A strong body of evidence supports that our digestive microbiota, the microbial colony that inhabits your digestive tract, delivers important messages that regulate your insulin resistance or insulin sensitivity. This study from… read more →

Holiday Eating can be challenging. It’s Halloween and coming up on Thanksgiving and the December load of Holidays. I have received lots of questions from clients and readers about how they… read more →

Stress and Your Metabolism: Is It Really This Easy to Fix? Things do not change; we change. —Henry David Thoreau When we describe stress in our life, we invariably talk… read more →

Your TG:HDL ratio is calculated on a fasting lipid profile. A calculator is here: Simply take the Triglyceride and divide by the HDL; the closer to one, the better. For… read more →

I have seen it in practice, athletes that become stronger after recovering and “rehabing” from an injury. I see it too in the science literature—people with torn meniscus in the knee… read more →

About one in ten clients I see in my office is not eating enough protein, and it’s causing symptoms as diverse as forgetfulness, panic attacks, osteoporosis and migraines. How do you… read more →

HOMA-IR, The Insulin Resistance Calculation: Insulin x Glucose÷405 [A HOMA-IR calculator is here – you can also Convert to S.I. units here.]   Optimal Range: 1.0 (0.5–1.4) Less than 1.0 means you are… read more →

Another dietary myth busted in The Blood Code – Dr Richard Maurer Real salt is not the culprit; processed food, once again, is the culprit. Salt is essential for every function… read more →

I want to share a slide I used in a lecture last weekend. The CDC tracks death by age group.  Y’all know that I spend my professional life trying to… read more →

Fit and Fat Beats Lazy and Lean –by Richard Maurer, ND I am especially attentive to the results of this study, both professionally and personally. In my professional life, I… read more →