What are the major contributors to the aging process?  Oxidative stress and inflammation are major contributors to aging, causing the destruction of important chemical molecules – the molecules of metabolism – in your body and brain. Examples of oxidation in nature...
“If someone blew up a hospital or infected a water supply, we’d view it as an act of health terrorism. But pumping persistent organic pollutants into the atmosphere, clearing forests, over-using resources and contributing to global warming are equally inimical to...
East Meets West – High Blood Pressure: Causes, Treatments & Preventions - Presented by Dr. Les Cole and Bob Linde, AP, RH East Meets West Seminar is the collaboration Les Cole, MD & Bob Linde, AP, RH. This month’s topic will be High Blood Pressure. Each...
High Blood Pressure and Reversible Nutritional Deficiencies –Presented by Dr. Les Cole, MD Join us and meet the doctors of Vital Well-Being. Learn what blood pressure is and the effects of reversible nutritional deficiencies on high blood pressure. Light refreshments...
What the Heck Is Functional Medicine? – Presented by Dr. Les Cole, MD I'm sure you've heard this term lately, but what does it mean? How is Functional Medicine different from Complimentary Medicine or Alternative Medicine? Join us and meet Les Cole, MD who is Board...
If you have Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), you’ve probably seen a doctor and been put on a blood sugar lowering medication (such as metformin) for it. If you asked how you got it, you may not have gotten an answer, other than been told to diet, lose weight and exercise. If...
Dr. Les Cole Hello, and welcome to my medical practice where you are treated as the individual you are, not as a particular disease. Too often, a one size fits all medication or surgical procedure is prescribed without taking into consideration individual...
There is no longer any doubt from the medical and nutritional literature that nutrition is the greatest contributor to health and malnutrition the greatest contributor to disease. Hippocrates is quoted as saying, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy...
The information for this article came from a paper written for my Master’s Thesis in Nutrition and Metabolism, Biomedical Section of The University of South Florida School of Medicine  First, What Is Nutrition? We talk about nutrition, but what really does that mean?...