKING YOU ILL. A 35-year-old recently walked into my office suffering from a whole list of health problems (which is why I often call myself a “whole-listic doctor”). She had chronic fatigue, recurrent yeast vaginal infections, itchy ears, dandruff, patchy itchy skin rashes, irritable bowel syndrome, muscle twitching, acne rosacea, [...]
JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE TREATING your symptoms doesn’t mean you’re healthy. If you think your doctor is controlling your health problems because he or she has prescribed medication for them — well, you couldn’t be more wrong! That’s because doctors are very well-trained to treat symptoms and diseases, but NOT to address the underlying imbalances that [...]
COULD THE AMOUNT OF SLEEP you get actually influence your weight?If recent studies — and the experiences of my own patients — mean anything, the answer is a resounding yes.Let me tell you about Jim. His problems were all too real — but his story isn’t unique. Jim came to my office last week desperate [...]
THERE ARE NO STUDIES that prove the benefits of nutritional or integrative therapies … It’s a refrain that I hear time and time again. And I hear it from my colleagues. But they couldn’t be more wrong! They just have not done their homework — or perhaps they are reading the wrong medical journals. One of my favorite medical [...]
ARE MILLIONS OF US BORN with a genetic defect that makes us produce too much stomach acid? Do we just have a major evolutionary design flaw that requires us to take powerful acid-blocking drugs to prevent heartburn and reflux? I believe that the answer to all of these questions is a resounding “no.” In this [...]
COULD SOMETHING AS SIMPLE as a quick and easy blood test save your life? Absolutely. It is called a C-reactive protein test, and it measures the degree of HIDDEN inflammation in your body. Finding out whether or not you are suffering from hidden inflammation is critical, because almost every modern disease is caused or affected [...]
THERE IS NOW A way you can boost your metabolism without changing how much you eat. It’s true. You can rev up your metabolic engine, feel more satisfied when you eat, burn more calories, and lose more body fat — all without even changing how MUCH you eat. Recent studies show how three key changes [...]
SHOULD WE BUY food with health claims on the label? These days, we are seeing more and more health claims that go beyond the usual. These include “trans fat-free,” “gluten-free,” “heart healthy,” and foods spiked with vitamins, such as my new favorite: Diet Coke Plus, with vitamins and minerals. We see whole-grain Pop Tarts and [...]
YOU COULD BE EATING sawdust — and not even know it! Sound crazy? Let me explain. On a recent plane ride to a medical conference, I started a conversation with the man sitting next to me to pass the time. I told him that I was a physician working in the area of nutrition. He [...]
SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED a powerful new drug that may help cure all chronic illnesses. It is a drug you take every day. What is it? Well, you can find it at the end of your fork. It’s called food. Mounting research shows that there is no magic bullet to treat heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, allergies, digestive [...]