With so much discussion these days centered on metabolic health and issues like overweight, obesity, diabetes, and the downstream consequences of these health challenges,...
What science has revealed over the past decade about the role our resident microbes play in keeping us healthy has truly been remarkable. It’s...
The message that we should all dramatically reduce our sugar consumption is really gaining traction and for good reason. This was a central theme of...
To those of you who follow my blog, the recent study demonstrating a remarkably increased risk for stroke, as well as Alzheimer’s disease, in...
Diet books, as a category, are among the most popular titles sold in bookstores, and with good reason. With soaring rates of obesity, type...
Whether it’s questions about organic maple syrup, or honey from organic bees, there’s a big push to understand the “right” kind of sugar in...
As many of you know, I have written extensively over the past several years about the important role of the microbiome. Those 100 trillion...
By now, pretty much everyone is dialed in to the message that sugar threatens health. No doubt, this is a powerful and motivating bit...
It seems self evident that consumption of sugar sweetened beverages would be associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). And in fact,...