Food Is Medicine

  A “Food Is Medicine” Approach to Disease Prevention. Limitations and Alternatives Alyssa J. Moran, ScD, MPH, RD1; Christina A. Roberto, PhD2 JAMA. Published online November 30, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24472 During the past 5 years, “food is medicine”—the provision of free,
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Putting Humpty-Dumpty Back Together Again

The #1 problem my patients bring to my office is that they are rushed through when they go see their insurance-covered doctors. Most of my patients like their doctors, but resent the little time their doctors spend with them, forced by bean counters to complete cumbersome digital note
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Long COVID—Chronic Fatigue 2.0

But it is still about the microbiome After 4 decades dealing with Chronic Fatigue patients, I came to the conclusion that patients so affected have a poor immune-detox system, most of which is found in the gut and liver. In other words, those with a poor microbiome are more likely to
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Nutrition-Deficient Docs?

Don’t shoot the messenger Reference: GI Docs Nutrition Education Deficit May Shortchange Patients Jennifer Lubell. Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2023 Yevgenia Pashinsky, MD, has seen her share of patients who have bounced from one gastroenterologist to the next after becoming fru
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When to Exercise

The best time is when it fits in your schedule. If you are not able to get it done otherwise, then get it done when you can. But, if you are able to rearrange your schedule, the best time is in the morning and afternoon. And if work is too demanding, at least walk up and down the stai
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Skin: The Canary in the Mine

You get a prescription for a steroid or antibiotic cream for any skin condition. The skin seems to improve, but have you really solved the problem? No. The skin is the tip of the iceberg. Look deeper, like bowel-deep. Your unbalanced microbiome is the problem because of your diet, ant
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Constipation and Parkinson’s Disease

Most people who suffer from constipation are content with just taking a laxative. They don’t change their diet. I hope you take this common problem a bit more seriously after reading the reference below. Constipation is a sign that your microbiome is not in optimal balance due to your
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Cancer’s Sweet Tooth

  Cancer’s Sweet Tooth Dr. Warburg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1931 for his work on sugar feeding cancer. Very few people paid attention then. And now: articles like the one below come out each month, but hardly anyone cares. I hope you do.   High daily intake of sugar-swe
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