Well, it was only a matter of time before the doctor becomes the patient. After years of watching my cholesterol gradually creep up due to my superb genetic inheritance it finally happened. That bad cholesterol finally climbed high enough for me to head to the pharmacy. So I figured I use my new obsession with cholesterol as a means to the next blog. If you are a genetically gifted person, you can stop reading and go do something better with your life, but if you are genetica

Salads are usually the first step in our transiiton to eating healthy. It is also always the first thing most of my patients tell me when I ask them if they eat healthy: Well of course, I always have a salad for lunch. But little do they know that inside I cringe everytime I hear the words lunch or dinner and salad together. While salads are healthy and good for you, but eating salad for a meal is one of the worst dietary dicisions. Before you accuse me of being a nut job,

Olive oil is one the healthiest form of fat. It is high in mono-unsaturated fat which is associated with lowering bad cholesterol and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Olive oil is the main ingredient in the Mediterranean diet and is thought to be one of the major contributors to the many benefits of the Mediterranean diet . But olive oil comes in many flavors, and only true unprocessed olive oil has the main benefits, The Mediterranian region, specailly Southern Italy,

Every few years one diet becomes the all talked about fashion as the new best diet. Paleo, keto, low carb, low fat all had their rotations. But these are all restrictive diets and mostly based on some expert or self claimed guru. For instance, Paleo diet was based on the assumption that as hunter gatheres we ate mostly meat and little carbs. But we now know that is not true. So, what is really the best diet? That is a very hard question to ask. Mostly because it is very hard