Do you remember the famous Lays’ potato chip commercial: ‘I bet you can’t eat just one’? While it sounds like a harmless catchphrase on the surface, there’s some diabolical truth to this claim. Lays hired thousands of food scientists over the years to create the world’s most perfect product — a junk food so addictive
We’ve all been victims to the food pyramid’s shoddy science — and its misinformation about ‘healthy’ food has trickled down to our children as well. The effect of this is now very apparent. Childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed, and are getting worse. Nearly 20% of children, or one in five, are within the 95th percentile
Healthcare costs are out of control — but inflation isn’t the only culprit. A look at the aging American population and increased chronic disease makes it clear that deteriorating metabolic health is chipping away at our time, money, and lifespans. Today, 86% of US medical expenses are spent on chronic illness alone. This dire situation
Most Americans don’t realize how much metabolic health impacts their hearts. In fact, we’ve reached a point where feeling unwell is just a normal part of daily life, and not a warning sign of things to come. There are countless studies connecting metabolic health and heart disease. Thankfully, it’s mostly good news — many diseases
We’ve all had the experience of jogging on the treadmill for an hour only to realize we’ve burned a scant 100 calories. We only ‘earned’ a single cookie or a bag of chips after all that effort, and usually throw up our hands in defeat on the way out the door. ‘Calories in, calories out’
Medications are often viewed as the one and only way to treat chronic medical conditions. This is one of the most common medical myths I hear. Pills, tablets, and non-habitual syrups are not cures — while they have their place, for many people they are simply surface-level comforts that dull symptoms temporarily. And relying on
Americans are more metabolically unhealthy now than at any other point in history. Nearly nine in ten have at least one metabolic factor out of balance — encouraging the development of strokes, heart attacks, and life-changing diseases. Worse still, most don’t even know it. The good news is, measuring your metabolic health is extremely straightforward.
A type 2 diabetes diagnosis can feel like a death sentence. There are a host of complications to consider — including heart disease, stroke, blindness, and amputation — and dramatic lifestyle changes that affect the rest of your natural life. If your diagnosis was recent, there are likely dozens of thoughts running through your head.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US — regardless of age, gender, or demographic. Cardiovascular disease claims a life every 34 seconds. That’s 2,500+ parents, children, and siblings losing their lives every single day. I’m not saying this to scare you. You’ve already been lectured up and down about exercising more
We’ve all thought about ‘getting healthier’ at some point in our lives. But as we get lost in a sea of green smoothies and viral wellness trends, we find ourselves neglecting a critical component of wellness: metabolic health. Today, 71% of Americans say they are in excellent health. However, just 12% of the population is
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