Type 1 vs Type 2: Different Diseases, Same Problem

Diabetes—both Type 1 and Type 2—reflects one fundamental problem: your body can't regulate blood glucose properly. The mechanisms differ, but the outcome is the same: chronically elevated blood sugar damages blood vessels, nerves, kidneys, eyes, and cardiovascular tissue.

Type 1 Diabetes (Insulin-Dependent) typically develops when an environmental trigger (viral infection, gut permeability, dietary protein mimicry) combines with genetic predisposition to create an autoimmune attack on pancreatic beta cells. These cells, located in the islets of Langerhans, produce insulin. When they're destroyed, insulin production stops. Type 1 diabetics require exogenous insulin for survival.

Type 2 Diabetes (Non-Insulin Dependent) is metabolic dysfunction, not autoimmune disease. Your pancreas produces insulin—often too much—but your cells have become insulin resistant. They're saturated with glucose and refuse to accept more. The pancreas respon...

Balsamic Chicken Thighs and Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

This was a great meal! It was really fast, simply started the marinade before I went to the office and threw it on the grill when I got home.  I did this with both boneless, skinless and bone in, skin on chicken thighs.  I have to admit the boneless picked up the marinade better and had a better flavor. This will make a great appetizer at any party or get together.  The hardest part of this meal was wrapping the asparagus with the prosciutto. Hope you enjoy!

Balsamic Chicken Thighs

• 2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs

1. Combine balsamic vinegar, oil, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
2. Brush half of mixture evenly over chicken thighs (reserve remaining balsamic mixture). 
3. Let stand 30 minutes. 
4. Heat a large grill pan over high heat. 
5. Cook chicken in batches, 6 minutes per side or until done. 
6. Brush occasionally with reserved bals
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I get asked all the time, "...how is it those little pills that you give, that taste sweet, can make a person feel so much better that quickly and take away so much pain?" Well, those little pills are homeopathic remedies!

They can unlock amazing results in the human body, restore balance to the human condition, and help your body heal gently, rapidly and permanently. Homeopathy was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843).

He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specific way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases. In a healthy person when a large dose of a substance is administered, whether it be chemical, plant, mineral, or animal, produces a set of symptoms you may then dilute the material down and treat those same symptoms in a sick person.

In the 1700's cinchona bark was used to treat malaria. Dr. Hahnemann was healthy at the time and decided to eat...

THE MAN IN THE ARENA

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

This is an excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 speech, "A Citizen of the Republic." This is just one section of the 35-page speech that he gave at the University of Paris. I was first exposed to th...

Balsamic Chicken Drumsticks & Butternut Squash Slaw

This is one of the best marinades I've ever used!  The combination of the balsamic, honey and coconut oil surprisingly marries well. Balsamic Chicken Drumsticks 3 tablespoons coconut oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1⁄4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
2 lb chicken drumsticks
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon olive oil Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine oil, garlic, vinegar and honey in a large bowl. Add chicken, toss well to coat. Place chicken on a rack of a roasting pan rubbed with olive oil. Bake 35 minutes. Bring remaining oil mixture to a boil in a small saucepan; boil 1 minute. Serve reduced sauce with drumsticks. Butternut Squash Slaw 1 large butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
1⁄2 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper Place chunks of squash in food processor fitted with shredder disc and shre...

Your thyroid controls metabolism, energy production, body temperature, and hormone regulation. When it's not working properly, everything else suffers.

Most thyroid patients are told their only options are medication or surgery. That's not true.

Here's what you need to understand about thyroid dysfunction, why it happens, and what you can actually do about it.

How The Thyroid Works

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck that produces two main hormones: T4 (thyroxine) and T3 (triiodothyronine).

T4 is the storage form. T3 is the active form that actually does the work in your cells.

Your body converts T4 to T3 primarily in the liver. This conversion is critical. You can have plenty of T4 and still be functionally hypothyroid if you're not converting it to T3 properly.

What blocks conversion? Stress, inflammation, nutrient deficiencies (selenium, zinc), liver dysfunction, and chronic cortisol elevation.

Your adrenal glands and thyroid work together. When your adrenal...

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the gras...

Cilantro Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Slow Roasted Tomatoes

If you love cilantro you will love this!  I know I say this every week but it really was one of the easier recipes that we've done.  With our busy schedules I put the pork and cilantro in a Ziploc bag in the morning, and threw it in the oven when I walked in the door.   Dinner was on the table 30 min later.

Cilantro Pork Tenderloin

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 lb pork tenderloin, trimmed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

1. Combine oil, cilantro, garlic and pork in a ziploc bag.  Seal bag and refrigerate overnight. 
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 
3. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper on a baking sheet. 
4. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until thermometer reads 145 degrees.
5. Cover with foil and let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

Slow Roasted Tomatoes

• 15 plum tomatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced

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The yearly push for everyone to get the flu vaccine is on! I've had so many people tell me about receiving emails from their medical doctors announcing the availability of the flu vaccine. All the signage at grocery stores and Walgreen's remind us that it's here - as though the flu shot will be the one thing that keeps you healthy this winter.

I can't tell you to or not to take any form of prescription medication, including the flu vaccine, I would suggest you consult with your physician that prescribes them (that's my friendly disclaimer).

Let's dive into why the flu vaccine has become the "mandatory" trip to your local drug distribution establishment every year. The flu in the past could be a severe illness, in fact, the 1918-1919 flu may have caused more deaths than the plague did during the entire middle ages.

While that pandemic flu was a very aggressive strain of the flu, we probably should look at what was going on in the world at that time. There was a World War going on, a ...

"A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession." - Hippocrates    

It is a sad statement of modern society when many of man's "most valuable" possessions are his house or car, which can be taken away in an instant! 

If a man has his health he can rebuild his house or buy a new car.  It's also sad that we usually provide the normal regular maintenance to our cars, (that we will usually sell or junk within 5 years), but we fail to maintain the bodies we will keep for 70, 80 or even 100 years!

Hippocrates was a Greek physician and philosopher and has the honor of being called the Father of Medicine.  Honestly, it is with good reason that the medical profession must take a Hippocratic oath, I just wish they read it once in a while! 

Hippocrates was an amazing man, surviving 20 years of being jailed!  He was the first person to say that diseases were of environmental factors such as diet and how the person lived, not curses from the gods.

Hippocrates has tru...