Practical Applications of Fish Oil (Omega-3) Fatty Acids in Primary Care – an Update

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.

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?ContinueContinue 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 ExampleContinueContinue 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. LowContinueContinue reading “Low Carbohydrate Diets”