Intelligent Nutrition

Exploring nutrition therapy for medical conditions and for optimization of individual biochemistry and metabolism.

by Leyla Muedin

Moody or Sad? Check Your Plate

If you're suffering from depression, anxiety, unexplained sadness, irritability and other false moods that interfere with your capacity to enjoy life, believe it or not, there is a powerful nutritional connection.

Emotional eating is a vicious cycle of cravings, short-term relief after indulging--or an all out binge, followed by a mood crash, and back to cravings again. Read More

Paleolithic Nutrition Q&A

Q: I'm very interested in the Paleolithic diet, but what about getting enough calcium? And what about getting too much cholesterol?

A: Dairy is not a great source of calcium because it competes with phosphorus for absorption. Some of the best calcium sources are: Read More

Detoxification the Right Way

We are in a constant state of detoxification thanks to our heroic livers. However, if liver function isn't up to par due to poor diet and unhealthy lifestyles, detox is less efficient, leaving us full of toxins and wreaking havoc on our immune systems.

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Has your morning cup of coffee become an all-day appendage? Are you ‘wired but tired'?

Maybe you're suffering with aches and pains for quite some time---long after your bout with the flu. Or you're having a hard time concentrating on anything for longer than....what was it you were doing? Read More

Healing Your GI Tract

Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are on the rise in United States as well as in other developed nations. What we know is that two of the most profound influences on gut integrity are poor diet, and the increased use of antibiotics. Read More

Dairy, Acne and Autoimmune

Q: Several of my family members have had bouts with adult acne and each has pinpointed yogurt as the culprit of producing large cyst-like blemishes on the face. This pertains to my two older sisters (57 & 60 years old) and my 23 year old daughter who was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Read More

GI Disorders

Many are plagued by gastro-intestinal disorders from acid reflux, peptic ulcer disease, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. The good news is that nutrition interventions are powerfully therapeutic and non-harmful.

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Healing and the Intrinsic Value of Time

When healing takes longer than expected, staying on a therapeutic diet can feel more like punishment than the medical nutrition therapy intended.

Ditching efforts to remain compliant before real healing has taken place can cause the healing process to regress. Many experience this after abandoning a prescribed program only to suffer a raging return of symptoms. Read More

How Should We Eat?

Science reveals that we are genetically hardwired to eat the way our Stone Age ancestors did over a million years ago. That a diet rich in animal protein, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds is healthiest and can prevent and reverse our modern chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases and cancer. Read More

Holiday Lenience

Sometimes the best way to stick to a diet plan is to break the rules. Yes, that's just what I said. The holidays are a perfect time to help you stick to your diet. You just have to follow this one rule: For that particular holiday meal or event, you will eat whatever you want. The very next day, you go right back on your program as if nothing happened. Read More

Osteoporosis Facts

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), osteoporosis is a major public health threat for 44 million Americans, 68 percent of whom are women. These statistics place osteoporosis in the category of public health emergency. Read More

Health Care Reform: Let's Start at Home

While President Obama is working hard on his pledge to make healthcare more affordable for all, we can do our part at home by keeping ourselves well to ensure good health throughout our lives.

Here's how: Read More

Want to Break an Old Habit? Create a New One

Experts say we don't actually do away with a habit. We simply replace it with a new one, a new behavior. Read More

Immunity and the Swine Flu

You've been hearing the incessant media drumbeat over the upcoming swine flu epidemic and the efforts being put forth by government and public health agencies to thwart its potentially catastrophic effects via preventive means such as hand washing and vaccinations. Read More

Why is organic beef not as good as grass-fed beef? What is your stand on saturated fats?

First, let's distinguish between organic meat and grass-fed meat. Organic means the animal was not given hormones, antibiotics or man-made pesticides in its feed. The feed, however, is not necessarily grass but corn and soy. Grass-fed meat is different in that the animal was pasture-raised. Not fed corn or soy. Note that grass-fed often is organic, but organic is not necessarily grass-fed. Read More

Down with sugar? Yes, except for “Smart Choices”

Wow! The American Heart Association is finally catching on. They've come to realize sugar intake is implicated in numerous health conditions including obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke (and, by the way, cancer). Read More

The Metabolic Syndrome

Our major chronic diseases, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer all have one thing in common: Insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is a hallmark of the metabolic syndrome, also known as insulin resistance syndrome or Syndrome X. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an estimated 76 million Americans are walking around with this condition-many of them unwittingly. Read More

Summer Breeze....

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Aligning Priorities With Goals

Our days are too busy when we find ourselves on autopilot more often than not and become oblivious to symptoms like a new ache or pain, fatigue, or just a general lack of radiance. Read More