It’s over between me and Oprah. If you are a regular reader of metabolism.com you probably know about my proposal to Oprah. Don’t get worked up, it wasn’t a marriage proposal. It was a proposal to create a Diabetes Lifestyles reality show for her new cable network. Here’s the background. Oprah is starting her “Own” [...]
Vitamin E May Be of Help in Common Liver Disease:
Over the years the medicinal qualities of vitamin E have been both praised and criticized. For decades there has been a debate whether this vitamin could prevent cancer or heart disease. Large studies have pretty much determined that cancer and heart disease don’t respond to [...]
What exactly is a Nutrition Consultation? That is Question Number One from the public! Well, a nutrition consultation is something that takes into account someone’s medical and weight history; blood work/laboratory values; activity; habits; Calorie, protein, carbohydrate, fat and fluid needs; nutrition support needs and personal goals. A good nutrition assessment will [...]
Several years ago studies suggested that high levels of homocysteine, a naturally occurring amino acid in the blood, could be harmful to cardiac health. B vitamin supplementation is known to lower blood levels of homocysteine. According to the thinking at that time lowering homocysteine levels by taking B vitamins such as B6 and Folic [...]
Diet Success May be Genetic
A few years ago the book, Eat Right for Your (Blood) Type, was published by Dr. Peter D’Adamo with the premise that our present day nutritional needs are dependent on the types of food available to our genetic ancestors. For example, if your ancient ancestors evolved in a region of the [...]
Occasionally, at Metabolism.com, we publish articles sent to us by our members. Here is a contribution by Sandy Harris explaining why maple syrup may possess surprising health benefits. Among the benefits Sandy highlights is a possible link to prevention of diabetes. Metabolism.com welcomes your thoughts on these issues so feel free to post a comment [...]
Written on April 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Carol, a member of metabolism.com, recently posted her approach to healthy weight gain. I thought it was interesting enought to post on the main blog. My major concern with her advice is that some people are lactose intolerant and a diet high in dairy products as Carol outlines, could cause severe gastrointestinal symptoms. Many [...]
We are initiating a series of talks on nutrition by our staff, on Youtube. Click on the video below (or cut and paste the URL into your browserto access this informative first session featuring Beth Ellen and Dr. Pepper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3peYebK_J0
Your feedback will help us prepare our future programs, so feel free to post your thoughts about [...]
Sally Anne’s submission was chosen by Beth Ellen DeLuglio as the winner of a free nutrition consultation. Beth and Sally have already been working together for the past week. We look forward to keeping members of metabolism.com posted on their progress.
We thank those of you who submitted your thoughts to this contest and hope that [...]
Written on March 29, 2010 | Posted in
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As a clinical nutritionist and author, it can be difficult to prioritize issues and actions. For several years, my number one concern is the fact that radioactive elements, known to cause childhood and adult cancer, osteoporosis, anemia and immune deficiency, are regularly released into our air and water. I first learned of this iniquity in 1997 [...]
