Carrying along a healthy snack during the day is always a challenge. I came across this recipe which sounds very appealing both in taste and in health impact. Thanks, Kayla. dark chocolate coconut protein balls Well, I’ve got a treat for you all today! It’s one that will leave you satisfied, calm that sweet craving, and contains protein and healthy fats to keep you energized and your metabolism up so you don’t go home and
Eating full-fat milk, cream and cheese CUTS risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds. Eight or more full-fat dairy portions a day cuts risk of type 2 diabetes by 23%. High-fat fermented milk – found in yoghurts or full-fat milk – cuts risk by 20%. People who consume 30ml of cream cut their risk by 15%. Those who ate lots of meat increased their risk, regardless of fat content. In fact, the risk of developing
Finally! I was beginning to feel like a salmon must – swimming against the current, but hopefully not to gasp and give up!!! :) Yesterday I read an article in Medscape, an online continuing medical education portal, on gut bacteria and estrogen. That is the coming together of Integrative and Traditional Medicine. That’s exciting!! And now, Cleveland Clinic is opening its Functional Medicine center on the 23rd. So now, hopefully, the twain shall meet.
We can turn our genes on or off. Yes. Genes have on /off ‘switches’. So we can ‘turn off’ a ‘bad’ gene, or ‘turn on’ a ‘good’ gene. We are not doomed to our genetic inheritance. We have the ability to modulate it. We can turn our genes on / off in 3 – 6 hours. Yes that’s right, 3 – 6 hours. By what we do what we eat how we think how we
Postmenopausal women with a more diverse population of gut bacteria may be more efficient at breaking down estrogen, a new study suggests. Because estrogen plays a role in causing breast cancer, researchers feel a healthy bacterial population may lower the risk for cancer. This was in a Medscape article!! Thats exciting! Mainstream medicine is finally waking up to what we Integrative Medicine doctors have been saying – that the gut microbiome is key to good