Well Intended
Thoughts on functional care and the whole person.
Book Review: The Glucose Revolution, by Jessie Inchauspé
I recently read Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar by Jessie Inchauspé. This book is really a compendium guide to Ms. Inchauspé’s well established Instagram account--@GlucoseGoddess. In this book, Ms. Inchauspé, a biochemist, goes into comprehensive detail about how to achieve healthy blood glucose levels using some interesting “hacks,” as she calls them. The book aims to help readers avoid blood sugar spikes and crashes, to decrease insulin resistance and improve overall health. Ms. Inchauspé does this with an emphasis on practical techniques to be implemented immediately at home, without having to give up favorite foods or feel deprived. This can be a great help to a functional medicine food strategy.
Book Review: “The End of Alzheimer’s,” by Dale Bredesen, MD
"The End of Alzheimer's" is a comprehensive and well-researched book that presents a new approach to the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The author, Dr. Dale Bredesen, is a renowned neurologist and researcher who has spent decades studying the causes and treatments of cognitive decline.
Book Review: “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness,” by Meghan O’Rourke
A silent epidemic of chronic illness afflicts tens of millions of Americans. These are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and even unrecognized. Writer, Meghan O’Rourke, chronicles her experience as such a patient and investigates this elusive category of “invisible” illness in her most recent book “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness.”