Today we are going to tackle the age old question: is breakfast really the most important meal of the day. 

We talk about what break-fast really means and whether or not I think it is important to eat a traditional break-fast and I also talk about the optimal foods that I recommend for breakfast. 

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Despite medical advancements, heart disease is still the number one cause of death in the United States and this is largely driven by diet. What we eat has the power to either drive heart disease or completely reverse it. 

Because this is such a pervasive problem and it is mostly preventable, it is important to know how to eat to protect yourself from this far too common disease. 

In this episode, I am going to discuss MY top seven foods for heart health. You definitely don't want to miss this episode. 

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Ever look at those people who consistently place a high priority on their health and fitness and think "they must be really disciplined?" In this episode I want to address this myth that some people are just ultra disciplined with their health and fitness routine and I want to dig deeper about what it really takes to consistently stick to your health and fitness routine. 

The truth is what appears to be disciplines from the outside is really just a set of systems that have allowed this person to maintain this type of lifestyle without thinking. They have developed habits and routines, created an environment around them that is conducive towards health choices, adopted a social circle that does not sabotage their goals, and made commitments around their health and fitness that keep them on track. 

Today on Your Nutrition Prescription I delve deeper into these topics and talk about why I feel that people give way too much credit to discipline and not enough to the systems that enable us to stick to healthier habits without thought. 

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Over 80% of all sugar in the blood is used by the muscles. So, one of  they keys in exercising to improve blood sugar control is not doing exercise that is too catabolic, aka that causes the muscle to break down. 

For this reason, long bouts of aerobic exercise are not the ideal exercise strategy for this population (or anyone really). In this episode I am going to discuss what I believe to be the optimal combination of exercises that will help to preserve and build muscle mass, while simultaneously improving the muscles ability to use both at and sugar for fuel more effectively.

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Type 2 Diabetes is Reversible. It is that simple. Many healthcare practitioners have been taught that you cannot reverse the disease, it will simply get put into remission, don't believe it. I have seen in my own experience and through the results of several clinical trials that a person who is classified as type 2 diabetic can fix their metabolism and have a completely healthy blood sugar profile in as little as 4 weeks with a strategic nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle approach. 

People often say that nutrition is 80% and exercise is 20%. Nutrition is always most important, but that true contribution will depend on your goals. With type 2 diabetes, I think that number is closer to 60% nutrition and 40% exercise, because exercise is a very useful treatment for jump starting metabolism and getting the body back working properly. 

Poor mitochondrial function is the hallmark characteristic of type 2 diabetes at the cellular level. Improving the function of the mitochondria relies on restricting carbohydrates so that insulin levels will drop and the body will be forced to metabolize fat for fuel. For someone who is not on medication the best approach is probably a ketogenic type of diet.

However, many type 2 diabetics are on hypoglycemic medication and this type of diet can lead to extremely low energy and could actually put them at risk for a hypoglycemic event, which we definitely want to avoid. 

Tune into the episode to hear my full recommendations about how to approach your nutrition if you goal is to improve your metabolism and reverse type 2 diabetes. This information holds true for those who are diagnosed with diabetes along with those who are on the spectrum towards the development of type 2 diabetes that we discussed in the previous episode. 

 

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Type 2 diabetes is a debilitating disease that affects millions. However, it doesn’t happen overnight. There is a slow and gradual process that occurs as someone goes from being completely healthy, to pre-diabetic, to full blown diabetic. The problem is that most people are not even aware that they are pre-diabetic and that they have underlying metabolic dysfunction.

In this episode, I detail the progression from a healthy individual to type 2 diabetic. I talk about how the muscles and liver begin to lose responsiveness to the signal that insulin is giving when it attaches to the cells and how that eventually leads to the destruction of the pancreas, which eventually leads to complete metabolic dysregulation, insulin dependency and the downstream consequences of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. I am positive that you or someone you know is somewhere far along in this process. Please tune in and take in this information and share it with others who it might also be able to benefit.

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Type 2 Diabetes affects 29 million Americans in the United States, approximately 10% of the population. Individuals with type 2 diabetes account for over 300 billion dollars in healthcare spending each year.

However, there is a much bigger problem that is destroying the health of over 80 million Americans and 90% of people who are dealing with this condition don’t even know they have it: pre-diabetes. 

Today we are going to talk about the health effects of prediabetes and why I believe this is the biggest problem facing the health of our nation. 

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What you are eating can be the absolute key to squashing inflammation and overcoming the pain, fatigue, and brain fog. However, sometimes our bodies need some extra help to provide some immediate relief and get back to a functional state. In this episode, I talk about some of the best supplements that are clinically proven to reduce pain and inflammation.

Three of the supplements that we will be talking about are more common so you have probably heard of them before. Another one is less common and I am almost positive that you have not heard of the specific form that I recommend. I didn’t actually plan to talk about the 5th supplement, but it worked its way into the episode and I just went with it. If you are dealing with inflammation and pain and are looking for something to provide you some immediate relief, you definitely don’t want to miss this episode.

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When it comes to reducing inflammation in the body, the first place that you have to look is your diet. We have to remove inflammation causing foods, and replace them with foods that help to calm inflammation and balance out our body’s immune response.

In this episode, I am going to provide a basic outline of what that dietary patterns looks like. I talk about what foods to avoid, which ones to include, and how to structure the nutritional approach from a general perspective. This episode is filled with practical information that you can start implementing today.

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 By now, you have probably heard of the term inflammation. All of us in the natural health space are guilty of using this word far too much and often times out of context.

Many people think that inflammation is bad, however, it is actually a very necessary and positive natural healing response of the body that is absolutely necessary for fighting off infections, cancerous cells, and repairing tissue.

In this episode, I will talk about what happens when inflammation takes over the body and starts to cause damage rather than heal.

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