Diabetes, diet and herbs

Dr. Ronald Hoffman October 4, 2013

March 6, 2025
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

Q: I’ve just embarked on my therapeutic diet and supplement program to help correct metabolic abnormalities pertaining to inflammation, blood sugar and my lipid profile (which is out of whack) as well as micronutrient deficiencies that were found like B12 and vitamin D. At what point to do I follow up with new blood tests to monitor my progress?

Rethinking osteoporosis

February 26, 2025
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

I used to be an osteoporosis screening “hawk”; I fell in line with the conventional wisdom that sussing out premature bone loss with a DEXA bone densitometry was a must for women hitting menopause, when bone loss begins to accelerate.

Leyla Weighs In: Using local raw honey for seasonal allergies

February 26, 2025
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

For years, folks have been using local raw honey to decrease symptoms of seasonal allergies. The mechanism of action is the presence of small amounts of pollen from nearby plants in honey, which help the immune system desensitize to these allergens over time.

How to support detoxification and healthy methylation processes with dietary supplements

February 22, 2025
By Celine Torres-Moon

Our body possesses a very sophisticated and efficient endogenous detoxification system. A multitude of detoxification processes are working simultaneously, day in and day out, to maintain the body’s homeostasis. This equilibrium is obtained by getting rid of xenobiotics (environmental foreign elements entering the body) and by eliminating the normal waste created by our own bodily functions, mainly through the liver, kidneys, the gastrointestinal tract, as well as through respiration and perspiration.

Medicine is changing—for better or worse?

February 22, 2025
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

When I attend my med school reunions, I reunite with brilliant classmates who love being doctors. But they lament their loss of autonomy as private equity wheeler-dealers swallow up small group practices; return on investment supplants patient care as the prime goal of healthcare. Administrators proliferate, at the same time a critical doctor shortage looms. Burnout and disillusionment are prompting a wave of early retirements of veteran practitioners.