A patient recently came into the office perplexed about why he was not losing weight. He said that he had been walking for 30 minutes a day three times a week for the last few weeks and had not lost a pound. Our scales in...
Much has been written about the detrimental effects of non-nutritional sweeteners (NNS), often called artificial sweeteners. Some tout that these sweetness, even though they have no calories, cause weight gain by tricking the brain into increasing your appetite. This view is widely held, but the...
Myth #1 - To lose belly fat you must exercise the abdominal muscles. Patients still proudly tell me they do crunches to lose belly fat. Exercising the abdominal muscles with crunches, sit ups, and oblique twists does not target belly fat. Myth #2 - Only obese people have belly fat. Everybody...
People make dieting too complicated! Everybody thinks that the key to weight loss is removing “bad foods” from your diet. Nobody seems to agree which foods are bad, however. The secret is not to ostracize foods but diversify. [featured-image single_newwindow="false"] Here is a sample of our modern...
As we steel hours from our sleep to do "more productive tasks," we assume that those lost hours of sleep will have no detrimental effect. Truth - Sleep deprivation has numerous repercussions. [featured-image single_newwindow=“false"] I learned 3 lessons about sleep deprivation my Freshman year in college with...
The unintended consequences of a modern life are diseases caused by modern conveniences. People outwardly acknowledge medical treatment alone will not cure these lifestyle diseases. Their actions tell a different story. We have assumed that medical science would always provide quick and easy solutions. The results are...