Lipoprotein(a), or lp(a), is the number one most aggressive cause for heart disease and coronary plaque known.
Lp(a) can account for heart attacks in men in their 40s, women in their 50s. Whenever you hear about families in which heart attacks occur in people in their 40s and 50s, always think Lp(a) until proven otherwise. It can cause... Read more
If you've already begun your day with a wheat- and cornstarch-free breakfast, you have likely already begun to lose weight, feel more alert, more energetic, and improve pre-diabetic and diabetic patterns.
How about compounding the benefits begun at breakfast and continuing into lunch and dinner? The benefits will then be even greater:... Read more
When trying to lose weight or correct many of the adverse consequences of years of heavy carbohydrate eating, breakfast seems to be the toughest meal of the day for many people. I think it's because the quest for sweet has dominated the American breakfast for so long, with its half-century legacy of cartoon character breakfast cereals; baked... Read more
The wheat-free concept I've articulated has proven enormously effective at:
Reducing blood sugar─often converting pre-diabetics and even diabetics into non-pre-diabetics or non-diabetics.
Weight loss─20, 30, 50 lbs is not uncommon.
Reducing cholesterol─Yes, though it is counterintuitive. LDL cholesterol will drop precipitously if it... Read more
TV ads, media conversations, magazine articles, even advice from the American Heart Association and USDA (a la Food Pyramid) all agree: eat more whole grains, get more fiber.
What happens when you follow the advice to add more and more whole grains to your diet?
Look around you: Appetite expands, people gain weight and balloon... Read more
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