Today's Nutrition

Today I want to talk about something I suffered with and recovered from so I am intimately familiar with this topic that I used natural means to reverse 50 years ago when I was facing a hysterectomy. PCOS now renamed PMOS. But underneath the topic, I want to stress that science is never done, we must continue to improve and discard the outdated and less satisfactory ways of dealing with disease. PMOS- The Old PCOS

Akkermansia muciniphila. I know, That’s quite a name. I want to start by saying this is not another miracle probiotic story. I don’t believe there is one food, one supplement or one bacterium that suddenly fixes our health. But Akkermansia is fascinating because it gives us another glimpse into just how connected the gut is to the rest of the body—and particularly to our metabolic health. Akkermansia and GLP-1

Today, we're talking about something I hear all the time: “I'm eating better. I'm exercising. I'm trying to lose weight. But this belly fat just will not go away.” And maybe you've been told, “It's your cortisol.” Well, today I want to unpack that because there's truth there—but there's also a lot of misinformation. Cortisol and Weight

We have been told that losing weight is simply a matter of calories in and calories out. Eat less. Exercise more. Have more willpower. And certainly, calories matter. We cannot completely ignore the laws of energy balance. But after working in nutrition for 50 years, I can tell you that the human body is much more complicated than a calorie calculator. Your body is a living, breathing, adapting biological system. And the question isn't simply, “How many calories did I eat today?” We need to ask: What kind of food did those calories come from? What did that food do to my hunger? What did it do to my blood sugar and insulin? Did it nourish my muscles? Did it leave me satisfied—or searching the cupboard two hours later or wanting to finish the meal with something sweet? Sustainable Weight Loss

Kids are back in school. We’re spending more time indoors. Somebody at work starts coughing, a grandchild comes home with a runny nose, and pretty soon it seems like everybody in the family has something. But here’s a question I find fascinating. Why can two people be exposed to exactly the same virus, and one gets sick while the other one doesn’t? Obviously, there are lots of variables involved. But I think we spend so much time talking about the germ that we sometimes forget about the host. In other words, what condition is your immune system in when that germ shows up? Pleuran Mushroom Power