Nutrition & Weight

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Herd Immunity
August 26, 2020
KFC drops "Finger-lickin' good"; Can you get Covid-19 twice?; What are your thoughts on herd immunity (passive) vs. active immunity via vaccine?; When will a vaccine become available? Click HERE for part 2.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Body Composition

I am depressed...maybe for the wrong reasons. Can you tell me about saw palmetto?; Would you know of a reliable home scale brand? Do you think the ones that measure body fat percentage are accurate?; Why body composition is more important than weight; Am I giving my husband too much vitamin K? Click HERE for part 1.

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for August 22, Part 2
August 24, 2020
Does vitamin D need to be taken with vitamin K? Low-carb vs. low-fat diets for overweight seniors; Multivitamins found to reduce illness duration, severity; World Health Organization calls for halt to “routine" dental procedures amid pandemic—but what’s non-essential about preventive care? Calcium in aortic artery—need statins? Why some heartburn drugs help, others may hurt, in Covid-19; CoQ10 vs. kidney failure. Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Fast Food
August 19, 2020
Study: More kids are eating fast food since the pandemic; Use of berberine for anti-Alzheimer's effects; My son had Covid-19 for three weeks about 2 months ago. Now he suffers from extreme fatigue. Is this from the virus? Click HERE for part 2.

Leyla Weighs In: Sulfur Rich Foods
August 14, 2020
The benefits of sulfur-rich foods and best sources.

ENCORE–Clinical Focus: Low-carb diets increase your risk of dying—Really? Part 1
August 13, 2020
A Lancet study purports to demonstrate that popular low-carb diets are unhealthy and dangerous. But the study is rife with errors that call its conclusions into doubt. Plus, it’s contradicted by other previous, even-larger studies. We’ll take a deep-dive on the Lancet study’s methodological flaws, and learn why it’s a disservice to those tens of millions of sufferers of metabolic disorders worldwide, curable through carefully administered low-carb diets. Why, then, is an uncritical press so willing to swallow these conclusions hook-line-and-sinker? Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE–Clinical Focus: Low-carb diets increase your risk of dying—Really? Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues challenging a Lancet study that purports to demonstrate that popular low-carb diets are unhealthy and dangerous. Click HERE for part 1.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Thyroid and Weight Loss
August 12, 2020
I had half of my thyroid removed 40 years ago and now I'm having difficulty losing weight; I've had pain on the top of my feet for a couple of years now. What would you recommend?; What are your thoughts on taking fulvic acid as a supplement?; I take N-acetyl-cysteine and ubiquinol. Do these have any effect on blood thinning or blood pressure? Click HERE for part 1.

ENCORE: How to Get Your Kids to Eat a Healthy Diet, Part 1
August 6, 2020
Health innovator Dr. Dina Rose, author of “It’s Not About the Broccoli: Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating,” inveighs against parents’ efforts to get kids to “just try it”. Her approach emphasizes proportion, variety, and moderation. She wants to make introducing new foods an exploration—not a contest of wills. To that end, she’s developed a unique educational tool—The Super Food Explorer Kit. Widening kids’ diet requires patience and ingenuity. Why it’s important not to resign yourself to feeding kids only a narrow range of “favorite” foods. What’s “sensory-based food education”? Why does Dr. Rose claim “nutrition is irrelevant”? Are kids’ palates hard-wired to reject vegetables and exotic foods? How do you deal with over-eaters? Is it right to reward kids with ordinarily “forbidden” foods? What’s wrong with “Finish your dinner, and then you can have dessert”? Can parents and caregivers be overly stringent, engendering backlash? How do you handle treat-laden holidays like Halloween, Easter, and Christmas? What food policies would Dr. Rose like to see changed to advance kids’ health? Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE: How to Get Your Kids to Eat a Healthy Diet, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with health innovator Dr. Dina Rose, author of “It’s Not About the Broccoli: Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating.” Click HERE for part 1.