Category: Diet and Nutrition (2)
What Makes You Live Longer? Fats or Carbohydrates?
A recent article published in the Lancet in August of 2017 revealed an interesting conclusion about dietary fats, carbohydrates, and mortality rates. In the large Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study of people aged 35–70 years from five different continents, scientists studied what[...]
Kick Butt With Vitamin K
We all know that vitamin D gets a lot of publicity! It supports immune function, plays a role in bone health, and even acts as a hormone that can influence insulin sensitivity. At The Hormone Zone our physicians make sure we evaluate serum vitamin D levels in all our patients. There is another[...]
Flu Season Solutions
Flu season is upon us. According to the Center of Disease Control , the 2017-2018 flu vaccine includes 3 of the most concerning virus strains for the season. Healthcare workers and at risk patients line up yearly for their flu vaccinations. Many hospitals go as far as requiring the flu shot for all[...]
Dr. Price and The Vegetarian People
To Meat or Not To Meat? That is the most poignant nutritional diet question ever asked and is still constantly posed to this day as “nutritional science” attempts to figure it out for us. And all the while we are running from one “diet” to the next “fad diet” trying to keep thin and healthy while[...]
The Ketogenic Diet for the Holiday Bulge
Here it comes! The Holidays are here and that means fun, friends, family, and food! A lot of food. The Holidays are a time to celebrate for sure, but too much celebration leads us right into those extra pounds we really didn’t want, or need. The Ketogenic Diet just might be the way for you to not[...]
Clean Up Your Fruits & Veggies
Here is a quick and easy guide for reducing pesticide exposure put out annually by the Environmental Working Group. The Clean 15 are fruits and veggies that you can buy conventionally with a lowered concern for buying organic. But the Dirty Dozen are the filthy ones with the highest pesticide[...]
Really Old School Eating
In my book, The Hormone Zone, I discuss one of the best ways to eat for optimal health. It spells out how to eat like our ancestors did. Old School Eating...or, Before there was School Eating. Our ancestors, going way back over 10,000 years ago, used to eat in a particular way, with little variance[...]
Getting Your Fix Fixed
I was flipping through the channels over the weekend and I came across this horrific show called Toddlers and Tiaras. Because I am so generally curious and often an abject glutton for observing the sublime beauty and insanity of people, my flipping thumb froze and there I was watching this thing.[...]