CATEGORY: Diabetes
Body Mass Index (BMI) is finally being questioned
What exactly is your Body Mass Index number telling you about your health? BioBalance® Health uses other forms of measurement to determine body composition, and to diagnose healthy weight, versus overweight and obesity. BMI is a calculation of healthy weight,[...]
Semaglutides for Weight Loss
Semaglutides, weight loss, and the new weight loss medicines that everyone is talking about. Every physician and every overweight patient have struggled with achieving effective weight loss that was effective for most people, until now! Almost simultaneously 6 weight loss[...]
Unexpected Beneficial Results of Testosterone and Estradiol Pellets in Women
Dr. Maupin details the many benefits of hormone replacement in women. A month or so ago I had a woman come to me for hormone replacement and one of the symptoms that bothered her the most was Lichen sclerosis on[...]
628 Statins Can Cause Diabetes
Why are statins always prescribed for people who have diabetes, even if their lipids are normal? There is an interesting conflict between the truth and the mainstream medical protocols surrounding statins, that we have noticed in our practice for a[...]
What is the Mediterranean Diet? —Really
The Mayo Clinic’s version of the Mediterranean Diet may not be what Mediterranean’s really eat! The Mediterranean diet was originally discovered from comparing different diet regimens around the world in the 1950s, and the researchers found that those people living[...]
What your Dr. doesn’t tell you could save you thousands of dollars on medication
Replacing your hormones may reduce the number of medicines you are currently taking. Medications are getting more expensive, and the % of the price of each medication goes up every year as insurance companies hold on to their profits. [...]
What are Mitochondria and What is their Importance to Our Health?
How you can you keep your Mitochondria healthy? Mitochondria are discussed in antiaging advertising like they are understood by the common man. Even TV discussions and podcasts discuss mitochondria like we are all biology majors, but to most people mitochondria[...]
Metformin® is a Miracle Drug for Aging and Obese Patients
Your weight loss medicine may be helpful for other issues in addition to weight loss. One of my patients asked me why I was putting her on Metformin if she wasn’t really diabetic yet, another woman I was consulting on[...]
Dementia – How to avoid this end to your life.
What causes dementia and what increases your risk of getting dementia? At a get together of friends, I was pulled aside by a good friend who asked me how she could prevent dementia, because the mother she loves is in[...]
Genetics behind why some people develop “Long-Haulers” after Covid, and other people to not.
New study links genetics to vaccine effectiveness. (Quotes are from the 23 and me Blog. November 2021) Last week we talked about the research 23 and Me has done determining individual responses to the three Covid vaccine, based on the[...]