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Are You Pouring on the Pounds?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg made headlines recently with a proposal to ban sugar-laden soft drinks larger than 16 oz in the city of New York. There was, of course, the obligatory verbal diarrhea from the...
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Chana’s Favorite Recipes: Mango and Watermelon Salad
115 calories per serving • 28g carbs • 1g fat • 2g protein This is a wonderful summer salad that is great served as a side with just about anything that is grilled. Ingredients (4 servings) 2 large (or...
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How They Manipulate You…
As I have become more and more interested in the science and medicine of weight loss I have become more aware of the relationship between us (the consumers) and the food industry. I have become...
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Pay Attention!!
The other day I sat down at the table and stared down at a plate that, based on the presence of crumbs, I can only assume very recently had food on it. I don’t remember eating, but the plate seemed to...
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Maybe a Calorie Isn’t Just a Calorie?!?
Like many of my physician colleagues, I have been accused of harping on a single weight loss message. Weight loss is merely a question of calories in and calories out we usually say. Just make your...
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Good For You is Bad For You
I had an interesting conversation with somebody the other day that went something like this: Them: I’ve been eating more fruit lately, isn’t that good for you? Me: Well, it sort of depends on how...
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Pro Protein
Over the past few months I have become more and more aware of how the types of calories you eat influences your success with weight loss. I explained some of the evidence for this in a prior post...
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McCalorie Counting
A few months ago I was in The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Southern California on a vacation. Seeing as it was my vacation, I planned on splurging on one of those $5 frozen smoothie/coffee drinks that...
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Salt, Sugar, and Fat
I have been reading a great new book recently entitled “Salt, Sugar, Fat: How The Food Giants Hooked Us” by Michael Moss. As you can imagine, this book is right up my alley. I have learned quite a...
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The Truth About Cheese
If you check out my last post, I have been deep into a new book by Michael Moss called “Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us”. It’s an amazing insider’s view at how the food industry has...
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Is Diet Soda Bad For You?
I have been asked questions about the safety of diet soda and artificial sweeteners on many occasions so I thought I’d do a little research to educate myself and others on the issue. Before reading...
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Spinach Stuffed Zucchini
Source: tasteofhome.com My wife makes these all the time only we use vegetarian meat substitute which will lower the calories and fat. There are many things you can do with the stuffed zucchini....
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The Vitamin Myth
I came across a very interesting article recently that sheds light on the multi-billion dollar vitamin and supplement industry. Years of clever marketing have manipulated our ability to understand or...
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The Best Diet
One of the most common questions I have been asked since I started focusing so much on the research behind weight loss is which diet is the most effective. This is usually a hot topic because people...
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Fiesta Lime Rice
The key to calorie control and dieting is choices. You have to choose foods that will make you feel full and energized instead of leaving you lethargic and hungry an hour after you put the fork down....
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Sugar Love
As is my habit, I will often share with you interesting things I read in the realm of weight loss. Fortunately, my wife shares my interest and passed on a very interesting article from National...
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The ‘Magic’ of Whole Grains
An interesting fact of life is that when you’re eating a bowl of cereal, the nonsense on the box becomes some of the most interesting reading material you can find. I’m not sure why this is. The...
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Not losing weight with exercise?
Hopefully, many of you have embarked on my 4×4 fitness challenge as many at my work have (shout out to Erika D. for being the Carroll Hospital leader so far!). If you haven’t , it’s not too late –...
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What’s in your supplements?
It all started back in the early 1990s. Actually, it probably started long before that. It probably started the first time someone decided to sell a substance on the claim that it improved health....
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This is what happens when you drink 10 cans of Coke every day….
It think it all started with the attempts by former NYC mayor Bloomberg to restrict the size of sugary drinks sold in the big apple. Like, many, the idea seemed ridiculous. I mean, what’s the...
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