Re:Generations

07/28/2026

Proud of the team at Virta Health! (where I serve as Lead Clinician for education for the medical team, alongside our private clinic here in Oskaloosa)

We've published a landmark study showing our whole food ketogenic diet's dramatic impact on chronic kidney disease outcomes.

This will likely prove to be as significant as our transformative diabetes reversal studies from a decade ago in promoting natural metabolic health. With Gratitude--Shane

https://www.virtahealth.com/press/virta-health-dramatically-reduces-risk-of-advanced-kidney-disease-by-62-in-landmark-real-world-study

07/16/2026

Do you, your mom, friend or sister suffer with reoccurring UTI? Did you know it can often be easily and safely prevented?

07/07/2026

06/25/2026

Not so sweet of you, sugar!

06/07/2026

A easily treated common skin condition:

05/19/2026

is essential to safe and ethical healthcare. Thank you Governor Kim Reynolds and Representative Helena Hayes!

05/14/2026

Brain health 🧠

05/09/2026

Our own nurse assistant, Riley, representing on The Tulip Court in Pella 🌷💙

05/01/2026

Microplastics in human tissue stopped being a theoretical concern in 2024. Three studies in top journals over the past two years have moved this from "possibly relevant" to "directly measured in human blood and atherosclerotic plaque."

Marfella and colleagues (2024, New England Journal of Medicine) ran the study that changed the conversation. 304 patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery disease had their excised plaque specimens analyzed for microplastics and nanoplastics using pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, stable isotope analysis, and electron microscopy.

257 patients completed a mean 33.7-month follow-up. Polyethylene was detected in plaques from 150 patients (58.4%), at a mean concentration of 21.7 µg per milligram of plaque tissue. 31 patients (12.1%) also had measurable polyvinyl chloride. Electron microscopy showed visible, jagged-edged foreign particles inside plaque macrophages. Patients with detectable microplastics in their plaque had a hazard ratio of 4.53 (95% CI 2.00 to 10.27, p

04/28/2026

The new flipped food pyramid represents a new national food model that centers of improving metabolic health. From the Coalition for Metabolic Health.

11 likes, 2 comments. "2025 Dietary Guidelines Explained: What It Means for Metabolic Health"