Tag: functional nutrition

Low-Acting Insulins

Dr. John Poothullil

Reading Time: 3 minutesBeat Unwanted Weight Gain By Dr. John Poothullil, MD Lowering blood sugar numbers does not always mean fixing diabetes. Modern medicine often focuses on controlling glucose with medication. Drugs like insulin and metformin can lower blood sugar, but they do not explain why blood sugar rose in the first place. If the diet continues to drive overeating, blood sugar will keep rising, and medication doses will keep increasing. This treats the symptom, not the cause. Blood sugar rises when the system is overwhelmed by repeated glucose spikes. Those spikes come…

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Why Food Pairing Matters: When 1 + 1 = 3 for Your Health

DMUSA News

Reading Time: 3 minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Dr. Ann Hester to provide another commentary in a series. The Dr. Ann Hester Commentaries Most of us think about food one item at a time: Is this healthy? Is it low in sugar? Does it have enough protein? But here’s a powerful—and often overlooked—truth: foods don’t act alone in the body. What you eat together can dramatically change how well your body absorbs nutrients, manages blood sugar, reduces…

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