Common Medical Issues | Dr. Chad Edwards

Are diet drinks really helping?

January 3, 2012 By Doc Leave a Comment

When it comes to drinking sweet tasting substances (soda, coke, coca cola, pop, tea, etc) there are no free rides! I’ve seen extremely overweight people drinking a 44 oz ‘diet coke’ and just had to chuckle. Now, I’m not saying that drinking any diet drinks make you fat but it reminds me of a comedian [...]

Filed Under: Weight Managment Tagged With: Artificial Sweeteners, Carbohydrate, Coca Cola, Coke Coca, Comedian, Consumption, Cottage Cheese, Diet Coke, Diet Drinks, Drinking Water, Free Rides, Gain Weight, Health Drinks, Neurobiology, Oz Diet, Soda, Sugar Cravings, Tea

How to Use Nasal Medications

November 27, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

Topical nasal medications are extremely effective and can help avoid many systemic side effects. Using these medications properly can help increase their effectiveness and decrease adverse effects.

Filed Under: Ear, Nose, & Throat Tagged With: Adverse Effects, Afrin, Allergic Rhinitis, Anatomy Of The Nose, Cold Flu, Decongestant, Eustachian Tube, Hay Fever, Left Nostril, Maximum Effect, Medical Conditions, Nasal Polyps, Neo Synephrine, Otc, Oxymetazoline, Post Nasal Drip, Proper Angle, Sinus Infections, Systemic Effects, Upper Airway

Cholesterol Labs Explained

November 14, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

This is a brief explanation of lab cholesterol results and how they are obtained.

Filed Under: Cardiovascular Disease Tagged With: Bad Cholesterol, Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease, Families History, Females, Friedewald Equation, Good Cholesterol, Hdl, Heart Attacks, Information On Cholesterol, Ldl, Lipids, Low Cholesterol, Low Risk, Lower Your Risk, Risk Factor, Serum, Specimen, Strokes, Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides

Weight Loss – Is It Really As Simple As A + B = C?

September 20, 2010 By Doc 1 Comment

Weight loss is dependent on numerous factors and cannot be simplified to calories consumed vs calories burned.

Filed Under: Physiology, Weight Managment Tagged With: Apples And Oranges, Body Composition, Body Fat, Bouts, Calories, Degree Celcius, Duration, Exercise Duration, Gain Weight, hormone, Human Metabolism, Intensity, Kilocalories, Kilograms, Lose Weight, Lost, Lot, Measurement, Metab, Metric System, Ml, System Measures, Type Of Food, Unit Of Energy, Unit Of Measure, Weight Calories, Weight Gain, Weight Loss

Glycolysis Step-by-Step

February 15, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

Glycolysis is a 9 step process that breaks glucose down into 2 ATP and 2 Pyruvates. This article discussed the processes step by step.

Filed Under: Carbohydrates, Increase Metabolism, Physiology Tagged With: Atp, Carbon Sugar, Cellular Energy, Control Mechanism, Diphosphate, Energy Currency, Enzyme Hexokinase, Fructose, Glucokinase, Glucose Levels, Glucose Molecule, High Energy Phosphates, Inhibition, Pfk, Phosphate, Phosphofructokinase, Phosphorylation, Step 2, Step 3, Sugar Step

How the Body Gets Energy Through Glycolysis

February 14, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

Glucose is essential for cellular energy. Here, we discuss how it is utilized for energy.

Filed Under: Carbohydrates, Increase Metabolism Tagged With: acetyl CoA, Aerobic Exercise, Anaerobic Exercise, anaerobic metabolism, Analogy, Atp, citric acid cycle, Cytoplasm, Dump Truck, Electron Acceptor, Electrons, Energy Currency, Energy Demands, Energy Supply, Fates, Front Yard, glucose energy, Glucose Metabolism, Glut 4, Glycolysis, immediate energy, Insulin, Kreb Cycle, Kreb S Cycle, kreb's cycle, Lactate, lactate production, lactic acid production, lactic acidosis, Mitochondria, Myocyte, NADH production, oxygen debt, Pyruvate, TCA cycle

Cardiovascular Disease & Oxidative Stress – How Plaques Form

February 2, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

Oxidative stress & damage is one of the steps in the formation of plaques that lead to cardiovascular disease. Antioxidants can help decrease this risk.

