Today, let’s talk about sleep. Healthy sleep habits are every bit as important as diet and exercise, where your metabolic health is concerned. And according to a new paper published in [...]
Category: Diabetes
COVID-19 hospitalization risk can be prevented
Believe me, I’m as tired of writing about COVID-19 as you probably are of reading about it. But the fact is, we are still very much in the midst of this pandemic—and shoving our heads in the [...]
New “diet” pill promises dramatic weight loss
It looks like there’s a new weight loss wonder drug on the market. I’m talking about semaglutide, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2017. Of course, it wasn’t [...]
The epidemic sending young adults to an early grave
Yesterday, I shared some grim statistics—and talked a little bit about the high price we stand to pay as a country for letting the twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity run rampant for far too [...]
The latest diabesity statistics paint a grim picture
I first learned the term “diabesity” from my mentor, Dr. Robert Atkins, years ago. And I still use the term today—more often than not, unfortunately. It describes the twin epidemics of type 2 [...]
The one simple diet that slashes your diabetes risk
Given yesterday’s discussion on how diabetes dramatically increases COVID death risk, I thought I’d take some time today to talk about the single best way to get your blood sugar under control. [...]
COVID-19: This common condition triples death risk
We are now a full year into the pandemic. And one thing that has been evident right out of the gate is that patients who are overweight, obese, or have diabetes are also at the highest risk of [...]
Warning: Packaged foods kill
Over the years, we’ve talked a lot about how artificial sweeteners are no improvement over sugar where your metabolic health is concerned. In fact, if forced to pick my poison, I would probably [...]
A longer, healthier life is just six pounds away
Yesterday, I shared a recent study that showed that, if you’re obese, all you have to do is drop 13 percent of your body weight to cut your risk of diabetes nearly in half. And today, I’ve got [...]
Even small weight loss could save your life
I realize I talk about weight loss and diabetes a lot. But “diabesity” was easily the most urgent health crisis facing the Western world pre-pandemic. And let’s face it… it still is—because as [...]
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