What Are You Growing Around Your Middle? A patient of mine named his ranch Belly Acres, which may be one of the finest pieces of
Not Everything Is Your Hormones, But They Aren’t Innocent Either There comes a time in many women’s lives when the list begins. “I’m gaining weight.
Why a Little Stress May Be Exactly What We Need We have spent much of the modern era succeeding in making ourselves comfortable. We heat
We tend to think of nutrition as inventory. A carrot contains this much beta-carotene. A tomato contains this much lycopene. Spinach has iron. Garlic has
Modern medicine is very good at naming things. We have codes for everything. Codes for high blood pressure. Codes for low thyroid. Codes for high
The Slow Burn Every cell in your body contains tiny structures called mitochondria. They are often described as the cell’s power plants, but that analogy
What the research tells us about exercise, recurrence and survival after cancer Cancer treatment has traditionally been built around things done to the patient: surgery,
For decades, the exercise advice given to people with osteoporosis has sounded something like this. Be careful. Don’t lift anything too heavy. Avoid impact. And
Few medications have changed the treatment of obesity as dramatically as the new generation of GLP-1 drugs. Semaglutide transformed what we thought medication-assisted weight loss
The Foods That Keep Showing Up Where People Live Well Nutrition has become unnecessarily complicated. We have continuous glucose monitors, ketone meters, genetic testing, microbiome
Eight Tiny Nutrients That Quietly Keep You Alive There are some vitamins that seem to get all the attention. Vitamin C has long been the
Walk into any health food store and you’ll quickly conclude that modern nutrition apparently comes in bottles. Shelves stretch from floor to ceiling with capsules
A Story About Patients, Purpose, and the Privilege of Practicing Medicine Anniversaries have a way of inviting reflection. They encourage us to look backward with
Why the Building Block of Protein Matter More Than You Think There are certain words in medicine that sound far more complicated than they really
Understanding A1, A2, Whey, and Finding the Right Protein for You Like many children of my generation, I grew up with whole milk delivered to
