Hi ,How are you doing today?I'm sure you've heard a lot about how we are moving towards personalized medicine. Using chronotherapy is one such strategy that's showing remarkable promise.I wanted to share findings from a research paper on the timing o...
Hi ,How well did you sleep last night? Do you feel rested when you wake up? And just as importantly, do you go to bed and wake up at roughly the same time each day?In recent years, sleep science has begun to pay closer attention to something often ov...
Hi ,After my last email on early treatment of newly diagnosed high blood pressure, I received a thoughtful response from a physician. Thank you, Dr. R!He reminded me that while guidelines often focus on the 140/90 mm Hg threshold, this isn’t appropri...
Hi ,Imagine this scenario:You visit your doctor, and for the first time, your blood pressure reads 140/90 mm Hg. You’re not on any medication. This is new, and you’re not quite sure what it means or what to do next.If your doctor follows current hype...
Hi ,How are you doing today?After my last email on protein and kidney health, many of you asked a very practical follow-up question:“What do these protein numbers mean in terms of real food? What should I actually eat each day?”That’s a great questio...
Hi ,Almost every week, I hear some version of this concern—from patients, friends, or family:“But won’t eating more protein damage my kidneys?”This almost always comes up when I ask someone to calculate how much protein they are actually eating each...
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Hi ,I am looking forward to our next book club meeting!Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 7 PM Mountain Time.Zoom meeting linkBook: The Optimism BiasDr. Tali Sharot's TED TalkSee you soon!Dr. Shabnam Das Kar, MDFunctional Medicine DoctorTiny Habits CoachEma...
Hi ,In medical training, we’re often taught to view anything labelled as a “placebo” as insignificant. A placebo is typically defined as an inert substance (sugar pills) or treatment that has no therapeutic effect but is used as a control in testing...
Hi ,How are you doing today?Have you ever met someone who acknowledges that high blood pressure, diabetes, or dementia run in their family—yet they firmly believe it won’t happen to them? That’s optimism bias at work.The optimism bias is our brain’s...