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CARB CRAVINGS! We are DEEP into winter and the idea of Netflix, couch, fire, and loads of delicious REFINED CARBS is highly attractive. However, “highly processed carbs — white bread, sugary cereal, white rice, regular pasta and bagels, for example — produce rapid rises and drops in blood sugar, which can lead to weight gain. […]
ANOTHER PESKY REMINDER Check out this recent article in Vox about the ALARMING RISE IN COLORECTAL CANCER IN YOUNGER PEOPLE: “The latest national cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society show adults under the age of 55 have seen their colorectal cancer rate increase 2 percent per year since the mid-1990s. Overall, those born in […]
FATTY LIVER? MILDLY ABNORMAL LIVER TESTS? NAFLD? If your doctor has mentioned these diagnoses to you or you just noticed it incidentally when you were looking at your medical records, you are definitely NOT ALONE. Non-alcoholic FATTY LIVER disease (often referred to as NAFLD or fatty liver) affects about 30% of the U.S. population and […]
IS IT FINALLY TIME TO TACKLE YOUR IBS SYMPTOMS? We want to update you on a new initiative that we have started at Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Health to better care for the 15% of the population that suffer from a functional gastrointestinal condition, like IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME. Dietary and behavioral interventions have overwhelming scientific evidence supporting […]