As most of my patients well know, we have students rotating through our office all the time. I find their presence motivating and challenging, and always stimulating! I love teaching what I know to anyone who wants to learn it, either students or patients. That is why I sometimes get behind in my...
I have been musing more about how vast the changes coming at humans really are. If my parents were still alive, my mother and father would be 96 and 94 respectively. They grew up in Star Valley without electricity, refrigeration, indoor toilets or water (hot or cold). Most transportation in their childhood...
In last week’s blog I addressed the desired balance between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids and how such a balance will markedly diminish inflammation in joints and arteries. If you didn’t read it, go back and do so, because we humans are drowning in Omega 6 (oils,...
Would you like to know “the skinny” on fat?? Well, then, are you in luck today! There is a lot of information about fats in the popular press these days. It is mostly accurate in so far as it goes, but it usually lacks the big picture. And the...