Do We Really Need to Take Vitamins and Minerals (2020)
Doctors have been taught to think that we get all the nutrition our body needs from just eating a balanced diet. That […]
Author: Alan Organ, MD, PhD
Eat Fat to Lose Weight? Separating the Fat from the Fiction
In a recent webinar I gave, one of the participants asked the following question: “I keep reading everywhere that fat is good […]
Do Genetics Determine If I Will Have Heart Disease?
I read an article a couple of days ago that was written by a medical colleague of mine. It reminded me of […]
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Their Role in Inflammation
What are essential fatty acids? There are three essential fatty acids. They are called essential to human health because the body cannot […]
Drug-Induced Nutritional Deficiencies (DIND)
The average 65 year in the US is on some 25 prescription or over-the-counter medications today. Not all are for some medical […]
Comparison of Popular Diets
There are many reasons you don’t lose weight even though you do all of the right things. This might seem weird to […]
The Role of Water in Weight Loss
If you listen to the television ads, America runs on high fructose corn syrup drinks, like Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Maybe that’s why […]
The Hormones of Fat
Leptin and Insulin While the Energizer Bunny runs on batteries, our bodies run on hormones. Hormones tell our bodies to burn […]
Good Fats and Fatty Substances
The Skinny on Fats Fats and oils are part of a healthy diet and play many important roles in the body. Fat […]
The Role of Inflammation in Obesity
What is inflammation? More and more today, research and scientific papers are written talking about inflammation. How often have we seen something […]