Christopher Damman

Your Body´s Built-in Weight Loss System

September 15, 2024 by Christopher Damman - Reading Time: 8 minutes

Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are weight loss and diabetes drugs that have made quite a splash in health news. They target regulatory pathways involved in both obesity and diabetes and are widely considered breakthroughs for weight loss and blood sugar control. But do these drugs point toward a root cause of metabolic disease? What inspired […]

Fiber for Weight Control

December 24, 2023 by Christopher Damman - Reading Time: 8 minutes

Fiber might just be the key to healthy weight management – and nature packages the carbs in perfectly balanced ratios when you eat them as whole foods. Think unprocessed fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds. Research suggests that carbohydrates are meant to come packaged in nature-balanced ratios of total carbohydrates to fiber. In […]

You Can Get Chronic Disease Because Your Gut Microbiome is Hungry

April 16, 2023 by Christopher Damman - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Diet-related chronic diseases have reached a critical juncture in the U.S. Nearly half the population has prediabetes or diabetes. Over 40% are overweight or obese. One in nine people over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s disease, the development of which researchers are exploring the potential role of diet. Poor diet is also linked to […]