Tag: diabetes

Seven Deadly Diseases Rooted In Your Gut Microbiome

By Jill Carnahan, MD, ABFM, ABIHM, IFMCP Did you know the bacteria in our gut comprise an internal organ all of their own? We are colonized by ten times more bacteria in our gut than there are cells in our body! They play a profoundly important role in human health and disease.  From helping us absorb nutrients, to… Read More »

Diabetes and the Importance of Hormone Replacement

Written by SottoPelle The Alarming Statistics Diabetes has become a serious epidemic in the U.S. Approximately 86 million adult Americans (one out of three) have prediabetes.1 And according to 2014 statistics reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29.1 million Americans have actual diabetes. That’s 9.3% of the population!1 These numbers include both… Read More »

Nutrition for Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP One of the toughest aspects of insulin resistance and diabetes is the fact that it’s influenced by so many factors.  Genetic predispositions can increase an individual’s likelihood to manifest diabetes, and this factor is felt by many to be uncontrollable.  While the genetic factors themselves are not, the… Read More »