Emotional Immunity Linked to Chronic Disease
Below is the full podcast episode which I encourage you to listen to in my human voice and a modified transcript of the episode. Background There is a major mechanism contributing to chronic disease that we constantly ignore or overlook. It’s a root cause of the so-called “surprise diseases”…
February 13, 2025
Is Your Liver Fat? The Rising Incidence of Fatty Liver in Adults and Kids
Updated June 2024 Background This post was originally prompted by a blog reader who was concerned about her 10-year-old son developing fatty liver. I've updated it further after a viral instagram post here where I highlighted the case of a 20 year old who developed fatty liver with almost daily…
June 19, 2024
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
VO2 Max and Other Key Markers of Fitness and Longevity
Background There is no doubt that improving diet is a powerful way to shift metabolism and reverse conditions like insulin resistance and chronic inflammation. In fact, in my early days, simply changing the diet in patients led to such significant changes in metrics like body weight, triglycerides…
July 30, 2020
Teenage Mental Health and Suicide
Background I'm writing this in October, which happens to be National Mental Health Awareness month and October 10th is World Mental Health Day. However the real reason I'm writing this post is because I had a few mothers see me in the clinic who made me aware of a recent teenage suicide at a local…
October 9, 2019
Understanding Heart Scans, Stress Tests and Heart Disease Risk
Important Opener This is a long post, but it's worth reading every single word since it may save your life. I am currently seeing lots of young, relatively healthy individuals after massive heart attacks or with unexpectedly high coronary calcium scores. Many of them are leaner and fitter than me,…
August 5, 2019
Can Resolutions, Goals and High Expectations Sometimes Harm Your Health?
Background I’ve blogged about New Year’s resolutions in the past and although I’m a fan of goal setting, I also wonder what it would be like to have a goal of “no goal.” In other words, learning to be more present and not constantly be driven by expectations from myself and others. This is not…
January 2, 2018
Is Organic Food A Scam and Space Running Out for Our Upcoming Free Lecture!
Don't Miss Our Free Seminar in Palo Alto...Limited Space! My colleague, Dr.Akil Palanisamy (aka "Dr.Akil"), Harvard trained physician practicing integrative medicine in San Francisco and author of The Paleovedic Diet, is back for an encore blog post while we eagerly await a very special upcoming…
September 19, 2016
Is Your Child a Startup? Watch My Keynote to Find Out
Background April is National Stress Awareness month. Over the years I've become more committed to helping others (and myself!) manage stress better since I'm overwhelmed by how many health conditions my patients face that are directly connected to stress. I've put a list of links to some of my…
April 12, 2016
Sleep Longer and Deeper by Fixing This Simple Issue in Adults and Kids
Sleep has to be at the top of your health priority list if you want to reach your physical, metabolic, and emotional health goals. I've read enough research papers and seen the adverse effects of sleep deficiency in my patients, and more importantly how miraculously they improve in every area of…
March 29, 2016