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Ask Leyla: What’s a good breakfast for someone with coronary artery plaque
Q: Would you please suggest some breakfast ideas for someone who has coronary artery plaque and is on a statin? A: A cause of cardiovascular disease is inflammation. That inflammation is typically triggered by poor diet consisting…read more
Categories:Heart Disease
Osteoporosis: New tests and new concerns about drugs
As you can see by this article that I wrote in 2013, I’ve long been concerned over side effects of commonly prescribed osteoporosis drugs. Among other worries, I raised a red flag over then newly-published reports of unusual fractures…read more
Categories:Osteoporosis
Leyla Weighs In: It’s 2022—Make it a year for change
Experts say we don’t break a habit. We simply replace it with a new one, a new behavior. How we eat is actually a behavior. For example, if you’re always the first one to finish your meal…read more
Categories:Exercise General Nutrition
Ask Leyla: Can I eat a high fat meal if I’ve had my gallbladder removed?
Q: Is it harmful to ingest too much fat at one meal after you’ve had your gallbladder removed? A: The gallbladder is essentially a depot for bile secreted by the liver. Bile is necessary for the emulsification,…read more
Categories:Gall bladder disease
14 things YOU know better than your doctor
Your doctors know a lot. They are among the most highly-trained professionals, often undergoing 8-15 years of intense post-graduate education. They endure rigorous testing and certification, and have to continually keep up with reams of new information as…read more
Categories:General Medicine General Nutrition Medications Supplements
2021: A COVID retrospective
As I write this, President Biden has just declared that it will be “a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated . . . but there’s good news: if you’re vaccinated and you have your…read more
Categories:COVID-19
Book review: Three perspectives on the COVID response
This month, I’m poring over three books with the common theme that we’ve seriously missed the boat on handling the pandemic. Each author offers a distinct perspective on what went wrong. Here’s a brief rundown on each:…read more
Categories:COVID-19
Leyla Weighs In: How to cook when you’re short on time or motivation
A frequent question I get from my patients is, “I don’t have time to cook every day. How can I possibly implement my prescribed diet?” The simple answer is you don’t have to cook every day. Full…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
December dispatches: Over-eating and cancer; the AMA goes woke; Einstein vs. Fauci
“Disordered eating” and gastrointestinal cancers: If it’s not obvious to you by now that what you eat impacts your risk for cancer, you haven’t been paying attention to the latest research. There’s a link to obesity for most…read more
Categories:Cancer COVID-19 General Nutrition
Meal planning to support a healthy immune system
As cold and flu season looms, try these natural solutions from our partners at Nutritional Therapeutics to bolster your resistance. For the month of December, you can get 20% off their entire line of supplements with code…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Immunity Sponsored Supplements
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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Lately, I’ve been sharing with Intelligent Medicine listeners that I’ve been augmenting my diet with…
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Q: I am a 77-year-old woman. On recent bone density test, lumbar spine results range…
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The 1973 sci-fi movie Soylent Green depicts a dystopian future in which over-population and environmental…
Intelligent Medicine Radio for November 16, Part 2: Natural Solutions for Arthritis
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