Educational Blog

Brain fog explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, symptoms, long-term consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Memory problems explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, health consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Unexplained chronic fatigue: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, health consequences and evidence-based educational approach.

Unexplained anxiety: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Learn what insomnia really is, how it develops in your body, warning signs to watch for, and serious health consequences if left untreated. Evidence-based guide.

Acanthosis nigricans medical definition, underlying pathophysiology, clinical symptoms, metabolic complications and evidence-based educational approach.

Adult acne explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, metabolic connections, and evidence-based educational approach.

Alopecia: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, symptoms, long-term consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

High bilirubin explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, warning signs, potential complications, and evidence-based educational approach.

Fatty liver treatment: medical definition, pathophysiology, symptoms, complications and evidence-based educational approach to NAFLD reversal.

Cirrhosis symptoms explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical signs, complications, and evidence-based educational approach.

Right side rib pain: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms, long-term complications, and evidence-based educational approach.

Fatty liver symptoms: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical signs, long-term complications, and evidence-based educational approach.

Fatty liver disease explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms, long-term complications and evidence-based educational approach.

Elevated liver enzymes (ALT/AST): medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term complications and evidence-based approach.

Hepatologist guide: what liver specialists treat, pathophysiology of liver disease, symptoms, complications and evidence-based metabolic approach.

Liver function test normal range explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, warning signs, long-term consequences, and evidence-based approach.

Fatty liver natural approach: medical definition, pathophysiology, symptoms, complications and evidence-based educational strategy.

High GGT causes explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, symptoms, long-term consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Hepatologist definition, liver disease pathophysiology, symptoms, long-term complications and evidence-based educational approach to fatty liver reversal.

Complete guide to liver ultrasound findings: medical definition, pathophysiology, symptoms, long-term consequences, and evidence-based approach.

What ultrasound shows: medical definition, pathophysiology, symptoms, sequelae, and evidence-based educational approach to metabolic findings.

What fatty liver looks like on ultrasound: the bright liver pattern, the grades of steatosis, and why it appears even when transaminases are normal. Educational guide.

What 'increased liver echogenicity' means on an ultrasound report, its link to steatosis and fatty liver, and how to interpret it. Educational guide.

MASLD is the new official name for fatty liver disease (formerly NAFLD), along with MASH (formerly NASH) and MetALD. What the 2023 change means and the role of ultrasound. Educational guide.

Insulin resistance explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term complications, and evidence-based reversal strategies.

Insulin resistance symptoms explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical signs, long-term consequences, and evidence-based approach.

HOMA-IR explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms, long-term consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

High insulin levels explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, symptoms, long-term complications and evidence-based educational approach.

High blood sugar symptoms explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical signs, long-term consequences, and evidence-based approach.

Insulin resistance skin spots explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, warning signs, complications, and evidence-based reversal strategies.

Insulin resistance dark neck patches (acanthosis nigricans): medical definition, pathophysiology, warning signs, complications and evidence-based approach.

Comprehensive guide to type 2 diabetes: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, complications, and evidence-based approaches.

Insulin resistance in PCOS: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, health consequences, and evidence-based reversal strategies.

High fasting insulin explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term complications, and evidence-based approach.

Hyperinsulinemia explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term complications, and evidence-based approach.

Prediabetes symptoms explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical signs, long-term consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Obesity and diabetes explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, complications and evidence-based educational approach.

Type 2 diabetes symptoms explained: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical signs, complications, and evidence-based educational approach.

Insulin resistance and obesity explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, complications and evidence-based approach.

Insulin resistance in women: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms, complications and evidence-based educational approach.

High fasting glucose explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term complications and evidence-based approach.

Educational guide: how certain meat and protein foods naturally activate the GLP-1 pathway —the same one Ozempic uses— and also stimulate glucagon and the body's own peptides. Physiology explained by Dr. Salinas.

Educational list of the most searched peptides: semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), tirzepatide (Mounjaro), retatrutide, liraglutide and more. What GLP-1 peptides are and how your body makes its own.

Intermittent fasting explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical signs, metabolic consequences and evidence-based approach.

High C-reactive protein levels explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term complications and evidence-based approach.

High ALT levels explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term consequences and evidence-based educational approach.

Lab test interpretation goes beyond normal ranges. Learn the pathophysiology, symptoms, and consequences of metabolic dysfunction hidden in your blood work.

