Comprehensive Medical Weight Loss
As a practicing RDN, I find patients are constantly looking for new ideas to stay healthy with their food plan. Here are some healthy tips I discuss in my office visits that I practice in my own life:
Learning to read nutrition labels can help you meet your weight loss goals when you decide to take charge of your diet and health. The nutrition facts panel on packaged food contains a lot of information that can seem difficult to understand, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires labels to be standardized so they’re easier to read. Here are the basics about reading labels.
Have you ever found yourself suddenly waking from sleep snorting or gasping for air? Or perhaps your partner tactfully mentions loud, persistent snoring coming from your general direction during the night. If you are overweight, you could be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a serious condition that causes your respiration to slow or stop completely while you’re sleeping.
Successful dieting isn’t just about what you eat; it’s also about how much you eat. Today, portion sizes are much larger than they once were. Going out to eat in Denver often means being confronted by a huge side of fries, a “super-sized” soft drink and a burger that’s built for two. Over the years, plate sizes have increased and restaurants fill them with cheaper foods with high carbohydrate and sugar content. Even the sizes of individual food items such as bagels have increased dramatically with the years. As the upsizing of America continues it becomes increasingly difficult for us to know what a single serving size should look like.
The room is equipped with a walking treadmill - this is a comfortable treadmill designed for slow paced walking. These treadmills are most often used in the business environment to set up moving workstations. There is also a workplace bike - again, this is designed for workplaces so employees can be active while working. In between these, we have an adjustable height desk that we can use to review your food plan, make chart notes and access our electronic medical record.
If you are looking for a reason why most of the weight loss remedies you have tried in the past never seemed to stick there is one word that we think will explain it. Lifestyle. Regardless of the program you use to lose weight, the secret to keeping it off is your ability to make permanent changes to your lifestyle. This mean you are essentially living a different life at the end of your program than you were at the beginning.
Carrying extra weight is always dangerous to your health, even if the amount of excess weight is small. When an individual gains enough weight to be considered obese, the problem becomes even more serious. Unfortunately, this condition is much more widespread than many people realize. In fact, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control, more than one-third of all adults living in the United States are currently obese.
Losing weight isn’t easy, especially if you have unhealthy eating habits or use food as a way to compensate for stress or anxiety. No matter what the cause of your weight gain, taking off the pounds and keeping them off is always a difficult journey. Medical weight loss programs are supervised programs that use the support and supervision of a doctor and other health care providers to guide you through your weight loss journey so you can finally see the progress you’re hoping for.
Contrave, otherwise known as NB32, is finally getting the opportunity to help individuals lose weight in the United States. The diet drug was rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when it was first introduced in 2011 due to lack of solid data about heart risk. However, it is getting a second chance, as it successfully went through a preliminary stage in June 2014, and is expected to gain final approval in September 2014.
