Fad Diets

Losing weight can be a long-term process that requires patience and perseverance. Old habits and unhealthy eating patterns can unintentionally sabotage your weight loss efforts and make it more difficult to shed the pounds. [Read more]

I attended the Obesity Medicine Association medical conference in Washington, D.C., and had the pleasure of listening to Andreas Eenfeldt, MD, present on the Keto diet. This article represents a summary of his comments on Ketogenic Diets (a.k.a. “The Keto Diet.”) in addition to my own analysis. While ketogenic diets are nothing new, lately there […]

I recently had the pleasure of teaching at a medical weight loss conference alongside Dr. Jason Fung, author of “The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss.” Although fasting is not a new concept, Dr. Fung’s book promotes intermittent fasting as a tool to help with weight loss. Instead of focusing on what  you […]

I wanted to share with you an article from Women’s Health magazine titled “5 ‘Weight Loss Tips’ That Experts Say Actually Suck.” It’s a short fact check on some of the more common myths about weight loss that I and a few of my colleagues got together to clarify and in some cases debunk. [Read more]

It’s everywhere. The “gluten-free” label is now on foods that haven’t ever even shared a shelf with bread or barley. The term is so pervasive that we could be forgiven for thinking that EVERYONE should avoid gluten. Is this true? Are gluten-containing foods bad for human beings? Who actually should avoid gluten? What is gluten, […]