Leyla Weighs In

Leyla Weighs In: Nutrition Labels
June 17, 2016
Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label -- the addition of added sugars to label information; important changes in serving sizes and how that may be a detriment to your waistline.

Leyla Weighs In
June 10, 2016
To optimize health and prevent sarcopenia, the RDA for protein falls short. Here's how much we actually need and where to get it; The importance of magnesium in health and why we're not getting enough of it.

Leyla Weighs In: B12 Deficiency and Brain Aging
June 3, 2016
B12 deficiency and brain aging; its relationship to high homocysteine levels and why you should have yours checked. Vinegar can help blunt blood sugar response to a high carbohydrate meal; when and how much is safe?

Leyla Weighs In: Cholesterol Phobia
May 27, 2016
Dietary cholesterol phobia continues despite amendment in US Dietary Guidelines; the calculation of cholesterol and the importance of a beneficial ratio. Plus, is it true that iodized table salt raises blood pressure but sea salt does not?

Leyla Weighs In
May 20, 2016
How intermittent fasting differs from simply cutting calories and the myriad of health benefits it can provide.

Leyla Weighs In
May 13, 2016
This is part 2 of last week's episode where Hoffman Center Nutritionist Leyla Muedin discusses vitamin D and chronic disease.

Leyla Weighs In
May 6, 2016
The very important role of vitamin D in relation to chronic disease Part I.

Leyla Weighs In: Vitamin K
April 29, 2016
The overlooked, underappreciated vitamin in bone and heart health; why we don't need all that calcium.

Leyla Weighs In
April 22, 2016
Will cooking kimchi kill off the beneficial bacteria? Obesity rates higher than underweight worldwide--is bariatric surgery the answer? No, and here's why.

Leyla Weighs In
April 15, 2016
Recommending the elimination of dairy products in the setting of breast cancer to help prevent recurrence; discussion of other risk factors to prevent recurrence.