Omega-3s are popular as a supplement and I wanted to share my thoughts and go a bit into the evidence behind omega-3s. I wrote a review article in 2005 in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine and this is an update to that article.
Category: Nutrition
High Protein Breakfast – Heart Healthy
Bottom Line Up Front: Use No Fat Greek Yogurt and add Berries (with no added sugar) for a high protein and heart healthy breakfast that have no grains, cereals and is vegetarian friendly.
Artificial Sweeteners – Good or Bad?
Bottom Line Up Front: Artificial sweeteners - while calorically neutral and with minimal rise in insulin, for some reason - may not help with weight loss, and may even be associated with harm (increased in Type 2 Diabetes, CVD, CVD mortality and all-cause mortality. So now what? Is that one drink going to kill you?… Continue reading Artificial Sweeteners – Good or Bad?
Time Restricted Eating (Intermittent Fasting)
Time Restricted Eating is basically a defined time where you limit any caloric intake of food or drink. The different ratios are Fasting: Eating hours. Most intervals use 12-18 hours of fasting and an eating window of 8-10 hrs. This theoretically limits insulin surges and stabilizes blood glucose and overall provides a caloric restriction. 16:8 Example… Continue reading Time Restricted Eating (Intermittent Fasting)
Low Carbohydrate Diets
Ok, check it out! I published my "Low carbohydrate diet" article in StatPearl. I hope you find it useful to start. This is hopefully a well balanced article that allows people to initiate low carb and also to get a good basic evidence based review on the #lowcarb approach. Oh R, Gilani B, Uppaluri KR. Low… Continue reading Low Carbohydrate Diets
Robert Oh, MD, MPH 