By Hannah Kopinski
Peer Reviewed
Diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. One would be hard pressed to find an adult primary care physician in the United States who would not list these three chronic medical conditions as the metaphorical bread and butter of his or her practice.…
By Andrew Sideris
Peer Reviewed
Reduction of dietary sodium is a well-known nonpharmacologic therapy to reduce blood pressure. The 8th Joint National Commission (JNC-8) recommends that the general population limit daily intake of sodium to less than 2.4 grams. On average, a mean reduction in systolic blood pressure of 2-8 mmHg is expected if dietary sodium intake is limited to no more than 2.4 grams per day.…
By Elissa Driggin
Peer Reviewed
At almost every single one of my medical school interviews, each interviewer, noting my college major in nutritional science, asked some variation of the question, “What should I be eating to stay healthy?” Each time, I was left unsure of whether or not this question was aimed to gauge my ability to hold a conversation in a stressful environment, articulate my thoughts in a logical manner, or fulfill some other mysterious goal of the infamous medical school interview process.…
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated September 30, 2011
By Vicky Jones, MD
A 40-year-old female presented to her primary care provider with a chief complaint of weight gain over the past year. She wants to be fully evaluated for any kind of medical disorder that could have caused it. …
By Michael Lee, MD
Peer Reviewed
The human taste bud has become increasingly accustomed to the Japanese invention of the early 20th century: monosodium glutamate, better known as MSG. Its basic component, glutamate, is a non-essential amino acid found in many naturally occurring food sources.…
By Nicole A. Lamparello, MD and Molly Somberg, MD, MPA
Peer Reviewed
You hear it wherever you eat, whether at the deli ordering a breakfast sandwich or at the diner for Sunday brunch, “Egg whites only, please.” For the last decade, there has been a strong movement toward avoiding egg yolks; instead people are opting for only the ‘healthier’ egg white when ordering or cooking their breakfast.…
Please enjoy this post from the archives, dated May 27, 2011
By Anthony Tolisano
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The sunlight forces its way into your eyes, stabbing at your cortex. Suddenly, a wave of nausea and diarrhea grips your stomach, threatening to evacuate its contents.…
By Gregory Katz, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Everyday in clinic, we tell our patients to choose foods low in saturated fat. Because these foods raise plasma cholesterol, the thinking goes, they cause heart disease. Today, every major medical organization – from the American Heart Association to the Harvard School of Public Health to the USDA [1-3] – recommends a diet low in saturated fat to prevent and treat heart disease.…
