Beating a Silent Killer
Did you know that kidney disease kills more Americans annually than breast cancer or prostate cancer? Yet, while virtually everyone is aware of breast and prostate cancer, few people think about kidney disease. That’s one reason why it’s called “a silent killer.”...
New Model for Obesity
When I was promoting a childhood obesity initiative 15 years ago, our organization, the non-profit called the Diabetes Resource Center of Santa Barbara County, became the first affiliate of the national organization called America on the Move. The founders were...
Eastside Diabetes Initiative
The Franklin School wellness program has been funded again! Santa Barbara, CA, June 11, 2018: The Eastside Diabetes Initiative is a program dedicated to providing comprehensive awareness about the risks of childhood obesity, type two diabetes, and kidney disease...
Immune response to stress and kidney health
Dr. Fisher’s chapter titled My Odyssey of Stress and How I Ended It describe his observations on how stress impacted him. Dr. Harris’ Ted Talk has over a million views and provides research that supports this concept. CDC research correlates stressful events with...
Franklin School Childhood Wellness Initiative
Updated information Before I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, I started an obesity prevention non-profit at Franklin School in Santa Barbara. Franklin has 99% Latino students many of whom are already over weight or obese on entry into kindergarten. As part of...
Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial
Layman's summary: A panel of British physicians published encouraging results regarding reversing diabetes Publication date: February 2018 Published in: The Lancett Lead author: Michael Lean et al University of Glasgow School of Medicine Abstract: The study was done...
Kidney disease and GI flora
Layman's summary: A function of normal kidneys is to maintain a synergistic balance of the myriad species of bacteria that reside in our gastrointestinal tract. When the balance of the trillions of bacteria is optimal, our immune system is strengthened, our mood is...
High Amylose Resistant Starch Diet Ameliorates Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
Layman's summary: Maintaining a high resistant starch diet potentially could slow kidney disease by maintaining proper bacterial balance in the intestinal tract. Publication date: December 2014 Published in: PLOS One Lead author: Nosratola D. Vaziri-...