Weekly and often daily, I have a patient quoting me their stats from a wearable device like a fitness ring or health band. Often people focus on their sleep and sleep quality but a very interesting parameter often provided with these devices is heart rate variability or HRV. While you [...]
Do you have this silent risk factor for cardiovascular health? Your blood pressure sneaking up increases your risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke and you will not have any symptoms until it is markedly elevated! I see patients all the time that are trying to convince me their blood pressure [...]
Our bodies are truly a marvelous creation. I have always said the more I learn the less I know as new developments and discoveries about our bodies capabilities seem to be infinite! You have most likely already heard about our lymphatic system. This system transports and removes toxins, helps distribute [...]
I was sipping on a nice, fizzy La Croix the other day and wondered if this fizzy drink has the same risks of bone loss as some other fizzy drinks. So, you know me, I started going down the rabbit hole of drinks/foods to avoid regarding bone loss. As we [...]
Dr Google is becoming more and more popular which is good and bad. It’s good that you are involved in your care and searching for answers but it can be bad when there is only partial information given or things really don’t apply to you (even though you think they [...]
Lp(a) – a hidden reason behind so many heart attacks and cardiovascular events. I have been measuring Lp(a) and targeting cholesterol for decades. A recent study released last week is going to throw some confusing light on this topic and before tiktok and Instagram skew your opinion I want you [...]
Feeling stressed and frayed with your current schedule? I get it! It is so easy to feel squeezed to fit everything in. Maybe you have kids back in school, perhaps work has added something on or you are just trying to squeeze everything in your schedule. Regardless, you are trying [...]
Last week one of my patients declared they were going to lower their high cholesterol by avoiding seed oils. While I am generally super excited when people start paying attention to their diet, my challenge to them was looking at the bigger picture of what the actual food the seed [...]
I know. It’s hot and it has remained hot. It’s hard to think about much of anything when the heat index is so high. Well, except for one thing… Ice cream! As I was walking down the street to Route 66 Gelato (yes, dangerous it’s so close), I was wondering [...]
There is a new kid on the block in Oklahoma City. When OK Theta Chamber reached out to me to test this, I had no idea what I was walking into! After what I will admit was the oddest treatment, I did a deep dive into the research and was [...]
