The Science Behind the New Dietary Guidelines
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans mark the most significant change to the guidance since 1980. They encourage people to eat more animal proteins and fats, and avoid highly processed foods, while putting a clear focus on eating real, whole foods. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Why ‘Normal’ Lab Tests Might NOT be Optimal
Lab ranges are built from statistics, not from how a healthy body actually feels. Ranges are created by taking a thousand ambulatory Americans, tossing out the extremes, and calling the rest “normal.” A result can be normal yet nowhere near optimal. Normal shows how you compare with everyone else; optimal reflects what’s right for your […]
Lab Testing for Better Health – PODCAST
Testing your blood gives you insight into the most important laboratory – your own body. Get baseline screening blood tests or decide to take a deeper dive by ordering from our menu of advanced biomarkers. Here are some of the baseline functional biomarker tests I recommend for my coaching clients Sugar Metabolism Screening – Fasting […]