What are the Signs of a Low Thyroid
Low thyroid function is one of the most common causes of weight gain and is frequently undiagnosed. Learn the basic signs of hypothyroidism.
Can Extra Estrogen Cause Weight Gain
Every day we encounter estrogen and estrogen like compounds in our environment. It comes from plastics, hormones given to livestock and even in our tap water from farm runoff and from human waste water. Those thing are hard to avoid. When we intentionally add extra estrogen through the use of medication such as birth control […]
Can Protein Bars Make You Fat?
I recently ran into a former patient who had moved away a few years ago. She is a very petite and she had gained about twenty pounds the last time I saw her. This time she was very slim. I asked her how she did it. She told me that she had stopped eating protein […]
Green Tea for Weight Loss
Compelling evidence presented in the journal Nutrition Research makes the irrefutable connection among green tea consumption, lowered body weight and reduced levels of dangerous belly fat. Drinking between 5 and 8 cups of green tea each day was shown to lower body weight by 5.6% and to decrease abdominal fat stores by 17.8% over a […]
How to Lose Fat
How to Lose Fat Losing weight and losing fat are not necessarily the same thing. You might think that they go hand in hand but that isn’t always the case. Here is an example. Spend some time in a sauna. You will sweat and probably detox some but what you eliminate mostly is water weight. […]
Balancing Metabolism 50 lbs Lost in 5 Months
When a patient comes to us seeking weight loss, we always start by evaluating all of the metabolic processes in the body. This is a story of a women in her twenties who came to our office early this year. She was looking for a holistic plan for overall health with the end […]
Balance Metabolism
Over the past thirty years I have found that patients who have had difficulty with weight loss have missed addressing one or more key metabolic issues. Issues such as thyroid insufficiency, insulin resistance and hormone imbalance must be addressed along with the usual diet and exercise protocols. Under-active thyroid function slows metabolism and causes under utilization of […]
Don’t Let Your Holiday Dinner Ruin Your Diet
Every year at this time I have patients coming back to see me after their Thanksgiving and Christmas meals having gained weight and mad as hell at themselves. Logically, one meal shouldn’t put five or even ten pounds on a person, but sometimes we see this. Holiday dinners are special times for getting together with […]
Treating Diabetes & Weight Gain Naturally
Diabetes and weight gain tend to go hand in hand. There are both genetic as well as environmental factors that play a role. The good news is that even once damaged, the normal functioning of the blood sugar system can be restored. The most common factor in the destruction of the carbohydrate pathway is overuse. When […]
Weight Loss Made Easy
Over the past thirty three years I have found that patients who have had difficulty with weight loss have missed addressing one or more key metabolic issues. Issues such as thyroid insufficiency, insulin resistance and hormone imbalance must be addressed along with the usual diet and exercise protocols. Under-active thyroid function slows metabolism and causes under utilization […]