Let’s talk about the connection between heart health and insulin resistance. Many people don’t put that connection together and I think it is important to understand that we need to be treating insulin resistance when we are looking at heart health. Most people think [...]
Let’s talk about the salt-blood pressure connection! The original philosophy on the Salt Blood Pressure connection was that high amounts of salt lead to an increase in blood pressure. If we have high amounts of salt, our body will retain more fluids in order [...]
We’ve become afraid of salt which leads to many people having low salt diets. We actually need salt in our diets in order for our bodies to function optimally. Cold extremities Dark urine Decrease skin turgor Decrease urine output Dry axilla and tongue Poor [...]
Let’s talk about fatty liver disease and fructose. Let’s start with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It happens when a person consumes little to no alcohol and they still have a fatty liver. So, fat accumulates within their liver cells. This affects about a quarter [...]
We have been fed a lie that salt is bad. Our bodies actually NEED salt. Here are the FIVE Things that SALT Consumption prevents: Dehydration low blood pressure dizziness falls cognitive impairment
Let’s talk about genetically modified organisms or GMO foods. They are foods that have been genetically altered. They have specifically changed the DNA of these foods using genetic engineering techniques. Many of the alterations made to these foods have made it to that these [...]
Do we, as humans, need salt? The truth is that our body’s do need salt. Salt has always played a functional role in human health. Our cells are bathed in a salty fluid. Salt is needed to maintain the optimal amount of blood in [...]
This is a question I often get asked when I recommend patients follow a dairy-free diet. This a diet that removes cow’s dairy from the diet. So you are removing milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream from the diet that are cow-based. The reason we [...]
Autoimmune disease is when the body attacks itself. It is when the body has a difficult time deciphering self from non-self. There are a number of different autoimmune conditions including allergies, eczema, psoriasis, vitiligo, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Grave’s disease, lupus, multiple [...]
Many of my patients experience gas and bloating after eating. One of the reasons for this may be that you are not effectively shifting your body into a parasympathetic state when you are eating. We live is a high stress society. We are typically [...]
