Why Women Must Worry About Heart Disease
Background Despite all of the awareness around heart disease prevention, it's troubling that women are still viewed differently than men, even though heart disease remains the number one killer in women. Women generally still perceive breast cancer as a greater threat to their health despite the…
February 26, 2019
My Latest Cholesterol and Heart Disease Talk
My Latest Community Talk on Cholesterol and Heart Disease I recently did a community talk titled "A Natural Approach to Curing Cholesterol and Preventing Heart Disease" at the Cupertino Library It's a high quality recording with updated content and a great Q&A session at the end. Watch the…
October 18, 2018
The Latest Study Questioning Low Carb Diets
Background Death, taxes and headline news stories about the latest study questioning low carb diets are part of the predictable cycle of life. I have a recurrent calendar reminder set on my phone that warns me every 6-9 months that there will be such a story and my inbasket will be filled with…
August 22, 2018
Top 6 Herbs and Spices for Diabetes
Background Can herbs and spices actually help you prevent and manage diabetes? I used to be skeptical about this idea when I first started my practice, but now have started seeing the true benefits over the years. I have mostly my patients to thank for this who have shared their various recipes,…
May 6, 2018
7 Top Concerns About The Ketogenic Diet
Background on The Ketogenic Diet Before all the ketogenic diet enthusiasts come after me for writing this blog post, I do want to let you know that I am actually in nutritional ketosis while writing this blog, so please don’t throw zero carb eggs at my windshield. I’ll cover the ketogenic diet in…
April 13, 2018
My Thoughts on the Latest Diabetes Guidelines Calling for “Looser” A1C Targets
Background The American College of Physicians (ACP), a major force in creating practice standards for primary care doctors has called for moving the A1C target level of 6.5% or below to a target level between 7-8% instead. If you're not familiar with A1C (aka HbA1C or glycohemoglobin), this is a…
March 6, 2018
Watch My Google Talk on Curing Diabetes In Diverse Cultures Without Drugs
Watch My Google Talk on Curing Diabetes in Diverse Cultures It's almost the end of November, which is National Diabetes awareness month here in the US. My talk at Google on curing diabetes in diverse cultures just went live. Many of my followers who have attended my prior talks have called this…
November 28, 2017
Is Type 2 Diabetes Reversible and How Can You Do It?
Background At no time during my years of medical training did any of my mentors or colleagues ever tell me that type 2 diabetes (will refer to as T2D) was potentially reversible. Instead it was described as a preventable condition in its early stages, but once you were diagnosed, then you would…
September 27, 2017
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
Coconut Oil Controversy and Some Updates
Background I've received a ton of questions in my clinic and through my blog about the American Heart Association's (AHA) recent "ban" on coconut oil. If you're not familiar with this news release, read about it here. This is not just about coconut oil, but really represents the AHA's continued…
July 5, 2017