Understanding GLP-1: The Friendly Guide to a Powerful Hormone
“A pure heart and mind only take you so far – sooner or later the hormones have their say, too.” – Jim Butcher Did you…
Category: Diabetes
What Causes Chronic Kidney Disease?
Living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be tough because it keeps getting worse over time and can affect your quality of life as it…
9 Foods that Naturally Boost GLP-1 in Our Bodies
In recent months, the drug Ozempic has been building in popularity for its significant weight loss effects. It’s heralded by celebrities and influencers alike, and…
Risk Factors for Diabetes
Diabetes is more than just watching your sugar intake – it’s a complex metabolic condition influenced by a variety of factors including genetics, lifestyle choices,…
Why Am I So Tired All the Time?
You open your eyes in the morning, only to feel like you didn’t sleep a wink – or, the sleep you did get didn’t seem…
Lifestyle Interventions For Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes
“I’m not superwoman but I’m fighting diabetes so close enough!” Anonymous Living with pre-diabetes or diabetes can be challenging especially when you consider the possible…
Everything You Need to Know About Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
Did you know that 12% of the US population has diabetes and 30% (100M of us) are pre-diabetic, many of whom are unaware? And that…
Health Effects of Spiking Sugar Levels in Blood
“It is easy to fall, but hard to rise.” Dann Moudry This quote may ring true to your life path but for many of us…
How to Live Young For As Long As You Live
I listened to an interesting podcast featuring the guru of Functional Medicine, Dr. Mark Hyman. He’s written numerous NY Times bestseller books (UltraMind Solution, UltraMetabolism…
3 Simple Hacks For Managing Your Blood Sugar
You just finished lunch. You grabbed a sandwich, an apple, and a bottle of OJ from a local spot with coworkers, but as you sit…
Buyer Beware: 3 More Food Marketing Tricks to Avoid
In our previous blog, we covered four health myths perpetuated by the food industry via their marketing of certain foods. And believe it or not,…
The Root Cause of Many Diseases is Insulin Resistance
I listened to a great podcast featuring Dr. Ben Bikman, a renowned metabolic research scientist and author of the book “Why We Get Sick”. He…
Buyer Beware! 4 Food Marketing Tricks to Avoid
In the Lord of the Rings, the gangly, sneaking character Gollum is constantly calling the hobbits he travels with, “tricksy.” He’s suspicious of them trying…
What’s in a Label? What You Need to Know to Make Healthy Food Choices
What’s black, white, and red all over? The nutrition label on a pack of Twizzlers! Reading a nutrition label is a must-have skill in today’s…
The Truth about Fat: Less is NOT More
Diet culture has cycled through what feels like hundreds of trends: “Go keto and lose 10 lbs in a month!” “Only eat raw, never cooked…
Breaking the Binge Eating Cycle: Darn it – It’s your hormones
Binge eating plagues a lot of us. The post-meal or late night snack raids of Domino’s pizza, a box of Oreo’s, or a pint (or…
Nature’s Brilliance — Food as Medicine
How 6 Natural Foods Have Impacted Modern Medicine “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” is attributed to Hippocrates and although he…
The Role of Uric Acid on Diabetes and Chronic Diseases (It’s Not Just about Gout)
I listened to a great podcast featuring Dr. David Perlmutter’s new book. He is a board-certified neurologist and five times New York Times bestseller including…
Optimizing Sleep with Diabetes
If you are like a third of American adults, you are probably not getting enough sleep or quality sleep. When I was younger, I used…
Managing Mood with Diabetes
Managing diabetes is no easy task – it requires making concerted changes to your daily routine including diet (what to eat and avoid), exercising and…