What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Eating Meat?
In my practice, I have never asked a patient to become a vegan or vegetarian for health reasons. However, I do recommend reducing meat consumption to approximately 25% of total daily caloric intake, and I fully understand if somebody decides to go vegetarian for ethical or environmental reasons.
The Rising Tide of Dementia: What You Need to Know
If you are in your 40s or 50s, and somebody would tell you there are several things you can do now to prevent you from developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease as you get older, wouldn’t you be extremely interested in knowing the early risk factors, and some interventions to delay or prevent this unfolding scenario?
Your Favorite Food Might Be Hurting Your Gut
For years, nutrition experts have debated the root causes of the global obesity epidemic. Is it sugar? Fat? Lack of exercise?
Rethinking American Healthcare: A Call for Preventative Action
In the world of healthcare, the United States stands out—not just for its considerable spending, but for the paradoxes that permeate its system.
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Why Some People Live to 100 (and Why Most of Us Won’t)
Helen Reichert was a 100-year-old smoker who continued smoking despite everyone’s best efforts, especially her doctors, to convince her to quit. She ended up living almost another decade before passing away.
Is Fruit Bad For Your Blood Glucose?
I’ve been seeing health influencers and medical doctors preaching the claim that fructose is dangerous for your health. This is misleading and very disingenuous as they are likely referring to certain forms, such as high-fructose corn syrup, while not distinguishing between it and healthy fructose items such as fruit.
Understanding the Health Benefits of Quercetin
When it comes to staying healthy and feeling your best, the impact of polyphenols has long been ignored. In 2024, I was co-author of a review article on the potential health benefits of these compounds.
A Gut Risk for Kids: Prenatal Antidepressants?
Research reveals new ways by which prenatal factors can influence lifelong health outcomes. Among these, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)—the most common class of antidepressants used during pregnancy—have drawn attention for their potential negative effects on the developing interactions between the gut and the brain.
Are GLP-1 Agonists More Than Just Anti-obesity Drugs?
A recently published article in the journal, Nature Medicine, discusses a significant study on the effects of blockbuster obesity drugs like Ozempic, which are known as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.