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Making sense of “net carbs”
Now that the low-carbohydrate dietary recommendations have really taken hold, we are beginning to see quite a bit more information about nutrition labeling that not only describes total carbohydrate content of a particular food, but also indicates “net carbs.” Depending…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Is diagnosing “pre-diabetes” medical overkill?
A controversy has been brewing in the medical world over “overdiagnosis.” In fact, Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health is the title of a book by H. Gilbert Welch, MD, professor of Medicine at the…read more
Categories:Diabetes
13 holiday survival tips
The “holiday season” is now fully underway. It’s supposed to be a joyous time, full of fellowship, happiness and hope, but for many it’s a time of stress and excess. We embark on a non-stop “potlatch” of overeating…read more
Categories:Exercise Mental and Emotional Health Sleep Supplements
Ask Leyla: Is Greek yogurt good for me?
Q: I’ve become quite confused about Greek yogurt. I look at sugar labels on everything and if it’s too high, I don’t eat it. I love Greek yogurt and usually add fruit, nuts or both, sometimes a little oatmeal,…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Why I’ve finally taken up yoga in my sixties — and why you should too
I told a patient the other day that I had decided to take up yoga. “You already do enough, Dr. Hoffman!” she exclaimed. OK, I do a lot. I regularly run, bike or spin, swim, and do some…read more
Categories:Exercise Hypertension Mental and Emotional Health
Leyla Weighs In: Healing Your Gut
Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are on the rise in United States as well as in other developed nations. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and leaky gut syndrome have become major diagnoses…read more
Sources of protein for vegetarians
I’m often asked how someone who chooses to be vegetarian, or vegan, can get enough protein in their diet. While that’s an important question, I want to start my answer by pointing out that choosing this lifestyle can…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Are fruit and veggie pills really as effective as they claim?
It’s been a bad season for veracity (witness our recent political campaigns!): Unfounded claims abound. Product pitches assault us with no tether to reality. Science is misappropriated for commercial gain. One example of such things: fruit and veggie…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Supplements
Leyla Weighs In: The Healthiest Diet on the Planet?
What if I told you that the healthiest diet includes pizza, pasta, pancakes…and sugar? You would either jump up and down with glee or scratch your head in confusion, yes? Well, this is the claim of one Dr….read more
Categories:Diabetes General Nutrition Nutrition Controversies
Reversing Alzheimer’s with probiotics?
For the past several years I have been writing and lecturing about the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and changes in the gut bacteria. We know, for example, that Alzheimer’s is an inflammatory condition. As well, we know that…read more
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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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I’m a veteran of the Diet Wars. Back in the 80s, when the ultra-low-carb Atkins…
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Q: I’ve read that twenty minutes of sun exposure will give us 10,000 to 20,000 IV…
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I couldn’t resist. Rather than leave these candidates for “Breakthrough treatments that we don’t really need” on…
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