Refuse To Regain

Answering Your Questions

by Barbara Berkeley, MD I occasionally receive questions by email or through this blog. Recently, reader Dalon Clance submitted the following in response to the blog called "The Magic Pill": "I want to ask one thing. You state to eat a low carb diet for weight maintenance? I have also read the studies of Professor Hill from the University of Colorado and co-founder of the NWCR. He states that most of the people on the registry eat a low fat... Read more →

Do I HAVE to Give Up Carbs????????????

by Barbara Berkeley, MD The short answer: it depends. Do you want to lose the extra weight that is bothering you? Do you want to get rid of, or greatly reduce, the medicines you take for blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol? Do you want to finally keep the weight off without having to deal with soul-crushing bouts of regain? If so, an understanding of how your body reacts to carbohydrate is essential. Let's begin here: Weight warriors, I love you.... Read more →

1 IN 3 ADULTS HAVE BLOOD SUGAR DISORDER. Who cares? Very few.

by Barbara Berkeley, MD Diabetes is decimating us. This week, the CDC reports a sharp escalation in blood sugar problems, a rising tide of deadly disease. This should come as no suprise as this medical equivalent of global warming has been predicted for some years. What continues to be a surprise is the utter lack of concern about what is happening to us and to our children. Are we really so busy shopping, texting and watching America's Got Talent? Let's... Read more →

Meatless Fruitless Mondays

by Barbara Berkeley, MD Cue the gorilla in the room. Can you please start roaring and waving your arms? What's that you say? Despite a killing rampage, still no one notices you? Attention America. You are dying of diabesity. You are living in a country where 46% of the adult population has some form of impaired sugar metabolism--either pre-diabetes or diabetes itself. Let me shout this. FORTY SIX PERCENT!!!! Adult diabetes is a disease that develops most commonly when people... Read more →

Take Care of Your Beta Cells and Perhaps Live Longer

By Barbara Berkeley The body is an incredibly complex mechanism. Just when we think we understand how one part works, another layer of signaling, hormones and pathways reveals itself. Like a child playing with a Matruschka doll, we open up one of the bodys’ mysteries only to find another one within. I say this because I am about to talk about insulin and I want everyone reading this to know that I fully realize that there are many other underlying... Read more →