Metabolism

The Importance of Vitamin B-12
Vitamin B-12 Deficiency Are you or do you know of anyone who is vitamin B-12 deficient? And, why does it matter? I can tell you that when I was a young doctor, I had a patient who was hospitalized because … Continue reading

OMEGA CHECK HELPS BALANCE YOUR DIET
Back in the early 1990’s when I first started investigating the Western Diet and its implications concerning nutritional health, information outside of the National Library of Medicine was sparse. Few books existed at that time that gave us insight into … Continue reading

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
When you think about liver disease, what cause pops into your mind? Alcohol? Viral hepatitis? Drugs? Genetic? Autoimmune? While all of these can cause liver disease, the most common liver disease in America and the world over is not caused … Continue reading

COCONUT OIL: SCIENCE vs. “FAKE NEWS”
A recent article posted on line by CNN Health news (cnn.com; Aug 18, 2017 by Lisa Drayer) suggests that coconut oil is not healthy for people to consume as it raises LDL cholesterol (considered by the American Heart Association as … Continue reading

Trans Fats and Heart Disease
According to the National Safety Council website seat belts saved an estimated 5000 lives per year between 2004 and 2008. A whopping 5000 people per year. In that same time period, according to an analysis published in the New England … Continue reading

Fructose and Addiction
We have known for some time now that fructose affects the brain and chronic excess ingestion leads to an addiction of overeating, weight gain and development of the metabolic syndrome in many of us. An estimated 67 million adults now … Continue reading

Fructose and Metabolic Syndrome
I was called by one of my favorite referring physicians the other day and he wanted to know about a comment that I had made to one of his patients. I explained the comment and he retorted, saying “I thought … Continue reading
