"Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be thy food" ~ Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-377 BC)

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Dr. Neil Cohen

Dr. Cohen has been helping people lead a healthy lifestyle since 1987. Life First Chiropractic Center is located at 1436 East Atlantic Blvd. in Pompano Beach, Florida 33060. As a Principled Chiropractor with nearly 25 years of experience he is committed to promoting the Principle of Chiropractic as taught by the Developer of Chiropractic, B.J. Palmer.
Dr. Neil Cohen believes in taking the time to understand a person’s condition thoroughly, in order to deliver with soundness and proficiency the gentlest most effective care possible.

We are a family practice with a great sense of purpose, and a continuing desire to give hope to those who are suffering from painful conditions, which can ultimately lead to poor health.

For over 20 years Life First Chiropractic Center has provided an uncompromising service with integrity and excellence, having gained the trust of thousands of patient families.

Our solid chiropractic philosophy emphasizes the powerful, life changing Chiropractic Principle, and how it can be objectively demonstrated simply by removing spinal nerve pressure, and allowing your body to naturally heal itself.

Based on his experience Dr. Cohen believes the greatest misunderstanding most people have with regard to Chiropractic Health Care, is that a Doctor of Chiropractic is simply and only a "back and neck" doctor. For some reason the public has completely narrowed their understanding about the need for Chiropractic. They believe that Chiropractors work great for stiff necks, headaches, back pain and auto accidents. Although Chiropractic Adjustments have been successful in helping all of these conditions, Chiropractors are much more than "back and neck" doctors...Chiropractors are actually Doctors of your "Central Nervous System", and because your Nervous system is an integral part of your total health and well being, Chiropractic Adjustments can and will have a profound affect on both your life and your health!

Dr. Neil Cohen has been invited regularly as a guest speaker to deliver this life changing information to various corporations and businesses throughout Broward County.

Since January 2002, Dr. Cohen has been making a difference in the community representing the Broward County Health Department by volunteering to deliver healthcare to the homeless and less fortunate at Living Water Care Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Dr. Cohen has been married to his wife Randi for over 26 years. They have raised 3 children, Brian 26 who is a golf professional aspiring to be on the PGA tour. Sarah, 24 who is a full time college student studying nutrition and Michael 19 who is in College with his sights on being the next chiropractor in the family.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Robert H. Lustig, MD

Robert H. Lustig, MD, is the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology.   Dr. Lustig explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.




Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 16717]

Robert H. Lustig, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, in the Division of Endocrinology Director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at UCSF

Dr. Lustig is a nationally-recognized authority in the field of neuroendocrinology, with a specific emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system. He is currently investigating the contribution of biochemical, neural, hormonal, and genetic influences in the expression of the current obesity epidemic both in children and adults. He has defined a syndrome of vagally-mediated beta-cell hyperactivity which leads to insulin hypersecretion and obesity, and which is treatable by insulin suppression. This phenomenon may occur in up to 20% of the obese population. He is interested in the hypothalamic signal transduction of insulin and leptin, how these two systems interact, and how hyperinsulinemia contributes to leptin resistance.

He is studying the cardiovascular morbidity associated with hyperinsulinemia, and developing methods to evaluate and prevent this phenomenon in children. He is also analyzing the contribution of the autonomic nervous system to insulin secretion and insulin resistance in obese children, and the utility of assessing insulin dynamics in targeting obesity therapy. Lastly, he is researching the role of specific macronutrients in fomenting liver insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome, both in childhood and before birth.

Dr. Lustig graduated from MIT, and received his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. He performed his pediatric residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital, and his clinical fellowship at UCSF. From there, he spent six years as a post-doctoral fellow in neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University in New York.

Dr. Lustig has authored over 85 research articles and 45 chapters.  He is the former Chairman of the Obesity Task Force of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, a member of the Obesity Task force of The Endocrine Society, and on the Steering Committee of the International Endocrine Alliance to Combat Obesity. He is the Editor of the volume "Obesity before birth: maternal and prenatal effects on the offspring.

ARTICLES

UCSF’s Lustig Discusses the Role of Fructose in Pediatric Obesity

Childhood obesity: behavioral aberration or biochemical drive? Reinterpreting the First Law of Thermodynamics”
came out on August 12, 2006, coverage listed below.
Read Robert H. Lustig's journal review article
Read San Francisco Chronicle article
Obese? A 'poisoned' food supply may be to blame, UCSF expert says Doctor has yet to test theory that sugar triggers a starvation reaction in the brain
Listen to KQED Forum appearance
Assesses a recent hypothesis on obesity, and how sugar may trigger a starvation reaction in the brain

On the Spot: Dr. Lustig Responds UCSF Today

Contact Information

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143
Source: http://www.chc.ucsf.edu/coast/faculty_lustig.htm