Empower Mind, Body, Spirit & Soul

[Dr. Ray Strand]
Ray D. Strand, M.D., Specialist in Nutritional Medicine

Everyone seems to know their cholesterol level and maybe even their HDL (good) cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol. However, very few are aware of their homocysteine level. Yet, elevated homocysteine levels alone have been shown to be the cause of nearly 15% of every heart attack and stoke in the US and around the world. [...]

I have just completed a clinical trial using my 12-Week Healthy for Life Program at the University of Colorado Medical School. This clinical trial was done by Holly Wyatt, an endocrinologist, and it was done under the guidelines and direction of the FDA (IRB). 53 participants with insulin resistance completed the study. They enrolled in the 12-Week Online Healthy for Life Program, received high-quality nutritional supplements, began a modest exercise program, and learned to eat a healthy diet. Meal and snack replacements were also used as a behavioral modification tool and they did not spike their blood sugars and contained those good fats. [...]

Dr. Gerald Reavens, a physician and researcher from Stanford University, identified a constellation of problems individuals develop when they become less and less sensitive to their own insulin. This is referred to as insulin resistance. When the body becomes less sensitive to its own insulin, it compensates for this situation by actually making more and more insulin. As blood insulin levels begin to rise (hyperinsulinemia), you literally “tip over” into an abnormal metabolic state, which is referred to as the metabolic syndrome. [...]

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that destroys the myelin sheath of your nerves. The medical literature shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that the root or underlying cause of this disease is oxidative stress. By building up my MS patients’ natural defenses, I have witnessed some amazing improvements. [...]