I found an article in Nutrition & Diabetes that was interesting. It wasn't what i was looking for, but interesting none the less. A university in Lebanon carried out a double blind study including 63 adults aged 18 to 65. Half were put on a "placebo" diet and the other half on a "phosphorus" diet, [...]
Is weight an issue for you? It sure seems to be an issue for a lot of people. One way to help your body eliminate weight is to work with the weight managing hormones: Leptin - increases sensation of satiety as well as: cholesystokinin (CCK) glucagon-like peptide (GLP) (PPY) melancortin Grehlin - increases sense of [...]
Both the thyroid and the adrenals belong to the same physiology pathway called the Hypothalamic-pituitary-thryoid-adrenal axis. Any part of the axis has an effect on every other part of the axis...so how do you know what is really going on. The symptoms tend to tremendously overlap regardless of which part of the axis is causing [...]
You have probably heard all the pros and cons about vaccinations and autism....but did you know that early vaccinations can cause: 1) disruption to the microbiota in your gut 2) affect your ability to respond to antibiotics 3) set you up for obesity Wow!!! Let's review what we already know: We already know that our [...]
Happy Valentine's Week (NOTE: Never reduce the opportunity to celebrate to just one day - take advantage of the opportunity to spread out the celebration at least over a week. My Valentine's Week started last Saturday - I got the best Valentine's present ever - and I don't plan on stopping the celebration till next [...]
I don't know about you, but I hate these kinds of advertisements...and for a few reason... Too many people believe that if a given protocol works for them - whether they devised it or bought it - it should work for everyone. I can't believe that people are that limited in their thinking. There are [...]
Oh my goodness...ideas and thoughts keep changing and growing. So many things are wrong...it is hard to keep up. What we are supposed to do about it? Again, so much research, so many ideas, it is so overwhelming... Well, here is an overview that might help you... what contributes to the problem AND what we [...]
Cellulite - do you struggle against it? Do you know there are different causes of it? Did you know there are different things you can do about it? Read on... Cellulite can be caused by the following issues: 1) estrogen overload : excess estrogen (and various chemicals in foods and drugs) can make fat cells change their [...]
Obesity is a huge problem in today's society...and often chocolate is part of the problem - junk food loaded with sugar, stabilizers, and other filers... BUT...chocolate can actually help you loose weight!! Let's look at how and why. Most obesity involves a dysregulation of two hormones: letpin and grehlin. Grehlin is a fast acting hormone, [...]
At one time, everyone thought your genes were the be all and end all. The genes were the brains of every cell. The gut and the diet were virtually ignored. And that wasn't too long ago. But now....we know the genes that you are born with are simply toggle switches that can be turned off [...]