I'm excited to announce that I have officially launched my private practice. I specialize in working with people struggling with complex, chronic illness that haven't been able to find help anywhere else. I see patients locally in my Berkeley, CA office, and I also offer long-distance consulting to people around the world via telephone and Skype. If you or someone you know is in need of this kind of support, please watch the video below ...
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In a previous article in this series on diabesity I briefly mentioned the role of gut health in obesity and diabetes. I'd like to go into more detail on that subject here, especially since it's not a very well known relationship. Our gut is home to approximately 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) microorganisms. That's such a big number our human brains can't really comprehend it. One trillion dollar bills laid end-to-end would stretch from ...
Article summaryThe benefits of fish oil supplementation have been grossly overstated Most of the studies showing fish oil benefits are short-term, lasting less than one year The only fish oil study lasting more than four years showed an increase in heart disease and sudden death Fish oil is highly unstable and vulnerable to oxidative damage There's no evidence that healthy people benefit from fish oil supplementation Taking several grams of fish oil per day may be hazardous to your health A new ...
