Common Medical Issues | Dr. Chad Edwards

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 [...]

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New York City Agrees with Me

January 8, 2010 By Doc Leave a Comment

I found it VERY interesting that I had just posted my article ‘Don’t Drink Your Calories’ when I saw a TV News report that showed this video. Play it now… WOW! Hard to argue with that – I thought that video added some great emphasis on what I was trying to say! That video is [...]

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Don’t Drink Your Calories

January 8, 2010 By Doc 1 Comment

Cutting out calories in liquid form can result in a big change in your weight over time.

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Oxidative Damage Explained

January 3, 2010 By Doc 3 Comments

If you looked at the ETS then you know that oxygen is essential for adequate energy production. It accepts the electrons generated in glycolysis and Kreb’s. However, oxygen can also be detrimental. Free radicals are produced from exposure to one of several factors. Inflammation, radiation (i.e. x-rays), aging, high pO2, smog (such as ozone or [...]

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Portion Control is Key!!!

December 25, 2009 By Doc 3 Comments

As stated previously, controlling intake is an essential component to weight control. You must know how much you are taking in. Otherwise, you will never know what adjustments need to be made. The scientific method requires the manipulation of only one variable and evaluating the results. The fact is, many people are inadvertently manipulating multiple variables [...]

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Get started by counting calories

December 25, 2009 By Doc 2 Comments

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “but I’ve done everything and nothing works. I’ve been exercising and cut my calories to 1000 per day. It just isn’t working.” There is something missing here. It is simple physics. Over time, if you eat more than you burn you will gain weight. The converse [...]

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Are you ready?

December 25, 2009 By Doc 1 Comment

If you are reading this article I assume you are interested in losing weight. You already understand the statistics. You know that obesity is one of the most expensive medical conditions in this country. It has been estimated that being overweight could take as much as 10 years off of your life expectancy. You, likely, [...]

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So you want to lose weight…

December 25, 2009 By Doc 1 Comment

America is currently undergoing a healthcare crisis! This crisis is NOT because of a lack of health care coverage for all Americans. The problem is obesity. America is fat! 6 out of 10 Americans are overweight or obese. Americans spend $4.4 billion per year on gastric bypass every year. Americans spend $147,000,000,000 (that is Billion!!!) [...]

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How To Know If You’re Getting Enough Vitamins

If you know me at all then you know that I’m a huge proponent of proper nutrition. It is one of the cornerstones of my ‘Healthy Trinity’ which is the foundation of optimizing health. The Functional Medicine approach to nutrition means that each person has an adequate & functional nutritional status. We have to have [...]

The Mismanaged Thyroid (Gland & Hormones)

I had a patient the other day, I’ll call her Sally, who was a new patient and had been recommended by a friend. She told me that she didn’t fell right. She felt as though “something was wrong” and “I don’t feel like I used to feel.” She told me she had been to several [...]

The Vertical Auto Profile (VAP) Test For Cholesterol

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death in the U.S. There are a number of factors that contribute to cardiovascular disease and cholesterol is the most often blamed contributor. I do not believe that elevated cholesterol causes heart disease but I do believe that there is probably a correlation. Since my primary goal is [...]

Gymnema Sylvestre – Diabetes Cure?

Gymnema sylvestre (GS) is an Ayurvedic herb that has been used for centuries to help control blood sugar levels. It is native to central and southern Indian tropical forests. The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) find “good scientific evidence” that GS is useful in controlling blood sugar [...]

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 [...]