There is so much debate today about the process of weight loss. Some people claim it’s all about calories and others claim it has nothing to do […]
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Prevention and Treatment are NOT the same things
Preventing disease is usually fairly straightforward. Prevention is never perfectly guaranteed to work (nothing in medicine is), but most of the time, we can prevent lung cancer […]
Perfection is an Obstacle to Progress
I see so many people give up with their weight loss progress because they didn’t hit their “goals.” As much as we talk about this, some people […]
Bubbles
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 […]
Apple Cider Vinegar
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, […]
Weight-Loss Dogma
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, […]
Obesity is not the primary driver of poor health
I was putting together a lecture this weekend and started organizing my slides about metabolic disease and how it’s the biggest problem we are fighting and I […]
The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Science doesn’t support the calories-in, calories-out hypothesis. If you are still trapped into believing that model, it’s time to learn more!
Weight Loss Myth #4
Hopefully you are learning more and more each week as we debunk the weight-loss myths that we have all heard over and over again! Here is myth […]
Weight Loss Myth #3
Ready to learn some more? Here’s installment #3 in our Weight Loss myths series. 2020 is the year to expand our minds and learn some hard truths […]