Will An Aspirin A Day Really Keep Heart Attacks Away?
Background Taking a baby aspirin daily to reduce the risk of a heart attack and even colorectal cancer has been standard practice for years. As time goes by and the number of trials accumulate, we often get a better snapshot of whether a medication truly offers its intended benefit, and whether…
October 28, 2019
Is Your Liver Fat? The Rising Incidence of Fatty Liver in Adults and Kids
Background This post was prompted by a blog reader who was concerned about her 10-year-old son developing fatty liver. Unfortunately, this is becoming too common as you'll soon learn. During medical training I learned about fatty liver occurring in alcoholics. Chronic intake of alcohol impairs…
July 17, 2017
The Link Between Stomach Acid and Optimal Health
Updated 10/22/2019 Background The focus of my clinical practice and work is on cardiometabolic disorders (obesity, diabetes, cholesterol disorders, heart disease, insulin resistance, etc.), so why am I talking about acidity and digestion in this post? As I started seeing patients with…
April 3, 2017
A Supplement that can help with Weight loss, Cholesterol and More
Background I'm not a big believer in supplements. If I do use them in patients I use them in specific situations like for nutrient deficiencies, and once we are able to correct the deficiency through natural foods, my preference is to cut back or stop the supplement. However, I can't ignore the…
December 6, 2016
Top 5 Healing Spices
Below is a guest post by my good friend and colleague, Harvard trained integrative medicine physician and author of The Paleovedic diet, Dr.Akil Palanisamy. The Top 5 Spices by Akil Palanisamy M.D. Spices are considered medicine within Ayurveda, the traditional medical system of India. You may…
August 18, 2016
Can Wheat Really Be Bad for Your Health? A Closer Look at Gluten
Background I used to think gluten was an over-hyped health fad that would soon pass. I’m not talking about Celiac Disease (CD), where the immune system actually physically damages the intestinal lining, but rather individuals who are gluten sensitive without CD. We refer to these folks as having…
April 5, 2016
Is Ghee Good or Evil for Health
Background When you ask a lay person about what is a primary dietary cause of heart disease in Indians, a common response points the finger at ghee in the diet. Before we discuss ghee in further detail, let's first discuss what ghee is since I have readers from many different ethnic backgrounds…
February 2, 2016
Are Your Batteries Low? It’s Time to Recharge with My Free E-book on Fatigue!
Get Your Energy Back! I was recently in the UK on sabbatical, working on my 2nd book when I received an e-mail from a patient that made me completely shift from writing my 2nd book to producing a free e-book. An excerpt is below and I did change a few specifics, to keep it anonymous, including the…
August 31, 2015
How Do You Eat? A Key Factor in Optimal Nutrition
Digestion Under Stress I've talked a lot in my book and blog about the effects of stress on heart disease risk, sleep and obesity, but I want to focus in this post about the effects of stress on digestion (how well our body breaks down food) and nutrient absorption (how well our body absorbs…
March 1, 2015
Prescription Food Series Debut: Introducing “Paleo Naan”
Background Before I talk about the highly anticipated Paleo Naan, let me give you a little background since this is the first post of my new prescription food series. As a physician, I've spent a large part of my career writing prescriptions for drugs. Unfortunately that was the primary weapon…
February 10, 2015
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