What Is Healthspan?
Healthspan is defined as your longevity minus years of chronic disability. The future goal of medicine will not be treating the symptoms of a particular chronic…
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Reprogramming Your Metabolism
Metabolism is the most complex system in the body because it controls your healthspan. Healthspan is defined as your longevity minus years of disability. An efficient…
Read MoreParkinson’s Disease Explained
The ProblemParkinson’s disease is like Alzheimer’s disease in that it is associated with aggregated proteins in the brain, but now initially affecting motor skills instead of…
Read MoreBrain Trauma
The ProblemBrain trauma can be classified either as severe (comatose patients) or traumatic (head injuries without the loss of consciousness). In both cases, the brain damage…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Disease
The ProblemAlzheimer’s disease is often referred to as “type 3 diabetes” because of its strong association with insulin resistance (1,2). Any insulin resistance in the brain…
Read MoreIn-Vitro Fertilization
The ProblemConsidering the complex metabolic changes that are required to take place in successful conception, it is not surprising that increased insulin resistance is strongly associated…
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Chronic Diseases
Many common chronic disease conditions are strongly associated with increased insulin resistance. This is because insulin resistance is a surrogate marker for an inefficient metabolism, leading…
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What Is Metabolism?
Essentially, metabolism keeps us alive. Metabolism is an exceptionally complex and ongoing dynamic balance of anabolism (building up new tissue) and catabolism (tearing down damaged tissue). …
Read MoreWhat Is The Zone?
The Zone is the physiological state when your metabolism performs at peak efficiency. Metabolism keeps us alive by converting food into chemical energy, maintaining the immune…
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