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Weight Loss – Mixed Messages from the American Medical Association

Weight Loss – Mixed Messages from the American Medical Association

In this report, Canadian and American researchers performed a comprehensive analysis of 48 randomized trials that encompassed over 7,000 individuals. They looked at the weight loss achieved by either a low-f...
How Sweeteners Are Reshaping Your Gut Bacteria

How Sweeteners Are Reshaping Your Gut Bacteria

My recent blog revealing a profound increased risk for developing diabetes in people who consume artificially sweetened beverages clearly struck a note, and with good reason. These days we are being heavily ...
Food is Information

Food is Information

Food is information.  What does that mean?  Well we look at our food in terms of the macronutrients of fat, protein, and carbohydrates and the micronutrients like minerals and vitamins.  But understand that ...
To Lower Your Risk of Cancer, Look to Your Waist

To Lower Your Risk of Cancer, Look to Your Waist

By: Austin Perlmutter, MD, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine Years of data now clearly demonstrate connections between obesity and increased risk for cancer. However, a new study published in the we...
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles – The Grain Brain Cookbook

Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles – The Grain Brain Cookbook

One of the 150+ recipes in The Grain Brain Cookbook. Find the recipe here on my site.
If You Want To Lower Your Risk For Parkinson’s, Drop The Cookie

If You Want To Lower Your Risk For Parkinson’s, Drop The Cookie

We are hearing more and more about Parkinson’s disease, Especially lately after the death of Robin Williams. It has been estimated that as many as 1 million Americans now carry this diagnosis, And to put it ...
Fill Your Glass With This to Improve Gut Microbiota

Fill Your Glass With This to Improve Gut Microbiota

There is certainly been a lot of discussion in the scientific community I related to the positive aspects of drinking red wine. Red wine, in addition to its healthy content of polyphenols - natural antioxida...
Manchego Tortilla – The Grain Brain Cookbook

Manchego Tortilla – The Grain Brain Cookbook

One of the 150+ recipes in The Grain Brain Cookbook. Find the recipe here on my site.
Drink for Your Health

Drink for Your Health

No doubt, if you’ve been following my blog, or reading Grain Brain, you’ve certainly gotten the message that you’ve got to do everything you can to avoid consumption of sugar. Scientific research has certain...
But… it’s Gluten Free?

But… it’s Gluten Free?

I frequently hear from patients and friends that they are surprised they aren’t losing weight even though they’ve “gone gluten-free.” It’s at that point that I ask for a little bit of clarification in terms ...