Obesity is global public health epidemic – but how can we begin to address such a large public health issue when there is SO MUCH information (bad and good) flooding IG, Facebook, tabloids, TV, the news, etc? How do we know what correct? Healthy? Right? The best for us?⁣ Read this post to learn more about the history of obesity and how the introduction of industrial corn in the 70’s changed our food environment forever.

A brief note before you get started reading through this one – Medications like these may be best prescribed as short term interventions in addition to lifestyle (dietary/exercise/sleep/stress) adjustments for chronic gastric acid complications such as acid reflux or GERD. Food is not medicine and should never be used in replacement of a physician prescribed […]

Hope everyone enjoyed their Fourth of July week celebrations! Below is my response for this weeks Nutritional Biochemistry discussion, where I summarize a review on the influence of dairy products on inflammatory parameters. Unfortunately the article is not free text, but if you are curious about the publication, it is called “Dairy nutrients and their […]

JW is a 51-year-old African-American male who presented with fatigue, polyuria, and polydipsia.  He had been diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes 1 year ago when blood tests revealed blood glucose of 625 mg/dl and hgb A1C was 18.9%.  His adherence to a diabetes treatment was poor, which led to four different hospitalizations with hyperglycemic crisis during […]