What is Insulin Resistance
Let’s start with what insulin is. Insulin is a hormone that is released from the pancreas due to the presence of glucose or sugar in the blood. On our cell membranes are insulin receptors. So insulin will go into these insulin receptors, like a [...]
Metabolically Flexible
DEFINITION OF HEALTH is the ability of the body to be able to adapt to its our environment. Every system of the body should be able to express this healthy adaptation or self-healing mechanism to stressors in its environment either internally or externally in [...]
Reverse Toxicity of Glyphosate
I want to share with you a study that I came across that reverses the toxicity of glyphosate. Glyphosate is a herbicide that is sprayed on our crops and when we consume this herbicide it kills off some of our healthy microbes in our [...]
Stress Response Programming and Developing Microbiome
What is the connection between stress response system and the early colonization of the microbiome? This is an interesting connection. As a clinician, I find it interesting to see how different people respond to stress in different ways and this can be explained by [...]
Gut-Brain Connection
Some of us know that gut-brain connection, when we are stressed and feel those butterflies in our stomach. There are physical and biochemical connections between the brain and the gut. Lymphatic system: There is a direct connection between the gut and brain through the [...]
Tactics to Getting Back on Track with a Healthy Diet
Patients will often ask me, how do I get back on track with a healthy diet. These are patients that typically followed the diet plan for a period of time then slowly fell back into old habits. They know they need to get back [...]