Stubborn Belly Fat: Are Your Adrenals to Blame?

If you’ve been doing “everything right” with the goal of losing weight – like eating right and exercising – but the weight just isn’t coming off, it may be time to look at your overall stress load. Here’s why: your adrenal glands help you cope with all of life’s stressors, and once that stress load […]

Your Waistline: Inches Speak Volumes About Your Health

A patient who was overwhelmed with a number of health issues, including blood pressure and diabetes, recently asked me where he should start. What should he focus on first? He was actually relieved when I told him to focus on what could be the single biggest predictor of health and disease. I explained that no […]

FDA Warns Diabetes Medications Cause "Severe" Joint Pain!

If you manage your type 2 diabetes with a medicine classified as a DPP-4 inhibitor, the FDA has issued a warning that the medication may cause severe joint pain. The warning applies to the following medications, which are available under different brand names alone or combined with other diabetes medicines like metformin:

Exercise and the Adrenals: Burning More than just Calories?

This is a guest post by Robin Treasure, certified wellness coach, who blogs at www.robintreasure.com. “Just do more cardio, and you’ll lose that belly fat and get a surge of energy”, right? Wrong!  While some form of exercise is beneficial for nearly everyone, it’s important to pay attention to what type of exercise your body responds […]

Why Sarcopenia Should be Public Enemy #1

Sarcopenia may just be the biggest health problem you’ve never heard of. Simply put, sarcopenia is the loss of lean muscle mass and strength that can start at age 30 but increases exponentially as we age. While it’s unlikely you’ve heard much about it – even in your doctor’s office – an estimated 45% of […]

Obesity and Joint Pain

There are many myths surrounding the root cause of joint pain. One is that joint pain is just a part of getting older, and the other is that joint pain goes hand-in-hand with obesity because of extra wear and tear on the joints. While both of these points can be true, when it comes to […]