CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL If you have diabetes, whether it’s type 1 or type 2, your doctor likely recommended a diet endorsed by the American Diabetes Association. But did you know the diabetic diet recommends foods that could be slowly worsening your diabetes condition? Turns out there is more to a diabetic diet [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL High blood sugar is ground zero for chronic disease: diabetes (obviously), heart disease, dementia, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, and hormone imbalances. Testing your HbA1c on a blood panel can tell you whether high blood sugar is setting you up for major health problems. High blood sugar can: Trigger chronic [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Anyone with diabetes knows it's important to manage insulin levels. Functional medicine offers unique tools to manage insulin and blood sugar — including diet, exercise, stress management, detoxification, and maximizing essential nutrients. To understand how all these tools apply, it's helpful to know how insulin works. Insulin and Blood [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL For years, medicine has pegged obesity as the number one cause of diabetes. However, results of a recent large epidemiological study suggest it's sugar that plays a pivotal role in diabetes. The study also illustrates that how many calories you eat isn’t as important as what makes up those [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL A recently published UCLA study shows what many have suspected all along: Eating too much sugar makes you stupid. Scientists found that just six weeks of bingeing on sweets and soda will sabotage both learning and memory. Fortunately, consuming omega-3 fatty acids can counteract some of the damage. For [...]
