by John Panopoulos | Oct 12, 2018 | Active Health News, diet, functional-medicine
It is important to be aware of what you are buying when purchasing nutritional supplements. A recent investigative article published by the New York Times tested herbal supplements purchased from major retailers and pharmacies. The results of the study were...
by Dr. Betty Stasinos | Oct 11, 2018 | Active Health News, diet
In this section, we’ll look at the different kinds of fat, which ones we should be eating, and where to get them from. The good, the bad, and the indifferent Fats are made of chains of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. They can be “saturated” or “unsaturated”...
by Dr. Betty Stasinos | Oct 10, 2018 | Active Health News, diet
Like fats and carbs, a lot of conflicting information is floating around about protein. Both high-protein and low-protein diets are recommended for weight loss, and vegetarians especially get different answers to the same question depending on who they ask. We...
by John Panopoulos | Oct 10, 2018 | Active Health News, Acupuncture, diet
For years, fats have been demonized. Fats have been blamed for everything from high cholesterol to the obesity epidemic, and the information we’ve gotten over the years has been confusing. In this two part series, we’re going to look at fats—the good and the bad, why...
by John Panopoulos | Sep 30, 2018 | Active Health News, diet
Insulin resistance is a condition that occurs as a result of excess sugar and carbohydrates in the diet. When we eat foods containing sugar or starch such as candy, bread, pasta etc our pancreas releases insulin into the blood in order to allow our cells to absorb...
