Functional & Nutritional Medicine

You would never know it by watching the TV commercials for the cholesterol drugs but medical reports overwhelmingly recommend lifestyle and dietary changes before the drugs are prescribed. Here is a sample of a few of those articles:
American Journal of Cardiology in 2004, “National guidelines have promulgated therapeutic lifestyle changes as a standard of [...]

Exactly How to lower Cholesterol without Medication?
According to a report by NDC Health which tracks health care trends, statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor, although highly promoted on TV, have been stopped after four months by two thirds of people for whom they were prescribed. So why are people stopping their statin drugs? Sometimes it’s [...]

The Metabolic Syndrome
The medical journal Diabetes Care in 2004 stated, “Individuals in the upper normal-weight and slightly overweight BMI range (i.e. BMI of 24-27) have a relatively high prevalence and are at increased risk of having the metabolic syndrome. Therefore, screening in individuals with normal or slightly elevated BMI is important in the prevention of [...]

The natural treatment for type II diabetes
A commonly prescribed drug for type II diabetes is metformin. It is the first-line drug of choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, in particular, in overweight and obese people and those with normal kidney function Its use in gestational diabetes has been limited by safety concerns. It [...]

Lifestyle Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome
The Metabolic Syndrome consists of having any 3 out of these 5 criteria:

elevated blood sugar greater than 100 mg/dl),
blood pressure >130/85),
triglycerides >150 mg/dl),
waist circumference over 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women measured at the level of the belly button
low LDL below 40 mg/dl for men [...]