I am a physician, a family medicine specialist with a focus on total health, diversity, and Washington, DC.
In 2007, I decided to relocate to our nation’s capital, from Seattle, Washington, to further my interests while continuing to live in the future. I believe in open leadership, sharing, and freedom from conflict of interest.
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These wonderful morsels of real food were handcrafted in the Thrive Kitchen at Kaiser Permanente Mission Bay in San Francisco (itself a LEED Platinum building) under the guidance of Chef Linda Shiue, MD (@SpiceBoxTravels).
Linda brought us her culinary skills, her medical acumen, and her creativity and enjoyment of the beauty of food as we made these, in lower carbohydrate and higher carbohydrate (with rice paper and whole grain rice) versions.
If you would have told me in medical school, “One day you are going to meet people who have reversed their diabetes,” I wouldn’t have believed you. If you would have added, “Many of their doctors won’t believe or support them,” that part I might have believed.
As discussed in @DrAseemMalhotra’s testimony to the UK Parliament last week: In June, 2018, the Royal College of General Practitioners (@rcgp) published an e-learning course “Type 2 diabetes and the low GI diet” with lead author Dr. David Unwin (@lowcarbGP): Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly common and progressive disease, the progression of which can …
Thank you for publishing my photograph, @ggwash, in this in depth piece, which I will not try to summarize in this post. I recall I took this photograph when I was first learning photoshop. Here’s what I created with it, how did I do (no endorsement of any candidate implied)? Two groups of DC school …
This is a cool new study, that in a rigorous way, shows that without changing macronutrient (carbohydrate, fat, protein) proportions of a diet, ie. even if keeping carbohydrate intake high, there’s still benefit from eating un-processed (“real / whole”) food.
In the last century, people were told based on faulty science, “you are what you eat.” In this century we now know “you are what you do with what you eat.” Continuous glucose monitors (#CGM) confirm the science we were taught in medical school works as advertised. Combined with a #FoodNotPharma approach, we could end …
I am doing video very sparingly (I’m more of a still photo person). There are also very few places in the United States where it’s legal to fly a drone. Rehoboth Beach, DE is one of them, and a beautiful one. Enjoy the video, and some stills below. Music credit: Drift by Scott Buckley – …
This heavily paywalled study is a more thorough analysis of something that caught my eye and was glossed over in the original publication of DIETFITS last year, which showed that weight loss was equivalent in groups of people who either ate a healthy low carbohydrate or a healthy low-fat diet. The conclusion for some was …
Thanks for publishing my photos, @DCPolicyCenter (and syndicated to @ggwash) in another excellent analysis involving data, insights, active transportation, and Washington, DC – many of my favorite things 🙂 . D.C. is still a pioneer in bikesharing, but more must be done for it to be a part of local families’ car-free transportation options. Source: …
Thanks (again) for publishing one of my photographs, @Washingtonian. This one was taken in the Ivy City Neighborhood of Washington, DC (of course) Here’s a more recent one of the same landmark, taken at the @CapitalPrideDC annual reveal event. Equality Equals Health 🙂 . Mostly, that they want to live near work. But let’s dig …
Thanks for selecting my photo, Cancer Research UK (@CR_UK), to illustrate this piece on the health effects of artificial sweeteners (hint, they are not positive, more info below). I normally wouldn’t write a post about a post showcasing a photo of sugar sweetened beverages that I’ve taken, however in this case, the photo has special …
Here’s a good quote describing the ongoing dissonance and tension between the last century and this one:
It is interesting that the ADA recommends eating starches and sugars and then the simultaneous use of acarbose to prevent their digestion.
Bernstein, Richard K.. Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars (pp. 260-261). Little, Brown and Company. Kindle Edition.
Speaking of the future, if you don’t like it, just create a new one