Complete blood work explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, long-term consequences and evidence-based educational approach.

Complete blood count testing: medical definition, mechanisms, symptoms, consequences and evidence-based educational approach to metabolic markers.

Lipid panel interpretation explained: clinical definition, mechanisms, symptoms, health consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Comprehensive guide to menopause: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, health consequences, and evidence-based educational approach.

Irregular menstrual cycles explained: medical definition, underlying mechanisms, clinical symptoms, health consequences, and evidence-based approach.

Amenorrhea causes: medical definition, pathophysiology, symptoms, sequelae and evidence-based educational approach to absent menstrual periods.

Hypothyroidism symptoms in women: medical definition, pathophysiology, clinical signs, long-term consequences and evidence-based approach.

What gut dysbiosis is, its symptoms, and how an imbalanced microbiome connects to the liver and metabolism. Educational guide by the Salinas Method.

What Helicobacter pylori is, its symptoms, and how this stomach bacteria relates to digestion, metabolism and the liver. Educational guide.

What candida overgrowth is, its signs, and why it relates to sugar, the microbiome and the liver. Educational guide by the Salinas Method.

What SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) is, its symptoms, and how it connects to the microbiome, the liver and metabolism. Educational guide.

What irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is, its symptoms, and how it connects to the microbiome, stress and the liver. Educational guide by the Salinas Method.

What pain in the right side can mean, its relation to the liver and gallbladder area, and when it's a sign to seek care. Educational guide by the Salinas Method.

What cholelithiasis means on an ultrasound: gallstones in the gallbladder. How they look, when they matter and what signs to watch. Educational guide by the Salinas Method.

What choledocholithiasis means: a stone in the common bile duct (choledochus). What the duct is, how a dilated duct looks and why it matters. Educational guide.

What cholecystitis means on an ultrasound: gallbladder inflammation. Signs radiologists look for (thick wall, sonographic Murphy sign) and when it's urgent. Educational guide.

What cholangitis is: inflammation of the bile ducts, often from obstruction. How it relates to the common bile duct and why it matters. Educational guide.

What hepatomegaly is: an enlarged liver. How it's measured on ultrasound, common causes (including fatty liver) and what it means. Educational guide.

What hydronephrosis (a kidney dilated by urine buildup) and ureteronephrosis mean. How it looks, its grades and common causes like stones. Educational guide.

What renal lithiasis (kidney stones) means: how they look on ultrasound, their signs and their link to urinary obstruction. Educational guide.

What a kidney cyst means on ultrasound: most are benign simple cysts. How they're described and when they're monitored. Educational guide by the Salinas Method.

What splenomegaly is: an enlarged spleen. How it's measured on ultrasound and its link to the liver and circulation. Educational guide.

What a liver hemangioma is: the most common benign liver tumor, a tangle of vessels. How it looks on ultrasound and why it's usually reassuring. Educational guide.

What a gallbladder polyp is: a protrusion from the gallbladder wall. How it differs from a stone, its size and when it's monitored. Educational guide.

While the 2026 Football World Cup is on, here's why football and sport in general are great allies of your liver: how exercise improves steatosis and insulin resistance. Educational guide.

Lionel Messi was diagnosed at age 11 with growth hormone deficiency. What few know: it's the liver that produces IGF-1, the factor that actually drives growth. The world's best player's comeback story, explained through physiology.

The 2026 World Cup is hosted mainly in the USA, one of the world's biggest consumers of ultra-processed foods. What ultra-processed food has to do with fatty liver and metabolic health. Educational guide.

Erling Haaland has publicly spoken about eating organ meats like heart and liver for their nutrients. We explore the physiology behind the liver as a metabolic powerhouse, based on publicly reported information and with no medical advice.

Robert Lewandowski reportedly eats dessert before his main course. Here's the science of food order, the glucose and insulin curve, and the principle that works for most people.

Kylian Mbappé is publicly reported to avoid sugary sodas and to eat with discipline. Here's a simple look at why skipping liquid sugar supports stable energy, and how your liver fits into the picture.

Modrić plays at an elite level at 38-39. What does that have to do with metabolic age, insulin sensitivity, and liver health? An educational look at longevity.

What has been publicly reported about Cristiano Ronaldo's diet, rest and discipline, explained through the physiology of metabolism, insulin sensitivity and healthy aging.