Two of Balanced's advisory board members, Dr. Robert Ostfeld and Dr. Andrew Freeman , recently authored a paper published in the...

We were fortunate enough to learn of Dr. Freeman's work after reading an article he wrote about heart attacks during the holiday season....

Picture this: it’s 8pm and you’ve seen 22 patients today. 18 of them suffered from diet and lifestyle-related illnesses. You spent more...

Continuing our series of interviews with experts in health, nutrition, and the food system, we recently spoke with Dr. Joseph Barrocas....

Here at Balanced, we're always eager to connect with experts leading the charge for healthier families. Dr. Yami, founder of Veggie Fit...

Over the last 18 months I’ve come to realize a fundamental truth holding us back from making greater progress toward a healthy food system: we’re fighting each other instead of the food industry. An extension of its personal-choice propaganda, the food industry is exceptional at deflecting responsibility and convincing us we’re the ones to blame for the current state of public health. Instead of taking an iota of responsibility for the stores full of junk food, lunch trays p

Last week, we had the great privilege of interviewing Dr. Blake Shusterman, a board-certified nephrologist at Carolina Nephrology in...

Just in case anyone missed this news, 2 weeks ago, this report on childhood obesity came out. Spoiler alert: it's not looking good. And...

How far would you go to prevent your child from dying 14 years prematurely? Would you jump in front of a bullet? Lift a car? What about...

I used to resent the tired trope of an informed or protective mother being called a mama-bear. For one, the desire to protect, nurture,...