Choose healthy unsaturated fats for heart health. Emphasize omega-3 polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs) over omega-6 PUFAs. Swapping out saturated fats for healthier unsaturated fats (NOT rancid, refined fats or processed carbohydrates) is best for health, especially heart health and type 2 diabetes. Critics of the American Heart Association's...
If that's a question you often ask yourself, you could have leptin resistance. “Why am I always hungry?” Is that a question you often ask yourself, even after meals? If so, you could have leptin resistance. Leptin, a hormone produced by body fat, controls whether or...
If you want to know how to lose weight naturally (or how to help someone lose weight), focus on what you can do, not what you can’t. Making healthy changes is hard. But studies show that the way we think about these changes can make a...
You’re eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and making significant changes to your daily habits to be healthier. But are you still asking yourself, why am I not losing weight or getting healthy? You may need to lower chronic inflammation and correct deficiencies in vital...
Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge — and largely unexplored — role in our health. “The three pounds of microbes that you carry around with you might be...