The Centers for Disease Control Prevention says that sugary diets are leading to more cases of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. So I'm going to explain to you how to hunt for hidden sugars and offer some helpful dietary tips if you're new...
NCDs (Non Communicable Diseases) quite literally stands for diseases you can't catch. The reason is because they were once the 'waste bin' of global health, they were the things that didn't cause major concerns. So if we go back 100 years, NCDs weren't big problems...
Do you know someone who doesn't drink enough water? This is worth their while to read! Not drinking enough water can have some very serious effects on your body, from affecting your cholesterol level to changing how you age. The following are some ways dehydration can...
Dr. Broda Barns wrote a book called Hypothryoidism: The Unsuspected Illness, the premise of which was that blood tests were insufficient and body temperature can be a good indicator of thyroid health. He was an advocate of T4 thyroid hormone medication and his approach to...
How important is a restful night of sleep? Is quality more important than quantity? Can getting less sleep lead to weight gain? Sleep is a subject matter I have written a fair amount about in my blogs and discuss with every patient at my practice in...