If you’re like most people, you’ve heard your doctor mention “triglycerides” when discussing your blood work.

But what exactly are triglycerides, and how do they relate to your health?

This article will answer these questions, and more:

• What are triglycerides?
• Relation between high triglycerid...

Heart disease is all too common. It’s the top killer disease for men and women across most racial groups in the U.S. In fact, it’s behind 1 in every 5 deaths in the country.¹

It puts a huge drain on the economy too. It costs around 250 billion U.S. dollars per year — including medicines, health-car...

When you hear the word “sugar,” a sweet white substance probably comes to mind. But there are actually many different types of sugar, and they’re not all processed the same way by your body.

There’s some debate about whether some types of sugar may be healthier than others. In this article, we’ll t...

At least 1 in 3 American adults has insulin resistance — and often, they don’t know it.¹ 

Insulin resistance wreaks havoc on your health long before it’s diagnosed. It harms your brain, your eyes, your heart, your kidneys, and your other organs. And if that’s not bad enough, having insulin resistan...

Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic condition in which your cells have lost the ability to respond to the hormone called insulin. Plus, your pancreas has become dysfunctional so that it doesn’t produce as much insulin as it should.¹ 

The result is consistently high levels of glucose (blood sugar)....

Did you know that 38.4 million Americans have diabetes? That’s almost 12 percent of the U.S. population.¹ 

And among the people with this chronic condition, just 29.7 million are diagnosed.¹ 

In 2022, the cost of diagnosed diabetes in the country exceeded 400 billion U.S. dollars.¹ 

The disease i...

Catchy jingles played on repeat. Smiling people in commercials. Festive decorations everywhere. Magazine-worthy dinner spreads. These hallmarks evoke the joy associated with the holiday season. 

Unfortunately though, not everyone feels happy during the holidays. In fact, 64 percent of people experi...

In the U.S., 29 percent of adults say they have been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives.¹ Factors that contribute to this mental disorder include genes and brain chemistry. Life events, drug abuse, and certain medical conditions can make people depressed too.² Though it can lead ...

Almost 1 billion people worldwide had mental disorders in 2019. On top of that, cases of depression and anxiety rose by over 25 percent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.¹ More people are only expected to get treated for mental problems in the next decades. But at times, drugs and therapy f...