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Don't Forget These 3 Markers When Looking to Lose Fat

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 12, 2018
Natural Health Care

Just a brief post to continue with recent thoughts on making dietary choices that support losing fat while improving health and longevity.

Most people who embark on the journey of losing fat cut down on carb-rich foods, often categorized as white foods like potatoes, rice, bread, pasta, and sugar. Some will also avoid fruit, believing that ingestion of natural fruit sugar (fructose) leads to large spikes in insulin release which in turn contributes to insensitivity to insulin over time, leading to accumulation of fat. Read more about Don't Forget These 3 Markers When Looking to Lose Fat

 

5 Keys to Losing Fat While Improving Health and Longevity

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Aug 17, 2018
Natural Health Care

Any diet or pattern of eating that relies on calorie restriction to a point where real hunger is an ongoing challenge isn't good for longevity.

The reason is simple - calorie restriction leads to loss of fat and muscle. Losing fat is generally good for longevity. Loss of skeletal muscle - called sarcopenia - is very bad for short and long term health. The amount of skeletal muscle mass we carry is a strong predictive marker for longevity. Read more about 5 Keys to Losing Fat While Improving Health and Longevity

 

Touch One Strand And The Entire Web Wavers

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 17, 2018
Natural Health Care

I've long felt that a fundamental flaw with conventional health care is to view and treat the body in segments. Can we really compartmentalize parts of our body and fix just one area without considering all of our other tissues? Read more about Touch One Strand And The Entire Web Wavers

 

Homocysteine: One of the Best Objective Markers of How Healthy You Are

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 06, 2017
Natural Health Care

As a general marker of overall health status, few tests carry greater predictive weight than homocysteine.

The amount of homocysteine in your blood is one of the best objective indicators of how healthy you are and how long you are going to live. Read more about Homocysteine: One of the Best Objective Markers of How Healthy You Are

 

What Most Doctors Don't Discuss About Clogged Arteries

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Aug 20, 2017
Natural Health Care

To most people, clogged arteries mean increased risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke. Often, getting diagnosed with partially occluded arteries leads to a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication or invasive procedures like an angioplasty or bypass surgery. Read more about What Most Doctors Don't Discuss About Clogged Arteries

 

The Truth About Alkalizing Your Blood

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Aug 07, 2017
Natural Health Care

Is it true that the foods and beverages you consume cause your blood to become more alkaline or acidic?

Contrary to popular hype, the answer is: not to any significant degree.

The pH of your blood is tightly regulated by a complex system of buffers that are continuously at work to maintain a range of 7.35 to 7.45, which is slightly more alkaline than pure water. Read more about The Truth About Alkalizing Your Blood

 

Is Intermittent Fasting Good for Your Health?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 04, 2017
Natural Health Care

With intermittent fasting becoming a popular approach to losing unnecessary fat, many have asked if fasting for short periods of time is good for their health. To answer this, let's take a look at what happens in your body when you begin to ingest nothing but water for a day.

After your cells use up the sugar that's in your bloodstream from your last meal or beverage, your body has to find another source of energy for your cells. The first places that it turns to are your liver and skeletal muscles. Both your liver and muscles store sugar in the form of glycogen, and when needed, glycogen can be broken down to glucose, which all of your cells can use to produce energy for their ongoing activities. Read more about Is Intermittent Fasting Good for Your Health?

 

Do Spinal Adjustments Prevent Osteoarthritis?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Mar 24, 2017
Natural Health Care

I went to a chiropractor last week to get help for low back pain that I've had on and off for about six months. He took x-rays, had me move in different directions and had me watch a video on why spinal adjustments are needed to prevent arthritis. Read more about Do Spinal Adjustments Prevent Osteoarthritis?

 

Essential Notes on Blood Sugar and Insulin

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Mar 07, 2017
Natural Health Care

You have approximately 5 liters (about 21 cups) of blood traveling around in your blood vessels and heart at any given moment. In these 5 liters of blood, you need only about one teaspoon of sugar for all of your regular activities. If you regularly have more than a teaspoon of sugar floating through your blood vessels, the excess sugar can slow down your circulation, which, over time, can cause all of the problems you would expect to have if you had thick maple syrup clogging up your blood vessels. This is essentially what happens when a person becomes diabetic. Read more about Essential Notes on Blood Sugar and Insulin

 

Appendicitis Treatment Options

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 27, 2017
Children's Health Issues
Natural Health Care

How do I know if my child has appendicitis? Few parents get through the journey of raising children without wondering this at some point.

In the late 90s, one of my early mentors, the late Dr. David Scott, showed me a whole stack of cases of diagnosed appendicitis that he had helped children and adults recover from through rest and water fasting. Given the wealth of his experience utilizing water fasting to help people overcome countless health challenges that allopathic medical care typically addresses via surgery and/or medication, I had good reason to wonder if excision was the best first line treatment for appendicitis.

Today, some within conventional medicine also question the decision to use excision as a first line treatment for appendicitis. Studies like "Antibiotics as first-line therapy for acute appendicitis: evidence for a change in clinical practice." are prompting some physicians to try a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotic therapy in mild to moderately severe cases of appendicitis where there is no clinical evidence of perforation. Read more about Appendicitis Treatment Options

 

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