Handouts
® Program Handouts
Optifast 800 Nutrition Information
Exchange Lists
Summary Version of Exchange Lists
Keeping It Off! Handout Series
Note: The Keeping It Off! Series is available to you for your free download. In addition, to complement this series, we now are utilizing the Lifestyle Education Series Modules produced for the OPTIFAST Programs. These are available at a minimum fee from the front office in either a series of 8 or 21 professionally-printed topics. Ask the office staff for more details.
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Lesson #8 – Emotional Overeating |
Food Journals
| Meal Plan Form | Weekly Food Journal |
Other Topics:
Metabolic Syndrome
Are you having trouble losing weight? Do you regain every time you try and lose weight? Have you hit a plateau in your weight loss that you are having difficulty breaking through? You might well have metabolic syndrome. Download this handout by clicking above for more information about what metabolic syndrome is, and how we can treat it. If you have questions, please ask your nutritionist, or consider scheduling a consultation with Dr. Lazarus to discuss other medical treatment options.
For some patients, medication can help sensitize the body to insulin, lowering insulin levels, and facilitating weight loss.
Hypertension
We get many questions regarding dietary treatment of High Blood Pressure (Hypertension). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has put together a wonderful brochure regarding the use of the DASH eating plan (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension) to lower blood Pressure. Click above for the full brochure.
Sleep Apnea
Feeling sleepy all the time and snoring while you sleep? You may have sleep apnea. Print out this Epworth Sleepiness Scale and bring it to your next visit with Dr. Lazarus or Heather to help determine if a sleeping study would be a good idea.
Depression
Feeling blue lately? Losing interest in doing the things you like? You might be suffering from a biochemical depression. Fill out this screening form and bring it in with you to review with Dr. Lazarus or Heather and see what treatment would work the best to help you feel better.
Bi-Polar Disorder
Do you suffer from fluctuating moods? Sometimes really low, and sometimes on top of the world? You might be suffering from Bi-Polar Disorder. Fill out this screening form and bring it in to your next office visit with Dr. Lazarus or Heather to help determine if further evaluation with a Psychiatrist might be worthwhile.
Lecture Handout
This is a Quick Reference Handout Dr. Lazarus likes to use for the Doctors when he gives continuing medical education talks. The handout includes a shortcut to calculate BMI, BMI definitions, metabolic syndrome table, and a quick table of medications causing the worts problems with weight gain, and alternatives to consider.
Cholesterol
Have you heard about the new VAP cholesterol test? This new cholesterol assay is quickly becoming the new standard in cholesterol measurement and management. Like the routine cholesterol test, the VAP test measures total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides. But, the VAP test goes much further, measuring important hereditary risk factors, lipoproteins, and subclasses. Further, by directly measuring the cholesterol subfractions, it is considerably more accurate than the traditional cholesterol assay (which calculates rather than measuring the LDL), and it can be drawn non-fasting!
We are able to offer this test at a substantial discount off retail, through special negotiation with Quest Diagnostics. We can use the additional information from the VAP test to identify risk early, so if heart disease runs in your family, we can develop the most appropriate treatment plan so you can avoid a cardiac event.
Resting Metabolic Rate
Have you had trouble maintaining weight loss? Many people have trouble maintaining weight loss because of a slow metabolism, or resting metabolic rate (RMR). Click above for more information on how to measure your metabolic rate, and what we can do with this information!
Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes; Diabetes Prevention Program
This is a link to an article from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse with more information on insulin resistance.
Hypoglycemia
This is a link to an article from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse with information regarding hypoglycemia.
