We have two days until the Chiefs head back to the Super Bowl. I’m not naïve – I realize that most people aren’t reading about health right now. Most people don’t even want to think about health right now! Hopefully everyone is thinking about the game right now and not simply what they are going […]
Studies are clear that we need to drink plenty of water to stay healthy. We need to stay adequately hydrated for optimal health and weight. The biochemistry of that process is incredibly boring and after learning it in detail once, I have promptly forgotten it and have no interest in relearning it. But the science
Patients periodically ask me about apple cider vinegar. I stay away from social media and news, so perhaps the interest waxes and wanes with marketing and propaganda, but regardless, since the topic seems to come in bursts and has reemerged lately, so I thought I would address it. Apple cider vinegar is a type of
Human beings (myself included) can be very close-minded and dogmatic about some things. This isn’t usually deliberate – we simply hear something several times and absorb it, then file it away as a fact. When we hear something that contradicts it, we dismiss the new information as untrue and move on. The older I get
During active weight loss, patients come into the office for a lot of things: doctoring, evaluation, support, community – but one of the things they crave most at first is accountability. Coming into the office to meet with us on a regular basis provides them with accountability. Some of our patients keep coming month after
January 1st. Thank heavens, right? The previous year is over. This is the time of year when everyone starts thinking about goal setting – about resolutions. Before you sit down and make another list of resolutions, think about this: Most of us have had the same goals over and over again – year after year.