Apr 15, 2021
FATTY LIVER, WHAT CAN WE DO? DRINK SOME CUBAN COFFEE..
One of the simple pleasures in life is to sip a cup of Cuban Coffee. I walk to the nearest cafe, and order a Cortadito which is a Cuban style…
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Medical Themes: <span>Metabolic Health</span>
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Apr 15, 2021
EXCESSIVE EXERCISE IN THE ABSENCE OF NUTRITION ( NOT PROCESSED FOOD LIKE SUBSTANCES) MAY ACTUALLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH
When asked to accompany an European-Australian to go for a run around a football field, an Australian aboriginal person accepted the invitation and ran with him around the ground. When…
Mar 15, 2021
NOW, FOR INDIVIDUAL NUTRITION, BASED ON SCIENCE . MICROBIOME. NUTRIGENOMICS. AND LEARN FROM THE ISRAELIS
I have had the privilege of working with Indigenous peoples, in many countries around the world, and had become absorbed in to studying how to make their metabolism recover from…
Mar 15, 2021
WHEN TIMES ARE UNCERTAIN, ADAPT AND RESPOND
If you work more than 40 hours a week, you are either an economic slave or an inefficient worker who needs psychologic care .. We talk about efficiency but never…
Mar 15, 2021
IKIGAI THE JAPANESE CONCEPT IN THE MODERN WORLD
When I began my journeys in the Americas, I was impressed with the wealth of literature available. At that time, I did not speak Spanish or Portugues, thus my world…
Mar 15, 2021
DOES BLOOD SUGAR GO UP AFTER EACH MEAL ? NOT NECESSARILY, DEPENDS UPON THE QUALITY OF FOOD AND PERHAPS THE MICROBIOME
While we were reading Medicine at the University, we are taught about the glucose excursions after a meal, in such a fashion. A powerpoint goes up and the teacher explains:…
Feb 15, 2021
TO FAST OR NOT TO FAST.. A GOURMETS DILEMMA
September 28, 2020 Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 28, 2020.…
Dec 15, 2020
NURSES VISITING PATIENTS AT HOME AND RELAYING INFORMATION TO THE CLINIC: A VITAL PART OF HEALTH CARE AND ANTHROPOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE
This is a presentation I gave to a group of Visiting Nurses/Home Health Nurses. I will write commentaries on each of the slides and hope that many nurses get to…
Dec 15, 2020
ANOTHER KUDOS FOR MO PO TSYO THE PEER TO PEER EDUCATOR PROGRAMME IN CAMBODIA RUN BY MY FRIEND MAURITS
I am very proud of my friend Maurits van Pelt and the NGO he heads in Cambodia, MoPoTsyo in which Peer Educators take care of poor people, usually from the…
Dec 15, 2020
THE PUZZLE OF VITAMIN D
THE PUZZLE OF VITAMIN D It was very exciting to study about Vitamin D metabolism while we were medical students. Called Sunshine Vitamin it was manufactured in the skin from…
Nov 15, 2020
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CAMBODIA AND TELL PEOPLE NOT TO EAT RICE… WITHOUT CONTEXT WORDS HAVE NO MEANING (MERLEAU-PONTY)
NUTRITIONAL EXPERTS AND LACK OF CONTEXT I am an Endocrinologist, educated in London, Melbourne and Miami and that doe not mean I would be very successful in Siem Reap, Cambodia…
Oct 15, 2020
DURING THESE TIMES, WHAT WE LOSE WHEN WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE
I am curious about printed matter, but it is not often that I read ELLE or COSMOPOLITAN.. In the living room at my sisters house I saw this magazine and…