Filed Under: Cardiovascular Disease Tagged With: AMI, antioxidant supplements, antioxidants, Arteries, atherogenesis, Atherosclerosis, Bad Cholesterol, beta caroten, cardiovascular disease, carotenoids, Cell Walls, Cholesterol, CVA, CVD, Diet Exercise, foam cells, Free Radicals, Hdl, heart attack, Heart Attacks, Hydrogen Peroxide, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, Inflammation, ischemic stroke, Ischemic Strokes, Ld, Low Density Lipoprotein, Low Hdl, Lower Your Risk, Macrophages, Mechanisms, MI, oxidative damage, oxidative stress, Oxidized Ldl, oxLDL, Plaque, Plaque Formation, Plaques, Risk Factor, Scratching The Surface, Several Ways, stroke, Superoxides, Tissue Death, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, whole food

Adenosine TriPhosphate (ATP) is the Energy Currency for the Cell

February 2, 2010 By Doc 1 Comment

ATP is the energy currency of the cell and is produced through metabolism of Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats.

Filed Under: Increase Metabolism, Nutrition Tagged With: ATP production, Beta Oxidation, carbohydrate catabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, Carbon Molecules, Cellular Metabolism, citric acid cycle, Degree Celsius, Electron Transport System, Energy Currency, energy currency of the cell, Energy Heat, Energy Production, Energy Source, Ets, Fadh, fat metabolism, Fatty Acid Metabolism, Fatty Acids, Glycolysis, Intermediate Products, Kilocalories, Kreb Cycle, Kreb S Cycle, kreb's cycle, Lactate, Minor Exceptions, Mitochondria, oxygen metabolism, protein deamination, Protein Metabolism, Pyruvate, TCA cycle, triglyceride metabolism

Insulin: Friend or Foe?

January 31, 2010 By Doc 2 Comments

Insulin has a number of essential functions. However, an excess of this vital hormone can be extremely detrimental.

Filed Under: Carbohydrates, Diets Tagged With: Adipose Cells, Blood Sugar, Carnitine, Cell Surface, Cellular Metabolism, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Diabetics, Fatty Acids, Friend Or Foe, Glucagon, Glucose Production, Glucose Transporters, Glucose Uptake, Glut 4, Insulin, Ketones, Metabolism Of Fats, Mitochondria, Primary Source, Source Of Energy, Triglycerides

Exactly What is the Paleo Diet?

January 26, 2010 By Doc 2 Comments

You may have been wanting to improve your health and fitness or lose weight and stumbled across the “paleo diet.” So what, exactly, is the paleo diet? Good question and I hope I can give you a good introductory overview in a few hundred words. Let me start by saying that the scientific evidence supporting [...]

Filed Under: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Intake Control, Nutrition Tagged With: Acid Base Balance, Arguement, Bread Wheat, Caloric Intake, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Corain, crohn's disease, diabetes, Diet Info, Dietary Recommendations, Dramatic Departure, Eiro Research, EiroFit, eirofit weightloss, Excretion, Fad Diet, Gimmick, Good Question, Green Beans, health & wellness, Health And Fitness, healthy weightloss, Heart Disease, hyperlipidemia, Introductory Overview, Irritants, Lean Meats, Lentils, natural weightloss, Oats, Obesity, Paleo Diet, Quality Foods, stroke, Weight Loss, weightloss, weightloss program

Fish Oil Is A Great Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

I have discussed this topic multiple times in the past and believe that there are significant benefits to supplementing with Omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3′s & Fish Oil are some of the most common supplements that I see patients using. The problem is that they aren’t getting the right stuff. There are 2 fatty acids that [...]

Tensegrity Tip – 2 Ways To Increase Vitamin D

Dr. Chad Edwards recommends ensuring adequate Vitamin D levels. Most patients will need some supplementation in order to ensure these appropriate levels. Here are 2 ways to supplement…

Tensegrity Tip – Gut Health & The Paleo Diet

Dr. Chad Edwards is one of the few doctors in Tulsa, Oklahoma practicing Functional Medicine. Functional medicine seeks to identify the source or root cause of the problem and focus efforts on treating that issue. When that issue is fixed then the subsequent problems will take care of themselves. The Tensegrity Tip for today is [...]

Tulsa Prolotherapy – Is It Right For You And How Do You Know?

Prolotherapy is, without question, one of the greatest procedures I have ever seen or experienced. Before I moved to Tulsa, I started looking for prolotherapy physicians in the Tulsa area. Now, I know a lot of drug reps and physicians in Tulsa. I found 1 pretty quick but it took months to find the second. [...]

Are diet drinks really helping?

How to Use Nasal Medications

Cholesterol Labs Explained

Weight Loss – Is It Really As Simple As A + B = C?

Glycolysis Step-by-Step

How the Body Gets Energy Through Glycolysis

Cardiovascular Disease & Oxidative Stress – How Plaques Form

Adenosine TriPhosphate (ATP) is the Energy Currency for the Cell

Insulin: Friend or Foe?

Exactly What is the Paleo Diet?

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Fish Oil Is A Great Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Tensegrity Tip – 2 Ways To Increase Vitamin D

Tensegrity Tip – Gut Health & The Paleo Diet

Tulsa Prolotherapy – Is It Right For You And How Do You Know?

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