Unlock Your Strength: 3 Perks of Weight Training
Explore the top four benefits of weight training for enhanced health and fitness.
Comprehensive Medical Weight Loss
Category Health And Wellness
A Simpler Life for 2025
I was fortunate to spend the winter holidays in Belize with my family. We enjoyed several amazing inland adventures including the unbelievable ATM cave system – a cave with a river running through it that extends underground for miles and…
Benefits of Customized Food Plans for Weight Loss
Personalized Diets: Key to Effective Weight Loss Success
A Registered Dietitian plays a crucial role for patients on GLP-1 weight loss medications
Working with a registered dietitian is crucial when using anti obesity medications because these medications are most effective when combined with healthier eating and lifestyle habits. While weight loss medications can assist with shedding pounds, they don’t address the root causes…
Willpower vs. Skillpower
We’ve heard it time and time again: “I’m doing everything possible to lose weight, but it just isn’t coming off!” This statement implies that your body weight is a function of your willpower. In fact, decades of research have shown…
Preserving Muscle Mass While Shedding Pounds: A Comprehensive Guide
Today, let’s delve into a topic that concerns many on the path to weight loss: preserving precious muscle mass while shedding those stubborn pounds. Embarking on a weight-loss journey is often synonymous with cutting calories and increasing physical activity. While…
Physical Activity and Weight Loss
What is physical activity and why is it important for weight loss? Physical activity is any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that increases energy expenditure. Simply put, any time you move your body that can count towards physical activity.…
Skim, 2%, or Full-Fat Dairy?
I still remember crying as a child as my mother switched us from normal milk to skim milk. “Yucky!” I said to her. But in the late 1970’s, we believed that all fat in foods was bad and would contribute…
Beyond Body Mass Index (BMI)
I had the pleasure of serving as a delegate at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) 2023 Annual Meeting in June. It was exactly 10 years ago that obesity was recognized by the AMA as a disease, at my first meeting…
Happy Mind, Healthy Body
Many people continue to erroneously believe that their body size is simply the result of how much they eat and how much they move. Of course, reality is seldom so simple. Why people eat how they do and move how…
