by Dr. David Minkoff December 23, 2021 6 min read
I’ve been asked many times about the one vitamin or supplement a person needs for good health, about this or that diet, about going Vegan or going Carnivore, and much more.
So I wanted to take a moment to look at some things here. Not the pros and cons of different diets or the importance of one vitamin over another, but instead — how you can determine what is right for you.
by Dr. David Minkoff December 09, 2021 6 min read
Especially as they get older, women can find it easier and easier to gain weight and harder and harder to lose it.
But more and more this is happening with younger women as well — and there is an exact reason for this.
It has to do with hormones, the messenger chemicals in our body that tell our cells how to use the foods we eat, whether to store fat or lose it, increase or decrease energy. They even affect our moods.
And when they get out of control, it can become harder and harder to climb back out of the hole.
So let’s take a look at exactly what’s happening here. First, we’ll define a couple of things.
by Dr. David Minkoff November 10, 2021 5 min read
Testosterone, like Growth Hormone, plays a large role in muscle bulk and strength, as well as fat-burning.
It also helps regulate sex drive, bone mass, fat distribution (as in where the fat is stored), body composition, and the production of red blood cells and sperm.
As it’s the “male” hormone, we see much higher numbers in men than in women, though women still need this just as men still need some estrogen, the “female” hormone.
by Dr. David Minkoff November 05, 2021 3 min read
by Dr. David Minkoff November 05, 2021 3 min read
The chicory root has been a staple of the human diet for over 2,000 years. Records of the chicory plant as part of regular meals date as far back as ancient Egypt, through ancient Rome, and into modern times.
Sadly, many people are unfamiliar with this incredible root, and an understanding of its many health benefits has begun to fade into obscurity.
Today we are going to discuss the benefits and uses of this extraordinary plant, one of nature’s most effective weapons in the battle for optimal health.
by Dr. David Minkoff November 05, 2021 6 min read
According to the CDC, 37 million people in the US have chronic kidney disease [1]. And 90% of them don’t even know it. Kidney disease creates protein toxicity.
An estimated 100 million Americans live with impaired liver function and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [2]. And since the year 2000, deaths from liver cirrhosis have gone up a shocking 19.5% [3].
The liver is critical for processing the toxic byproducts of protein metabolism.
Everyone is affected by this. Continue reading now!
by Dr. David Minkoff November 03, 2021 4 min read
Sleep is one of the largest factors affecting overall health. In fact, our body would go into shock from lack of sleep before lack of food.
Sleep is when our body is able to do very necessary repairs and recover from the day. Without this recovery time we get “little issues” that build up, starting on a cellular level, and finally showing themselves in fatigue, bad mood, fat gain, muscle loss, heart trouble, toxicity levels, and much more.
You see, sleep is when many of our daytime hormones and processes “simmer down” and other hormones are released, activating very different processes.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 28, 2021 6 min read
Sleep is when our body regenerates and rebalances. And without it, or without good, refreshing, restorative sleep, all sorts of problems, both short and long term, can crop up.
It affects our mood, our ability to think, our energy levels, our hormones, our ability to heal, burn fat, and much more.
So let’s go over how lack of good sleep affects us, what may be causing this, and what we can do about it!
by Dr. David Minkoff October 28, 2021 5 min read
What options, then, do diabetics have for a fast, protein-packed meal on that won’t jack up their glucose levels?
This was the same search successful multimedia artist Bodhi Elfman was on for years.
by Joshua Taylor October 28, 2021 2 min read
by Dr. David Minkoff October 20, 2021 4 min read
If you’ve ever had a shock and felt the adrenaline surge in your body then you’ve felt cortisol. It’s a wake-you-up, get-you–ready-for-action hormone.
It really is. It hits its lowest point around midnight, so you can go to sleep, and then peaks again about an hour after you’ve gotten up in the morning, getting you to wake up and get ready for the day.
It’s nick-named the “stress hormone” because it’s released in moments of stress. So in a dangerous situation, or if you get scared suddenly, you’ll feel it.
But… when we have too-high levels of cortisol for too long, it can make us feel stressed… even if we have no reason to be.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 14, 2021 8 min read
by Dr. David Minkoff
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