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The Glycemic Impact of Stress
Background Many of you have probably read or heard about the impact of stress on glucose. Despite this, most people are only partially convinced about the connection. Unlike the impact of something concrete and tangible like food and physical exercise, it's often difficult to accept that…
April 16, 2021
The Dark Side of the Keto Diet
Background I've lived through many cycles of fad dieting and one observation I've made is that the minute a diet becomes mainstream and especially when food companies latch onto it, the diet often transitions into a dark phase. One of the problems with diets is that although initially the…
March 16, 2021
Insulin Training and Glucose Variability
Background I know in prior writings I mentioned how I've been tracking my health less and living more spontaneously by intuition. Wearing trackers and doing frequent blood tests for over a decade has given me a strong sense of when my metabolism and energy are off, so now I just mostly pay…
December 26, 2020
The Fallacy of Fasting Blood Glucose
Background If there is one "abnormal" blood test that I get the most questions on, it has to be the fasting blood glucose. As a result of implementing stringent lifestyle changes, often patients see their waistlines shrink, their lipids improve, but that stubborn fasting blood glucose often…
November 6, 2020
Is Intermittent Fasting Overrated and Harmful to Health?
Background I got a ton of questions from patients and readers about the recent UCSF study on a form of fasting called time-restricted feeding (TRF), being ineffective for weight loss. This is a perfect opportunity for me to dig deeper into how fasting can either be a powerful tool that potentially…
October 4, 2020
Why Your Family Won’t Listen to Your Health Advice
Background I sent the letter below to my newsletter group and got flooded with multiple responses telling me how much this information helped them. To make this information more accessible, I turned this into a blog post which you can share. Clearly it hit a nerve since so many of us struggle to…
August 30, 2020