We’ve all been there—or know someone who has. Sitting in the doctor’s office while they scan your lab results, eyebrows furrowed. Then comes the dreaded line: “Your bad cholesterol is too high.” Suddenly, you’re facing a choice—change your diet, start a statin, or suffer the consequences. But what if we’ve been fed the wrong story…
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a condition that is caused by insulin resistance. Resistance to insulin is caused by the over-consumption of high-carbohydrate foods that cause insulin levels to spike chronically. As insulin resistance worsens the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells begin to wear out. Over time the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin to overcome the…
It’s a fact of life, everyone poops. It is a natural and mandatory part of human life. Long periods without bowel movements can have major, sometimes life-threatening consequences. Gastroenterologist Ian Lustbader of New York University Langone Health states, “If you’re eating and not pooping, the colon can become dangerously distended, a condition called megacolon.”1 Megacolon…
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