Eric Westman

Eric Westman, MD, Duke University

FDA Slaps Major Restrictions onto Avandia

FDA Slaps Major Restrictions onto Avandia

The FDA has announced that it will significantly restrict Avandia to Type 2 diabetics who cannot control their diabetes on other medications. Now, why doesn’t the FDA suggest something BETTER than medications? And why does Avandia work in such a risky way?

Eric Westman, Duke MD, on Low Carb, High Fat, New Atkins Diet

Eric Westman, Duke MD, on Low Carb, High Fat, New Atkins Diet

I was trained like the average internist to prescribe pills. Now I take pills away, and heartburn pills are some of the first pills I take away when people go on a low-carb high-fat diet. Even cancer is responding in animal models to lowering the carbohydrate in the diet.

Diabetes – Too Much Medicine May Kill You

Diabetes – Too Much Medicine May Kill You

The surprise death rate has led some U.S. physicians to push an uncommon diet as a way to lower blood sugar.

Exercise & Low Carb Diets – Steve Phinney MD

Exercise & Low Carb Diets – Steve Phinney MD

How the Inuit of the Arctic Circle ran 30 miles a day on a low carb diet and how professional bicyclists can eat this way.

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Loren Cordain – Leaky Gut, Whole Grains, Potatoes & Autism

By Shelley

Loren Cordain is a professor at Colorado State University.  He’s an expert on paleolithic lifestyles.  His most recent book is the Paleo Answer.  We... »

Wheat Belly – William Davis MD

By Shelley

"Lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health." - William Davis, medical director of Trackyourplaque.com »