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Mega farms, monocropping, and food engineering

July 02, 2019

Mega farms, monocropping, and food engineering

In recent years, more megafarms have begun to use monocropping, which depletes the soil of beneficial microelements in order to...
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Sugar, Addiction, and Obesity

July 01, 2019

Sugar, Addiction, and Obesity

Sugar addiction, especially glucose, leads to obesity because of how it is metabolized. Sucrose (table sugar) is a disaccharide made...
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Frequent large spikes in insulin

June 29, 2019

Frequent large spikes in insulin

Our eating patterns can influence insulin production and weight gain, and it’s important to give our bodies time to burn...
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Metabolic Syndrome

June 28, 2019

Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is an early indicator of diabetes even among people of normal weight, and it’s important to take steps...
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Time-Restricted Feeding

June 27, 2019

Time-Restricted Feeding

Time-restricted feeding can reduce high insulin levels, which can reverse type 2 diabetes. It’s important to understand some facts about...
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Lack of nutritional information

June 26, 2019

Lack of nutritional information

The nutritional and informational value of food is often ignored by conventional medicine, and ignoring it can lead to severe...
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Sugar, vegetable oil, and grain

June 25, 2019

Sugar, vegetable oil, and grain

Sugar, vegetable oils, and grains — in my more than 20 years of experience, I have never seen a type...
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Epidemic or Pandemic?

June 24, 2019

Epidemic or Pandemic?

When every species gets the same disease, is it an epidemic or a pandemic? Reversing the obesity, prediabetes, and type...
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Are only 1 in 8 adults healthy?

June 23, 2019

Are only 1 in 8 adults healthy?

Are only 1 in 8 adults considered healthy? According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2016,...
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Treating pain by treating inflammation

June 22, 2019

Treating pain by treating inflammation

People wonder what weight has to do with experiencing pain and its treatment. I am an interventional pain physician, and...
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Demonizing Fat

June 21, 2019

Demonizing Fat

Low-fat food doesn’t always mean healthy, and looking at fat negatively can actually lead to insulin resistance and weight gain....
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Fructose vs Glucose

June 20, 2019

Fructose vs Glucose

Fructose and glucose are both sugars, but they are not the same. High-fructose corn syrup was invented in the 1970s...
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What is ultra-processed food?

June 19, 2019

What is ultra-processed food?

Not all food is created equal, and some are even more (ultra) processed than others, thus contributing to gut dysfunction....
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Hypoglycemia

June 18, 2019

Hypoglycemia

Many people consume far more carbohydrates in their diets than they actually need. Once, a patient asked me how much...
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Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat

June 17, 2019

Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat

For years, fat has been targeted as one of the main causes of obesity, but fat in someone’s diet isn’t...
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Anxiety and Depression

June 16, 2019

Anxiety and Depression

Can anxiety and depression unexpectedly improve when treating insulin resistance with metformin? I am an interventional pain physician in the...
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Crisis of Nutrition

June 15, 2019

Crisis of Nutrition

In the United States, we have a malnutrition crisis, but it’s not caused by people not having enough to eat....
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Why Counting Calories Fails

June 14, 2019

Why Counting Calories Fails

All calories are not created equal, and even the word itself has different definitions. A calorie in physics is the...
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