Dr. Rick's Insights

Low GGT, High Risk? What Your 'Normal' Lab Results Might Be Hiding Let’s make one thing clear: “normal” lab results do not equal optimal health. In fact, many people with “normal” panels still feel exhausted, inflamed, foggy, or stuck — because conventional reference ranges don’t catch mitochondrial breakdown, redox dysfunction, or subtle signs of all-cause risk. Case in point? A tiny, misunderstood liver enzyme called GGT (gamma-glutamyl transferase). 🔍 What Is GGT and Why It Matters GGT helps recycle glutathione — your body’s master antioxidant — and plays a direct role in phase 2 liver detox. It’s also a proxy...

The Athlete’s Advantage: How to Age Like a Cyclist Most people think endurance athletes are outliers — born gifted, superhuman, or just genetically lucky. But what if the very practices that keep elite cyclists strong, lean, and mentally sharp could be applied to anyone who wants to age better? In functional medicine, we call this the athlete’s advantage: the hidden physiological edge that comes from training mitochondria, mastering recovery, and aligning biology with purpose and rhythm. It’s not about racing. It’s about regeneration. ♀️ Jackie’s Story: Endurance as a Lifestyle, Not a Sport Jackie, apart of the PCP family, isn’t...

Liver Load, Not Willpower: Why Most People Fail at Dieting If you’ve ever failed on a diet, it probably had nothing to do with your willpower. The deeper problem? Your liver is overloaded, your detox pathways are jammed, and your metabolism is stuck in emergency mode — trying to survive, not thrive. The truth is: when your liver can’t process toxins, fat, hormones, or fuel efficiently, no amount of calorie counting will fix it. You can’t starve your way out of a bottlenecked biology. You have to reset it at the source. 🧬 The Liver’s Role in Real-World Weight Loss...

How to Fix Blood Sugar Swings Without Giving Up Sweetness If you’ve been told the only way to fix your blood sugar is to give up everything sweet, you’ve been misled. Yes — excess sugar drives insulin resistance, inflammation, and aging. But it’s not sweetness that’s the enemy. It’s the metabolic chaos left in sugar’s wake. What if you could satisfy your sweet tooth while improving blood sugar, mitochondrial function, and metabolic health? That’s not fantasy. That’s science — and it starts with SweetFx™. 🚨 The Problem: Sugar Crashes Are Mitochondrial Crashes When you eat traditional sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose),...