Author: Gregory Rehmke
From Health Care Debates to Medicaid Policy Reforms
Homeschool debate students develop research, advocacy, and communication skills, skills in high demand at think tanks, consulting firms, and education foundations. The recent NITOC tournament featured hundreds of debates on reforming federal heath care policies....
Steady, Reliable Energy Sources for Healthy Body, Mind, and Economy
How is this year’s federal health care debate topic like last year’s federal energy topic? Our bodies benefit from clean and reliable energy sources, much as the economy does. But scientists and policy makers...
Recovering Metabolic Health
The metabolic revolution rolls on. Myths and Facts Regarding Low-Carbohydrate Diets, published in the journal Nutrients (17, March 2025), explains: Low-carbohydrate diets have been studied for nearly three decades, with papers on clinical trials...
Reform Standard of Care for Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
Headline: “Medicaid Cuts Snarl GOP Budget Plan.” But Medicaid costs can be dramatically reduced and care improved without cuts. Just reform Standard of Care: advise patients struggling with obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease to...
Labor Mobility and Work Visas for Central Americans
Few avenues open for the impoverished majorities in Central America to pursue opportunity and prosperity. Young people are mobile and coming to the United States has been a difficult and often dangerous path. Economists...
Nutrition and Metabolic Health
Presentation on Metabolic Health and Nutrition at Liberty International conference. Link to slide pdf from talk. Many metabolic health posts on Normal Nutrition substack.
Health Care and Metabolic Flexibility
Health care reform? Explain and encourage metabolic health Notes below from November 2022 Normal Nutrition post discussing my metabolic health journey. This morning, October 1, arboleaf scale reads 195.4 lb, 22.4% body fat. Also...
Make America Metabolically Healthy Again
Consider contrasting stories of Medicaid services and access. One an article from the New York Times, the other a Medscape Commentary by Nina Teicholz. And also consider an Oregon study, discussed below, comparing thousands who gained access to...
Labor Mobility for Health Care Workers
Economic freedom should include freedom to work where one chooses. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals should be able to work in any state they wish, regardless of where they received their training. Labor...