by Les Cole | Dec 30, 2016 | Diabetes, Exercise, Food Cravings, Insulin Resistance, Lifestyle Medicine, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Obesity, Overweight, Pre-Diabetes, Supplements, Weight Loss
Our Paleolithic ancestor’s genes grew up with the world, when we were dependent on what we could hunt or gather for food. At that time there wasn’t growing or shipping of food. They relied on animals, roots, leaves and during one season of the year fruit and...
by Les Cole | Aug 30, 2014 | Anti-Aging, Anxiety, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Autoimmune, Bio-Identical Hormone, Bioidentical Hormones, Blood Pressure, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia (Cholesterol, Eczema, Endothelial Dysfunction (ED), Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Fatigue, Female, Fibromyalgia, Functional Medicine, Heart Disease, Hormones, Hypothyroid, Insulin Resistance, Lifestyle Medicine, Male, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Obesity, Overweight, Pain, PMS, Pre-Diabetes, Sex, Skin Conditions, Thyroid
Are You Fatigued? Do You Have Low energy? Your thyroid hormone, T3 (the active thyroid hormone), has many functions. One of these is to increase the number of mitochondria (power plants) in your cells. Your mitochondria are intracellular organelles that produce ATP...
by Les Cole | Mar 23, 2014 | Adrenal Fatigue, Alzheimer's Disease, Autoimmune, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Food Sensitivity, GI Disease, Gluten, Heart Disease, Leaky Gut, Leaky Gut, Lifestyle Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegeneration, Nutrition, Overweight, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Skin Conditions, Thyroid
What is Gluten? Gluten consists of 2 proteins: gliadin and glutenin. They are stored with starch in the seeds (grain) of wheat and they provide nourishment for the seedlings to grow upon sprouting until the roots are established. Uses of Gluten The word gluten...
by Les Cole | Sep 7, 2013 | Chronic Fatigue, Diabetes, Fatigue, Functional Medicine, Heart Disease, Insulin Resistance, IV Therapy, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional IV, Obesity, Overweight, Pre-Diabetes, Supplements, Weight Loss
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...
by Les Cole | Aug 6, 2013 | Antioxidants, IV Therapy, Metabolism, Natural Medicine, Nutrition, Operative Care, Supplements
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?...
