Functional Medicine health coaches can help bridge the gap between what patients know they need to be healthy, and the intrinsic motivation they need to actually make and sustain those changes. There’s more to a healthy lifestyle than fad diets and unsustainable exercise regimens. In other words, health coaches can help make the difference between…
Category: Nutrition
Fatty Liver Disease on the Rise
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an inflammation of the liver caused by an accumulation of fat deposits in liver tissue. Today, “fatty liver” closely mirrors the global epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Since its first description in the early 1980s as “a poorly understood…
Coronary Heart Disease and Oxidative Stress
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), coronary heart disease and oxidative stress have been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for the past 80 years. The most common form of heart disease is coronary artery disease (CAD), which can lead to a heart attack. This year, close to 900,000 Americans will…
An Integrative Approach to Heart Health
An integrative approach heart health that combines sound nutrition and lifestyle changes with proper pharmacologic agents as recommended by your cardiologist or primary health care provider is the best way to regulate blood pressure in most patients. (more…)
Eat Fats, Lose Weight: The Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet
Over the past ten years, numerous scientific studies have emerged forcing many doctors and nutritionists to revise their thinking of what is considered a “healthy diet.” At the forefront of new scientific data is the continuing evidence of the importance of healthy fat in the diet. This concept is now being combined with principles from the…
Grain Brain Makes You Think
Dr. David Perlmutter’s 2013 book Grain Brain has a lot of people questioning previously held beliefs regarding low-fat diets, grains and cholesterol. Much of what Perlmutter has to say about these subjects is completely opposite from what most Americans have been taught for the past 40 years. (more…)