The latest brief inspirational story I would like to share is not even from my patient population, but is from my friend and neighbor, Bruce. Bruce has waived his HIPAA rights to share his story in hopes to help others. Bruce is a 72 year old male who didn’t previously have any known medical problems of significance, and has […]
War on Obesity and Diabetes (2012 update)
War on Obesity & Diabetes Diabetes prevention and conquering can be achieved by most people with the right support. The epidemic of obesity (complex pathophysiology in itself) and the resulting metabolic derangements known as Metabolic Syndrome[1] leading to diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), and hyperlipidemia (bad cholesterol, etc) are mostly due to vast complext factors influencing genetics […]
Ditch the Juice and Eat the Fruit!
This blog is my attempt to convince some of you to optimize your metabolic function by ditching the fruit juice and sticking to eating the whole fruits. One of our first recommendations to anyone trying to lose some fat, improve their glycemic control or improve their lipids is to cut out all sugary drinks, if […]
Quality Components of Diet Studied in Combination
Functional Component Diet Study Review By Dr. Karl Nadolsky An appealing study[1] evaluating “functional components” of diet was recently undertaken and published in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism looking at the changes in cardiometabolic risk factors focusing on a combination of low glycemic foods, antioxidant-rich foods, oily fish with high omega-3 fatty acids, […]
Amazing Almonds
By Dr. Karl Nadolsky Just last month I wrote an article (Wowser Waffles Improve Diabetes and Cholesterol) highlighting a recent study which showed the beneficial effects of having almonds for breakfast. Since most people do not eat straight almonds for breakfast, I took the opportunity to tie it into a plug for our “Wowser […]