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” [...]
I have another 2 cents to put in about egg yolks. For some reason they have been demonized and demoralized. People have been led to believe that if you eat egg yolks, or cholesterol for that matter, they will somehow cause a heart attack. NOT TRUE. For the majority of people, [...]
Written on June 26, 2010 | Posted in
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During the past decade researchers have discovered that lack of adequate sleep can cause metabolic defects similar to those of diabetes. Blood sugar tends to be higher and insulin resistance more pronounced in people who don’t get adequate sleep. To create these abnormalities in blood sugar metabolism for studies, researchers typically deprived subjects of sleep [...]
The adrenal glands sitting on top of the kidneys make several hormones critical to life. The central part of the adrenal makes the hormone we refer to as adrenalin, technically from the group known as catecholamines. This is the stress responsive hormone causing rapid heart rate, sweating, increased mental alertness, preparing the body for [...]
It is curious that we think of Health Insurance as a system or service that keeps us healthy, yet we seldom use it unless we are sick! We pay our premiums and believe that will keep us healthy. The truth of the matter, it is up to us to achieve optimal health and maintain it [...]
Written on June 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Johnna and Hank came to me for a nutrition consultation. They both wanted to lose weight and had tried several programs but none that they really felt comfortable sticking with. They found most were too complex and time consuming and frankly just not palatable! I introduced them to my Step by Step program, a simple [...]
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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 [...]
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Just wanted to update folks on Sally Anne’s progress, with her permission. Since our exchange began on March 16th, Sally has lost 7 pounds and has been told she even looks thinner. Eating frequently with adequate protein is an important step to boosting metabolism and curbing night time cravings. She has started resistance training [...]
Written on April 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Yes, as we can see from so many posts here at Metabolism.com, some folks just can’t slow their metabolism down and keep their weight up! It is true some people just have a “high metabolism”… they burn up Calories like they were a fiery furnace. My professor at Columbia University’s College of Physician and [...]
Written on April 1, 2010 | Posted in
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