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Metabolism

Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice and Body Weight in Children and Adults

Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice and Body Weight in Children and Adults

Controlling Uric Acid – The Key to Metabolic Health

Controlling Uric Acid – The Key to Metabolic Health

Our most important task if we are to achieve optimal health centers on optimizing our metabolism. This means doing everything we can so that we maximize our control over things like blood sugar, body weight...
How Gut Bacteria Affect Blood Sugar

How Gut Bacteria Affect Blood Sugar

So much of our health depends on metabolism. And specifically, one of the most important players in this space is how well controlled is our blood sugar. In looking at blood sugar, how it changes following ...
A Geeky Goddess’ Guide to Intuitive Eating, Balanced Hormones, and Transformative Sex

A Geeky Goddess’ Guide to Intuitive Eating, Balanced Hormones, and Transformative Sex

How can a woman go from considering her menstrual period as being an archenemy to a place of celebrating its arrival every month? How can a woman eat in such a way as to honor her menstrual cycle, through m...
Uric Acid, Blood Sugar, and Body Fat

Uric Acid, Blood Sugar, and Body Fat

AMPK is an enzyme of central importance in human metabolism. Yes, this post is a bit steeped in science, nonetheless, the information is really important as you soon will see. AMPK plays such an importan...
Fructose- and sucrose- but not glucose-sweetened beverages promote hepatic de novo lipogenesis: A randomized controlled trial

Fructose- and sucrose- but not glucose-sweetened beverages promote hepatic de novo lipogenesis: A randomized controlled trial

Circadian rhythms, nutrition and implications for longevity in urban environments

Circadian rhythms, nutrition and implications for longevity in urban environments

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for Your Brain and Body

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for Your Brain and Body

With all of the hype around fasting, you may believe it to be just another modern dietary fad, but the truth is that fasting is as old as our species. Until very recently, humans have always had periods of g...
The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, MD and Dr. Leo Galland

The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, MD and Dr. Leo Galland

Today on The Empowering Neurologist, I spend some time with my long-time friend and colleague, Dr. Leo Galland. Dr. Galland is one of the true pioneers in functional medicine, who has dedicated his professio...
Mapping the Human Microbiome – A New Museum Exhibit

Mapping the Human Microbiome – A New Museum Exhibit

The awareness of the role of our resident microbes just seems to be exploding. I’ve recently learned that the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has just opened an exhibit called The ...