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Cancer Risk – Why Blood Sugar Matters

June 18, 2020

Cancer Risk – Why Blood Sugar Matters

By: The Dr. Perlmutter Team Blood sugar elevation has become a central focus in medicine these days because of its well-established relationship to so many chronic conditions including Alzheimer’s, diabetes…

COVID-19 Isn’t Random

November 16, 2020

COVID-19 Isn’t Random

One of the common statements often repeated in the media about COVID-19 is that it is seemingly random in terms of both getting the virus and having a poor outcome. But, upon further inspection, that’s not w…

Early Life Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Future Weight Gain

May 3, 2021

Early Life Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Future Weight Gain

With ever increasing rates of overweight and obesity in America, we see, almost in lockstep, increasing rates of diseases that are linked to weight gain. Likely, mostly for cosmetic reasons, weight loss prog…

5 Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet – Weight Loss & Beyond

August 14, 2018

5 Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet – Weight Loss & Beyond

By: The Dr. Perlmutter Team The ketogenic diet has taken health circles by storm. Everyone seems to know somebody who has “gone keto” or is at least thinking about it. Keto labels are popping up on restaura…

Green Tea Offsets Worsening Human Diet

January 24, 2019

Green Tea Offsets Worsening Human Diet

So much has been written over the years extolling the health benefits of green tea. Green tea has been reported to be effective for weight loss, antioxidant effects, reducing risk of cancer, protecting the b…

Body Fat – A Powerful Brain Toxin

August 16, 2016

Body Fat – A Powerful Brain Toxin

Research has long shown a strong relationship between increased body fat and degeneration of the brain. Basically, brain function declines as the size of the belly increases. But have you every wondered why…

How Long Does it Take to Improve Gut Bacteria?

September 2, 2016

How Long Does it Take to Improve Gut Bacteria?

One of the most common questions I am asked, both when I am lecturing as well as on social media, focuses on the length of time it takes to change a person’s gut bacteria after dietary changes are made. Many…

Prevention of Alzheimer’s

September 23, 2016

Prevention of Alzheimer’s

There’s so much in the news these days calling attention to the fact that diabetes is associated with a profoundly increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, just watch my recent interview w…

Important News About Antibiotics

February 10, 2017

Important News About Antibiotics

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than a quarter billion courses of antibiotics are dispensed to outpatients in America each year. That means that five out of every six …

Diabetes, Obesity and Brain Health

May 23, 2017

Diabetes, Obesity and Brain Health

Over the past several years I have been writing about the detrimental effects of type 2 diabetes on brain health. For example, we’ve seen an extensive amount of research published that shows a strong relatio…