Category Archives: Measure It and Metabolism

Listen To The Patient

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Mike Nichols

He was new to my practice; four months. I want to talk about just one of his tests, one which all or most of you have had tested in the past. It is not an exotic one. Triglycerides. The thing … Continue reading →

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We The Dying

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Mike Nichols

with apologies to Ayn Rand Many of you will have heard some of my aphorisms. Part of the power of aphorisms is not their universal truth but the way they point to a truth with great concision and thus allow … Continue reading →

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Too Many Tests And Not Enough Data: No Doctor Need Apply

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Mike Nichols

It is a well documented fact that cholesterol is a very poor predictor of heart disease. A statistically proven dictum: “80% of those who have heart disease have cholesterol numbers exactly like those who do not have heart disease.” Think … Continue reading →

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Heart Rate Based Training: Part Six: Bodybuilders, CEO’s and Other Stress Cases

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Mike Nichols

CEO Here is a graph of nearly five years of AM cortisol I will call “From CEO to Healing”. Right below the Cortisol graph is the Fasting Glucose graph for the same person and for exactly the same period of time. As you … Continue reading →

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Heart Rate Based Training: Part Five

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Mike Nichols

Part Five Along the way I’ve written about hangs, overshoots, peaks, shoulders, recovery and resting heart rates. I’ve written about the body and the different physical scale of the body parts that contribute to the heart rate profile (HRP). I’ve written about … Continue reading →

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