A Little Dirt Will Do You Good: Great Read from NYT
Autoimmune disease has increased sharply in the last 50 years.
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Top Tips for Laboratory Testing in Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
A friend of mine from school recently emailed me asking for guidance on testing for EoE. Here are some of the basics I start with:
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Sugar and Breast Cancer – Yes, They’re Connected
A new animal study out of MD Anderson Cancer Center looked at the impact of different sugars on breast tumor development.
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Paleo Diet and Insulin Resistance – More Good Research
A Paleo-style diet (30% carbs, 30% protein, 40% fat- no dairy, lots of veg, lean meats, fish, nuts & seeds) was shown to reduce biomarkers for insulin resistance in postmenopausal women as compared to a low fat diet.
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Easy Oral Hygiene Tips for In Between Meals
A patient emailed me a great question the other day regarding between-brushing oral hygiene.
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Got Cravings? It Could Be Your Gut Talking
Got cravings? Have food cravings ever left you feeling powerless? Like the time you ate a big bowl of ice cream or a piece of chocolate cake only to feel guilty about it for the rest of the day? Well, go easy on yourself – there may be a good reason why you caved in, and it has nothing to do with willpower.
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Organochlorines and Brain Toxicity – What Can We Do?
Organochlorines can be regularly detected in our population and environment and they are directly toxic to the brain even at low levels of exposure.
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Normalizing the Microbiome in C-Section Delivered Babies
In this small but important study, C-section babies were swabbed with mother’s vaginal fluids at birth. Those babies swabbed demonstrated greater similarity to vaginal-delivered babies.
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USDA Withdraws Grass-Fed Meat Labeling – What Does This Mean for Consumers?
But on January 12th of this year, the USDA withdrew its Grass Fed Marketing Claim Standard meaning that livestock producers can no longer label their products USDA Grass Fed.
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Do You Suffer From Paleo-Deficit Disorder?
Paleo-deficit disorder? Waaaaay beyond eating more meat, less grain:
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Are We Done with Statins Yet?
Are we done we these yet? Statins deplete everything you want AND likely contribute to heart disease
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Early Warning for Cardiac Arrest (Don’t Forget Fish Oil!)
Sudden Cardiac Arrest- New Research On Early Warning Signs. (Don’t Forget Fish Oil!) My beloved experienced chest pain a few months ago. Given that his family history is significant for heart disease, we played it safe and went to the emergency department. He was fine thankfully, but a he was little sheepish about going to…
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Too Many Eggs? No Such Thing!
Get out your eggs, folks: Cholesterol is NOT, I repeat NOT, a “nutrient of concern for overconsumption”.
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