March 26, 2020

The Carnivore Diet and Your Pocket: How Costly Is It?

The carnivore diet is surprisingly one of the more affordable ways to eat, because it drops the avocados, nut butters,...

March 24, 2020

The Carnivore Diet: 8 Reasons Why It Works

The carnivore diet works because it removes the foods that drive insulin resistance. Those are all added sugar, refined carbohydrates...

March 19, 2020

Sugar, Inflammation, and Health

Added sugar drives chronic, low-grade inflammation. It signals the body to make pro-inflammatory molecules. It forms harmful AGEs, loosens the...

March 17, 2020

Starting The Carnivore Diet? Here’s What To Look Out For…

Expect adaptation symptoms: brain fog, headache, cramping, sugar cravings, digestive trouble and poor sleep. They come as insulin drops, water...

March 12, 2020

Should People With Diabetes Try The Carnivore Diet?

Yes, with close monitoring. The carnivore diet removes carbohydrates. So it lowers blood glucose and reduces weight, the two common...

March 10, 2020

Saturated Fats Unpuzzled; 10 Different Types

Saturated fats are a family of fatty acids grouped by carbon-chain length. They range from 18-carbon stearic acid down to...

March 05, 2020

Reversing Diabetes; What Does and Doesn’t Work

Yes, type 2 diabetes can be reversed. Reversal means normal blood sugar for a number of years without any diabetes...

March 03, 2020

Refined Grains, Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes

Refined grains drive insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Stripped of bran and germ, flour digests into fast starch. That...

February 27, 2020

Refined Grains: Not Bad After All? Why We Still Say No

Refined grain consumption is not harmless, and we do not recommend any refined grains for our patients. A 2019 review...

February 25, 2020

The Role Of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) In The Progression Of Type 2 Diabetes

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are unstable oxygen molecules, also called free radicals. In type 2 diabetes, high blood sugar that...

February 20, 2020

Are You Pre-Diabetic? How Can You Tell?

You can tell with a blood test. An A1C between 5.7% and 6.4% means prediabetes. Below 5.7% is normal, and...

February 18, 2020

Does Chronic Over Nutrition Play A Role In Metabolic Inflammation?

Yes. Chronic overnutrition overloads fat tissue. When fat tissue can no longer store the excess, it becomes inflamed. Then fat...

February 17, 2020

Conditions Driven by Insulin Resistance: PCOS, Fatty Liver and Inactivity

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine dysfunction in women, affecting 10 to 20%. At its core, it...

February 13, 2020

What’s On Your Plate? Does Overeating Cause Diabetes

Yes. Overeating drives type 2 diabetes. Excess calories, sugar and body fat make fat, liver and muscle cells stop responding...

February 06, 2020

Why Obesity Switches On an Immune Response That Never Ends

Obesity does not cause type 2 diabetes by taking up space. It causes it, in large part, by switching on...

February 04, 2020

Understanding The Role Of Metabolic Inflammation Plays In Obesity And Diabesity

Metabolic inflammation and obesity feed each other. Inflammation starts in the fat cells themselves and grows as fat mass expands....

February 03, 2020

Rats, Food, Prisons – Reversing The Diabetes Pandemic With Dr. Gurpreet Padda

The diabetes pandemic reaches far past the clinic. In this podcast episode, Dr. Padda traces it from US dietary rules...

January 30, 2020

Metabolic Inflammation As A Cause Of Insulin Resistance

Metabolic inflammation causes insulin resistance by jamming insulin’s signal. Over-nutrition packs fat into fat cells. That fat drives inflammatory cytokines...

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