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  • Traditional Diet Advice

    I was listening to Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat on a podcast this morning and he made a very interesting point about conventional lifestyle advice. Throughout medical school, residency and early practice, I was always under the assumption that we just need...

  • Michael Pollan:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02cooking-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all "But here’s what I don’t get: How is it that we are so eager to watch other people browning beef cubes on screen but so much less eager to brown them ourselves? For the rise of Julia Child as a figure...

  • The GladdMD Way

    The premise of care at GladdMD is best explained in the analogy of the body as a house. No house can be relied upon for years without a solid foundation. That foundation is provided by optimal, whole foods nutrition, daily stress management including spirituality and a balanced digestive...

  • More expensive to eat healthy, really?

  • My favorite green smoothie

    Recipe: 1 scoop Nanogreens or Nanoreds 1 scoop unsweetened grassfed whey protein powder Small handful of organic spinach 2-4 tbsp organic frozen blueberries 2-3 raw Brazil nuts Water Blend If you need a bit more sweetness than this: 1/2 banana 1/4-1/2 cup unsweetened organic...

  • Why the Today trial failed

    The headlines today will be that lifestyle does not dramatically enhance diabetes control in today's adolescents. It means, more medications and a quick jump to insulin for America's teens. Which means a life sentence of fatigue, weight gain, side effects and a general lack of realizing...

  • One exception to Michael Pollan’s food rules

    One of Michael Pollan's food rules and one to live by is to avoid foods that make health claims on the package. Well, this will be one exception. I opened the fridge at work and saw this on the top and wondered what awful Easter candy is behind the packaging (I share an office with some...

  • C’mon Fort Wayne, there’s work to do

    A recent Gallup index shows that Fort Wayne remains the fattest city in Indiana. That means our message is not loud enough. C'mon Fort Wayne, let's start making some serious commitments and lower this ranking, for the sake of March Madness: 1. Switch to plain yogurt from any type of...

  • Sprouted wheat - is it better?

    I get a lot of questions about sprouted grain breads, like Ezekial and if they are any better than typical wheat bread. My experience says that some people will be able to tolerate this better than regular old bread and the fiber content and density is definitely higher. I found this interesting...

  • What’s for breakfast?

    We've all heard since we were pouring Frosted Flakes into a plastic bowl and drinking the chocolately milk after a helping or three of Chocolate Rice Krispies: "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." But what was not drilled into us, was why it was so important. A good breakfast...