Mexican Cauliflower Rice Stir Fry Recipe “You don’t need to do an intense diet cleanse to eliminate toxins from your body. In fact, our body’s designed for detoxification. For example, your kidneys and liver filter toxins from your blood. But your body can get overloaded. Simple steps can help detoxify your body and improve your…
Seven Deadly Diseases Rooted In Your Gut Microbiome Did you know the bacteria in our gut comprise an internal organ all of their own? We are colonized by ten times more bacteria in our gut than there are cells in our body! They play a profoundly important role in human health and disease. From helping us absorb nutrients,…
The Biology of Food Addiction The Calorie Hypothesis Current view: Obesity is just lack of will power …eat less, exercise more The Biology of Food Addiction. This model fails because: Our body’s wise compensatory mechanisms defend against weight loss by decreasing energy expenditure and increasing appetite as we diet High glycemic carbohydrates (like added refined sugars,…
Are Your Gut Microbes Making You Fat!? Are Your Gut Microbes Making You Fat? There are trillions if bacteria living in your gut, that we know. But did you know that the population of your microbes may determine if you are likely to be fat or thin?! As we study this amazing microbe machine inside…
Obesogens are chemicals that can inappropriately alter fat storage and change metabolic set-points. This disrupts energy balance and modifies your appetite to promote fat accumulation. Chemicals in your environment can certainly have an impact on your health and often your weight. Some of these exposures may occur before you’re born but there is still a…
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), the most common metabolic disorder of reproductive-age women in the United States, is generally known as a reproductive disorder but is also associated with life threatening medical illnesses. In the U.S., six million reproductive-age women are affected with the syndrome. PCOS is generally considered a syndrome rather than a disease because it manifests…
