Only 12% of American adults are considered metabolically healthy. 12%. That means that 88% of us have some sort of disease or condition that impacts our metabolic health. Diseases like overweight or obesity, prediabetes and diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, fatty liver, etc. These diseases are called lifestyle diseases. They are directly related to […]
Americans today spend over fifty percent of their annual food budget on food prepared outside the home – and this number keeps increasing year after year. The research is solid. There is a direct correlation between the number of meals prepared or eaten outside of the home with a person’s risk of obesity and metabolic
I try to spend a portion of each day improving myself in some way: physically, mentally, and/or emotionally. I think it’s a huge part of what keeps my cup full. As part of this process, I listened to an interview with Edith Eger last week. This woman is amazing. Inspirational. Motivating. Although I seriously doubt
If you have ever been a patient in my office, you know that I hate to refer to foods as “bad” or “good”. I think giving food a label like that can be very destructive. If we refer to cookes as “bad” then when we eat one, it is all too easy to then define
Merriam Webster defines a craving as: an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing Cravings can be triggered by all different things – memories, habits, smells, thoughts, emotions – you name it. We all have cravings. If one of your goals on your health journey is to eliminate cravings – good luck. It’s not going
“I can’t have pasta anymore?” “You aren’t going to let me have soda any more?” I hear questions like this every day. I hate them for two reasons: First, as an Obesity Medicine doctor, I don’t make absolute rules about what my patients can and cannot have when they leave my office. My job is
I’m sure you all know how much I like the book, “Atomic Habits”. I’ve written about this book multiple times as I think the principles outlined in this book are so incredibly relevant to what we do at Heartland Weight Loss. Making health a habit is a very hard thing for many people to do.
Most women I know hate their bodies. They talk about their bodies as though they are vile creations that need to be molded and shaped into something better. They say things about their own body that they would never say out loud about another human being. Most women feel a great deal of shame and
I used to be an adrenaline junkie in my younger days. The bigger the rollercoaster, the better. Upside down and inside out – heck yes. Cliff jumping – heck yes. I even went bungee jumping once upon a time. Unfortunately, as I have gotten older, my inner ears have decided that they don’t like
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. You can’t live in the United States and be unaware of the impact that this disease has on us as a society. The whole nation turns pink every November to remind us to stay vigilant. “Early detection saves lives” is dutifully repeated in magazines and waiting