Drug-induced nutrient depletion is a common and often overlooked side effect of many medications. It occurs when certain drugs interfere with the body’s ability to absorb, metabolize, or utilize certain nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other nutritional co-factors. …

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In the last post, “Cholesterol: Building a Foundation for Understanding“, we introduced the concept of the lipid panel and what it consists of: Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL, LDL and the Cholesterol/HDL ratio. So in this post we are going to …

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Before we get too deep into the woods of diabetes, we need to lay out some foundations. This is especially important since there is much misinformation out there about this topic – cholesterol. So if you go to your medical …

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