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Getting Fat
Note: 60/25/15 are the ratios that worked best for me during a 90 day fat loss focus that resulted in nearly 14 pounds of body fat lost with a 5 pound gain in lean mass. That DOES NOT mean those ratios are best for you. The premise of what I'm calling the "Pie Diet" is to draw your attention...
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Find Your Fuel: Where are Your Calories Coming From?
Tracking your intake. Some hate, some dislike it, few of us embrace it. Unfortunately to make any meaningful and transformative change, it's essential to know what's going in. It's not the quantity that I care about, unless it's making sure you are getting ENOUGH calories, it's...
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Is Canola Really the Healthy Cooking Oil?
At the Nutrition and Health Conference in Seattle this week, Dr. Catherine Shanahan presented that canola oil, due to its processing is a source of trans fat. At this point, we should all know the detrimental concerns of trans fat and their connection to increased cardiovascular disease risk. I...
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The healthcare system still doesn’t “get it”
I have been doing this for 5 years and have just about seen it all, but this week I am COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED with stories of conventional medicine overtreating every symptom and abnormality with a prescription or a surgery. And the new healthcare system is going to allow more Americans access...
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The most successful patients
Our clients come to see us for a large variety of health concerns. The most common reasons are: Fatigue, digestive issues, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and anxiety/panic or depression. They have been in and out of the health care system over the years, been through lots of testing and are largely...
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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...
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Healthcare reform
I had one of those warm and fuzzy moments this afternoon. I was part of getting five eight year-olds to eat all of their fruits and vegetables for lunch today. We live in the midst of a crisis. 1/3 of all children will be diabetic adults. 1/2 of kids in this country are overweight or obese....
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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...
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More expensive to eat healthy, really?
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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...
