I’m always pleased to offer dietary “prescriptions”. After all, I continuously preach about how you can eat your way to better health—literally. And given the blood sugar control crisis we [...]
Category: Diabetes
The American diabetes epidemic is out of control—literally
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths people will go to to avoid doing things that are good for them. But what really baffles my mind is the way that modern medicine enables this type [...]
These two health factors skyrocket mortality risk
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 [...]
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 [...]
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