What is the hCG Diet?
The hCG weight loss protocol consists of a very low calorie diet (VLCD) of 500 calories per day, accompanied by treatments of hCG, usually injected. The average hCG dieter experiences rapid weight loss of up to 1 to 2 pounds per day. In addition to loss of unwanted fat, […]

“…ionizing radiation exposure from CT alone may now be responsible
for 1.5–2.0% of all cancers” in the US alone. (Reference: Brenner DJ,
Hall EJ. Computed tomography — an increasing source of radiation
exposure. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2277–2284.)

So, I decided to assemble some information on the prevention and treatment of calcium oxalate kidney stones (aka nephrolithiasis) today, since I was sitting through a medical continuing education presentation on oxalates and at the same time answering an email from a family member who has the condition.
The primary treatment of anything metabolic always HAS […]

When I work with patients who desire to reduce their bodyfat, I tell them something very important. These are the general rules for reducing bodyfat–if you aren’t in the shape you want to be in, it is likely that you need to change these things in these directions:

Increase protein intake
Increase non-starchy vegetable intake (making […]

Essential Formulas makes my favorite probiotic.
This is the strongest and most effective probiotic supplement on the market that I have been able to find–well worth the value if you have not or will not start eating cultured foods.
I nearly always have my patients start on the “loading dose”, 5 caps in the AM, 5 caps […]

Yesterday:
Article on Legumes (beans): Poor source of hard-to digest nutrition
Today:
Article on How much Vitamin C do we really need?

This article will be straightforward and simple. Following is a link to a PDF article written by Kevin Spelman (a brilliant man and instructor of mine, he is one of the relatively few people in the healthcare field I truly look up to), regarding how much (whole-food based, not ascorbate/ascorbic acid pseudovitamins) Vitamin C the […]

Many people wonder why I recommend that nearly all legumes (beans, soybeans, peanuts, etc.) be avoided. There are three main reasons:
1. Humans did not evolve eating legumes and we are poorly adapted, if at all, to eating them in significant amounts. Loren Cordain, the author of the Paleo Diet, expounds greatly upon this idea in […]

Ingredients:

1 bag Southern Greens (TJ)
1 package chicken sausage (TJ)
1 onion, chopped
1 Tbsp extra virgin coconut oil (see our online store)
1/2 cup spring water
Sea salt to taste (see our online store)
4 cloves garlic, pressed (TJ)
Fresh ground peppercorns (TJ)

Directions:

Melt coconut oil (if necessary) and saute the onion until just starting to turn clear.
Add sausage, water, and greens […]

Two links for your personal edification:
From the NY Times Magazine:
Unhappy Meals
My favorite part is right at the start (this is a long article):
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally […]