CATEGORY: Diet
Protein is Your Body’s Vital Building Block
Dr. Maupin explains the importance of having sufficient protein in your diet. When I tell my patients that they need a high protein diet, all they can think of is meat…but protein sources are found in many parts of our[...]
What to Replace Simple Sugars with for Weight Loss and Building Muscle
What are simple sugars, and why are they bad for you? There are almost as many different human metabolic variations as there are people in the world. Our genetics make us all unique in ways that vary the way we[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Testosterone Replacement Is the Secret Ingredient to Reverse Aging
The recipe to reverse aging includes hormone replacement, diet and exercise optimization, and supplementation of necessary nutrients. There is an increase in medical news and research articles that talk about what aging Americans can do to delay the symptoms and[...]
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[...]
Can food or lifestyle really increase your testosterone level?
There are foods, supplements, and activities that stimulate testosterone production. What are the factors that stimulate or inhibit your own Testosterone (T) production? There are foods, supplements and activities that stimulate testosterone production, Just as there are foods, supplements and[...]