Leyla Weighs In

Leyla Weighs In: Craving Junk Food
November 15, 2019
Medical education not covering basics of nutrition; There's a scientific reason you crave junk food when you don't get enough sleep.

Leyla Weighs In: Hypoglycemia
November 8, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin answers these listener questions: I am carbohydrate sensitive so I use organic, plain yogurt. But the full-fat variety always has more carbohydrate than the low-fat version. What do you advise?; I have hypoglycemia--could I have blown out my adrenal glands from years of eating a high sugar diet? I have a very hard time recovering.

Leyla Weighs In: Choline
November 1, 2019
Do you like the color orange? It may stimulate your appetite!; All about choline and its' importance to health.

Leyla Weighs In: Hypoglycemia
October 25, 2019
Severe hypoglycemia indicates cardiovascular, cognitive danger -- who is at risk?

Leyla Weighs In: Diet and Your Microbiome
October 18, 2019
New study sheds light on diet quality and microbiome composition.

Leyla Weighs In: Exercise to Protect Against Alzheimer’s
October 11, 2019
Fitter bodies make for healthier minds; Can exercise protect against Alzheimer's? Study ties physical activity to slower amyloid-beta related cognitive decline.

Leyla Weighs In: Body Shape v. BMI
October 4, 2019
What is the difference between nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN)? How these NAD+ precursors measure up; Plus, body shape vs. BMI as risk predictor in women.

Leyla Weighs In: Vitamin B and Hip Fractures
September 27, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin answers this listener question: "I've taken 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12 for years. How do you reconcile this with the recent study that shows postmenopausal women with the highest intakes of B6 and B12 were shown to have more hip fractures?" Muedin comments on: Association of high intakes of vitamins B6 and B12 from food and supplements with risk of hip fracture among postmenopausal women in the Nurses' Health Study.

Leyla Weighs In: Alzheimer’s and Your Diet
September 20, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin answers this listener question: "You mentioned in your latest article that we can now add Alzheimer's to the chronic diseases we can attribute to our collective diet. Would you please elaborate?"

Leyla Weighs In: Chocolate
September 13, 2019
Nutritionist Leyla Muedin tackles this listener question: We hear so much about the benefits of dark chocolate I was wondering of cocoa has the benefits. Is cocoa equal to chocolate?