Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you likely have heard about the magical GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs for obesity. These drugs include: Semaglutide: Ozempic (diabetes), Wegovy (weight loss), Rybelsus (oral diabetes). Dulaglutide: Trulicity (diabetes)....

I’ve introduced a new disease model to the medical and scientific communities that centers on a simple but serious idea. Ultra-processed food acts like a neurotoxin, and over time, it can trigger a form of brain dysfunction I call Carbohydrate Associated Reversible...

Throughout human history, common diseases have been defined and identified by three characteristics: 1. The typical symptoms of the condition. 2. The clinical course of the disease over time. 3. The abnormal physical findings and lab tests associated with the...

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you are undoubtedly aware of our current obesity epidemic. According to the World Economic Forum, in the U.S., adult obesity rose from 11.6% in 1990 to 31.3% by 2024, while childhood obesity increased from about 5.5% in the mid-1970s to over 20% in 2023. Before the past 70 years, the obesity rate remained low and relatively stable. What the heck is going on? I decided to ask AI and received this answer:

If you listen to the so-called autism experts, they can’t even agree on whether the incidence of autism is increasing. More individuals are now being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, but some believe it’s because we are doing more screening and have become...

It is a confusing mess for the average person trying to figure out what to eat–low-carb, Paleo, Ketogenic, Zone, vegan, intermittent fasting, Mediterranean—are you getting dizzy yet?

Over the past century, mankind has, rather suddenly, moved into the age of information, where every Tom, Dick, and Harriet can access all the information in the world with the smartphone in their hand. We’ve moved from the age of memorization to the age of technology,...

I recently read an interesting story in the New York Times Magazine titled “Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?” by Paul Tough. He points out that today, 11.4 percent of children in America have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D., and for 17-year-olds, it goes...

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you likely have heard about the remarkable benefits of the new GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs like Wegovy, Victoza, Trulicity, Mounjaro, or Byetta. They are FDA-approved for either type 2 diabetes or obesity, and the drugs seem...

There’s no question about it. I am a complete and unapologetic supplement junkie. One room in our large Victorian home is loaded with supplements from the floor to the ceiling. I take various supplements to enhance my health to help deal with several medical problems....

I was recently blown away when I visited the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) website. One of their goals is to prevent discrimination against people who are obese, which is something I agree with. They also seem to promote obesity as something...

I recently traveled back in a time capsule to watch Guns N’ Roses sing Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door in 1992 at the Freddy Mercury tribute concert. If you’ve been on this planet as long as I have, this song will likely touch your soul! One thing that caught my eye was...

Because of my long-standing interest in nutrition, especially the connection between diet and brain function, I am constantly amazed at the number and variety of folks who claim to have some nutritional expertise. It seems that every Tom, Dick and Gary (Taubes) wants...

A recent article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study looking at whether the MIND diet can reverse Alzheimer’s disease. In this study, the diet didn’t seem to positively impact dementia. I pay attention to this type of study because...

We live in an era of dramatic and revolutionary technological advances This noteworthy progress comes to a screeching halt when it comes to preventing and reversing common chronic medical conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and many mental disorders.

You’ve likely heard about the miracle weight loss drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists. These drugs include: Dulaglutide (Trulicity) Exenatide (Exenatide, Byetta) Liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda, Semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus) Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepound) These...

Communication lag time is a relatively newly described parameter that is a very sensitive measure of global brain function. When you engage in a conversation with another person, when you say something to them, within a second, there is a subtle change in their facial expression that signals they have processed what you said.

It’s no mystery that we’re in the middle of a massive obesity epidemic, but when it comes to the “why” question, the experts always seem to come up short. Overconsuming calories is the usual explanation, and many folks with excessive body fat or obesity are consuming too many calories. But here’s the kicker: it’s also true that some people with excess body fat are undereating yet storing too much food as fat. This paradoxical situation raises a fascinating question–how could this be so?

Sleep, wonderful sleep. It’s almost impossible to have a decent quality of life if you aren’t getting adequate amounts of high-quality sleep, yet over 50% of adults in the United States suffer from significant insomnia, and the rate has been increasing over recent...

You’ve just been given some terrible news. A healthcare provider has just diagnosed you with major depression and prescribed one of the typical SSRI or SNIR anti-depressants like Prozac, Luvox, Lexapro, Paxil, or Zoloft. I have some good news for you. There’s about a...

Cravings, pesky cravings. You likely know what I am referring to if you suffer from intense cravings for sweet and starchy food. These cravings might temporarily subside when you give in to them and consume ultra-processed food, but before you know it, they’re back in...

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you likely know about our current epidemics of obesity

If you want to know how your brain is working, I suggest going beyond a standard IQ test. These tests measure your innate intelligence at a given moment in time, but there’s more to brain function than just IQ. Besides cognition and rational thinking, your brain...

If you hope to be diagnosed with bent neck syndrome (BNS), don’t plan on going to your physician to get the diagnosis. That’s because this concept just recently popped into my mind. Let me explain. My true skill is making empirical observations in the real world and...

As you likely know, the new GLP-1 agonist drugs for weight loss have taken the world by storm.  Both Wegovy and Saxenda are only approved for the treatment of obesity, whereas other GLP-1 agonists are approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, including: Adlyxin...

My daily routine is fixed in stone. Every weekday I drive my daughter from our home in Beverly, Massachusetts to Landmark school in Manchester. It’s about a 20-minute drive, and along the way is a Dunkin’ store where I stop every day to buy my large black coffee and...

One of the most useful goals in life is to gain competence, knowledge, and wisdom. For most of us, this triad covers a somewhat narrow range. There’s a lot to know out there, and this massive amount of information is beyond the reach of any one person. As we course...

 I mean literally, where did thin go? Both as a word and a concept, thin no longer takes part in any type of biological or medical setting. We no longer regularly use the word to describe people who have a low fat to muscle ratio, mainly because this group of folks is...

As you likely already know, the legendary singer Prince died from an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016 at his Paisley Park complex near Chanhassen, Minnesota. I have always been a bit obsessed about Prince. After all, I graduated from Saint Louis Park High School,...

Throughout most of human history obesity was as rare as hen’s teeth. This trend dramatically changed in a relatively short period of time. The rate of obesity rapidly increased between 1976 and 1980, and it’s been going up every year since then. During this time...