Are you carbohydrate intolerant? Do you have insulin resistance? At least 30 percent of the population has a sensitivity to carbohydrates and need to focus their macronutrient intake on consuming more protein and healthy fats. We evolved to eat much less carbohydrates than we are consuming so if we are not running marathons or being […]
Cholesterol is always a big concern for my clients and since a new study showing how statins can raise the risk of diabetes I thought it appropriate time for a blog. So what about your cholesterol panel? If your cholesterol is high, do you just go on a statin drug? How do you determine if […]
Wonder why one day you just stopped tolerating milk, cheese or ice-cream? Often a new client will state they are lactose intolerance and add a sentence such as “I used to tolerate milk products just fine until the last few months or maybe even a year.” Then something happened. Those with true lactose intolerance have […]
Insulin resistance is a term that came into being in the last decade. Gerald Reaven, M.D., a professor of medicine at Stanford University, was the first scientist to identify those individuals with a conglomerate of symptoms that he coined “metabolic syndrome” or “Syndrome X.” Normally insulin, a hormone released from the pancreas, enables cells to […]
With the weather being so hot sometimes the thought of being in a hot kitchen is the last thing you want to do after working all day or carting the kids around after school. One way to circumvent this problem is to make a large amount of food over the weekend and have the rest […]