The Science of Fasting

How does Fasting Dissolve Fat Weight maintenance is primarily from insulin.  Once insulin stands up, the rest of the hormones kneel. Insulin comes from the pancreas.  Insulin levels in the blood go up depending on what we eat. It goes up the most after we eat carbohydrates and protein. Insulin goes up slightly with fats…

How to Do Intermittent Fasting

This article was updated with audio on August 16, 2025. 🎧 Click on the play button to listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Fasting has been around for centuries and is practiced by the most significant religions. Intermittent fasting (IF) has seen a resurgence in the past years, and many people, including…

No Time to Exercise? Let’s Fix That.

How can 4 minutes of exercise beat 1 hour of jogging? The Science In the 1991  study of Izumi Tabata. Doing High-Intensity Interval Training in as short as 4 minutes can give you the same benefits as running for an hour. The study improved the anaerobic and aerobic capacity significantly in the high-intensity group. The…

Meet Mini J

Mini J as in Mini Jesse Mini J  is a small 2.5 cm baked clay sculpture done by my daughter, Agnes, about 7 years ago.  MiniJ’s photo has been the wallpaper on my mobile phone since it was made. The other day I somehow deleted it. I asked my wife to take another picture to…

The Metabolic Syndrome

This article was updated with audio on August 20, 2025. 🎧 ▶️ Press play below to listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Introduction Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a group of conditions that include high blood pressure, obesity, high blood sugar, low HDL, and high triglycerides.  The combination of the separate components of…

Do You Have Ten Refrigerators?

Imagine someone going to the grocery several times a day and stuffs the perishables in the refrigerator. As the fridge gets full, his solution is to buy more refrigerators so he can keep on buying more groceries. Eventually, his house has several refrigerators and gets crowded. His electric bills are through the roof. How do…

The Two Minute Warning

The two-minute warning is called in the last two minutes of the first and second half of American football. When somebody is brought to an ER with an acute problem like a heart attack, it is very similar to the last two minutes of the fourth quarter of football, and your team is behind by…

How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 5: The List

I included an outline below of the information needed, and you can easily copy and paste in a word processing software and fill in all the blanks. Name:           Date of Birth: Insurance: Height: Weight (English or metric units) Allergies:              Reactions Past Medical Histories:  Previous Surgeries:  Medications:      Name          Dose         Frequency Smoking    Yes…

How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit. Part 4: How to Package.

“As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.” Health information can be carried or obtained by the following Paper USB Flash Drive Electronic file attachment sent thru the internet The simplest way will be to write or print (better) with a computer on a small piece of paper, back to back, and insert in…

How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 3: Other Helpful Information

The additional information in the emergency room or in the hospital. To gather this information, ask the Primary Care physician and the facility where they were done. Keeping in mind that your physician and hospitals have policies before you can obtain them. So it may not be easy sometimes. Friendliness to the staff will go…

How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 2: What to Include

This article lists the critical medical information that doctors use as part of medical decision making. Having the latest info on hand makes for rapid diagnosis and treatment. Basic Medical Information 1. Name  Date of Birth  Address  Insurance  Social Security 2. Height and weight with the units.  (For medication dosing and imaging with weight limits)….

What is This Website All About?

The purpose of DrJesseSantano.com is to provide health information. Understanding why diseases occur is critical to avoid common and deadly diseases. At present, there is a worldwide epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes. Heart disease, stroke, and cancer are among the top causes of death. All of them are potentially preventable…