How would you answer this question:

Which one of the following three essential macronutrients is most important: carbohydrate, fat or protein?

Due to the popularity of various low-carbohydrate,...

by Valerie Cacho MD
Certified Sleep Medicine Physician

Sleep is essential for health, wellness, and longevity. Simply put, sleep occurs when our brain waves slow down, our muscles relax, and...

Healthy, vibrant living is always dependent on a well-functioning immune system. That’s because the immune system is our body’s defense system, protecting us from harmful, foreign...

Your doctor just told you your cholesterol is too high and she wants you to lower it. She is especially concerned about your LDL cholesterol. 

OK, but what is cholesterol? What is LDL and why...

The continuing popularity of low-carb diets over the years has resulted in many people greatly restricting carb foods. Yet studies looking at the healthiest, longest-living people in the world show...

Our parent organization, Ardmore Institute of Health (AIH), works for a future where healthy lifestyles will be the preferred method to prevent, treat and reverse chronic diseases such as diabetes...

The best way to enjoy life isn’t just to live it - it’s to thrive at it. For someone recently diagnosed with diabetes, or pre-diabetes, it can feel like a blow impossible to recover...

When you are enjoying 75% Full Plate Meals on a consistent daily basis, you’ll be eating a whole foods, high-fiber diet which has numerous health benefits. To maximize those benefits,...

Contrary to common belief, health is more than just the absence of sickness or disease; it’s a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, which includes living a life of...