by Dr Betty | Jun 17, 2019 | Current Postings
Betty Wedman-St Louis, PhD, RD, LD Dietary phosphorus occurs naturally in foods like dairy products, animal meats and legumes. The institute of Medicine recommended dietary allowance (RDA) is 700 mg/day while the NHANES data indicates that the typical American...
by Dr Betty | Sep 8, 2016 | Current Postings
Betty Wedman- St Louis, PhD, RD Digestion of carbohydrates and protein is very dependent on brush border enzymes in the small intestine (1). Deficiencies in these enzymes are common post surgery in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients. Symptoms of gastro-intestinal need...
by Dr Betty | Sep 8, 2016 | Current Postings
During times of stress, the adrenal glands produce cortisol from cholesterol. Another hormone called epinephrine is also produced. Together these hormones flood the body with glucose, stop insulin production and elevate the blood pressure to handle the stressful...
by Dr Betty | Sep 8, 2016 | Current Postings
Food digestion is too complex and messy to provide a number for each serving of food you eat. In addition, each person’s digestive ability changes how many calories are absorbed. Food is energy for the body which requires digestive enzymes in the mouth, stomach...
by Dr Betty | Oct 19, 2015 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Despite how North Americans may classify them, weeds like watercress can be healthy and can offer medicinal properties. In fact, watercress is listed as an aphrodisiac in Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica from 77 A.D. Ancient Egyptians knew its benefits before it spread...
