All Articles
You may read our selection of articles written by TrueNorth Health staff below.
Articles
Fasting is the Answer, What is the Question?
This article originally appeared in Health Science Magazine.
In the world of our ancient ancestors, fasting occurred primarily by force, not by choice. Humans would fast when resources became scarce, such as when Spring came late. The ability of humans to fast was a biological necessity born from the disproportionate use of glucose by… read more
Meat Linked to Diabetes Risk
Type 2 Diabetes Associated with Increased Intake of Animal Foods
The effects of diet and lifestyle on health are notoriously difficult to ascertain. In order to begin to tease out patterns, researchers measure many variables in order to account for confounding variables (ie, factors that also correlate to the thing being studied).
To further make… read more
Psychiatrist Slows Down For Fasting
Fasting is like a reboot for your system, not just physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. Dr. Walter Jacobson echoed this sentiment in what he recently wrote about his experience fasting:
"Although it was a physically and emotionally draining experience, it made me consider a number of things that I hadn’t thought much about prior to my… read more
Vegan Diets Linked to Reduced Cataract Risk
This week, I was planning to write about recent research that found a strong, positive correlation between a diet including animal proteins and type 2 diabetes. The study "Low-carbohydrate diet scores and risk of type 2 diabetes in men" was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. As I was reading through the articles, though… read more
Understanding Diabetes
At TrueNorth Health Center we see many cases of type I and type II diabetes. Both types respond well to our diet and lifestyle recommendations, and type II diabetics often see reduction in symptoms by undergoing a medically-supervised water fast. While we recommend that everyone is medically supervised during a water fast, this is especially… read more
Vegetarian Diet May Reduce Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors associated with stroke, diabetes, coronary heart disease. One of the primary indicators of metabolic syndrome is extra weight around the waist. The indications of metabolic syndrome are any three of the following: blood presssure greater than 130/85 mmHG, fasting glucose greater than 100 mg/dL, large… read more
Study Suggests Routine Fasting May Affect Heart Health
Research by doctors and scientists at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT revealed metabolic changes during fasting that could be linked to better health. The most recent study confirmed their finding from an earlier study that was published in the October 2008 Journal of Cardiology. The original study found a correlation… read more
Water Diet Experience
Vesanto Melina, co-author of Becoming Vegan and Becoming Raw, recently visited TrueNorth Health Center. She wrote about her experience for the Canadian magazine, Common Ground. You can read about her experience here.
Time and time again, we see patients at TrueNorth recover from grave illnesses or brush up on healthy lifestyle habits. If you're… read more
Want Health? Here's A Movie You Must See
Forks Over Knives is a new feature length film that will change your mind about what you eat. The film follows Dr. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn as they expose how what we eat affects our health. The work of these two researchers has been truly groundbreaking in the field of diet and health.
Only You Can Prevent SARCOPENIA
Go ahead, say it out loud: sar-co-pee-nee-uh. The word may make you blush a bit, but it's merely the fancy medical term we use which means a loss of muscle tissue. Once you learn about age-related sarcopenia I think you'll agree that it's something you really do want to prevent, or at least minimize.
The Process of Aging
In our modern,… read more