Is it possible to eat 2 or 3 meals per day without snacking? Yes! First, let’s look at why we snack. Boredom, distracted eating, indulgence, food insecurity, socializing, hunger. Consider that $14 billion is spent yearly by the food and beverage industry trying to convince you to eat more food. And these billions are not […]
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Iron Infusions: Helpful or Harmful?
Patients are often recommended iron infusions because they cannot tolerate oral iron due to side effects, extremely low iron levels or in an emergency from acute blood loss. In my own clinic, I used to utilize iron infusions to help patients with anemia or low ferritin get over the top with their low iron. Iron […]
Intermittent Fasting is not a diet
For starters, intermittent fasting is not a diet. It is an experiment on yourself. If you view it as an experiment rather than a diet you will enjoy the freedom it offers as opposed to feeling shackled by eating within certain windows of time. Intermittent fasting shouldn’t make you feel anxious, depressed, irritable, cause you […]
Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
The majority of people who ask me about intermittent fasting are wanting to lose weight and not eating seems like the quickest route to achieve that goal. Sure you can lose weight through intermittent fasting. I have seen it happen time after time. However, there are so many more benefits of intermittent fasting than a quick weight […]
Obesity and Liquid Sugar
In the USA, liquid sugar in the form of (soda, etc.) is the #1 caloric input and in America. We also rock obesity, diabetes, dementia, NAFLD, and a whole host of other chronic diseases. So being different by canceling liquid sugar is a fantastic sign that you are on the road to health accumulation. Alright, so […]
Are Vegetable Oils Bad for You?
Over the last 60 years, we have seen a massive increase in vegetable oil consumption and along with that an increase in chronic disease conditions. So are vegetable oils bad for you? Yes. And unless you are specifically watching for it in packaged foods, the likelihood you are consuming multiple servings per day is 100%. […]
Iron Dosing: The difference between regression or results
When it comes to nutrient absorption, consuming more is not always better. This is surely the case with iron dosing. Even for those who are iron deficient, taking too much iron can actually make the problem even worse. In fact, you can suppress your body’s ability to take up and store iron by taking too much, […]
Are you as healthy as you think you are?
Most people’s health expectations are too high for themselves. People think they are healthy because they do not have a hard-core disease or disease diagnosis. Yet they continue to buy snacks from vending machines, eat frozen dinners, play video games and live a sedentary life. They do not realize that they are living right on the […]
How to breathe for abundant health
The main reason I think breathing often gets overlooked (even though we’re doing it 20,000 times a day) is that we don’t give credence or respect to our autonomic nervous system or limbic system. The limbic system is always working for us whether we are working, sleeping, playing, or eating. We have failed to realize […]
Thyroid Health: How to optimize T4 to T3 conversion
Your thyroid gland is a big deal right? I mean what doesn’t it affect? Every cell in your body has thyroid receptors. Without proper action of the thyroid gland and the hormones it produces, all manner of havoc can show up in the body. From liver and kidney function, to blood sugar regulation, weight gain or loss, […]
