Nutrient Density 1: Introduction
Let’s cut to the chase . . . the calorie is an oversimplified measure of food. While calorie counting may be a useful strategy in the short term, study after study shows that it is not a reliable long-term strategy…
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What’s the Best Measure of Food? Calories vs Other Properties
Thanks to our modern food environment, we have over-complicated food to the point of creating mass confusion over how to eat. Our ancestors (from Australopithecus to just a couple generations ago) didn’t have nutrition labels on their food and…
Fat Loss 201: The Personal Fat Threshold
The Personal Fat Threshold Why do some people who appear normal-weight have diabetes? And why do some people with severe obesity not have diabetes? These observations make the adage “You can’t judge a book by its cover” ring true. While…
Fat Loss 101 – Understanding the Different Types of Body Fat
Fat Loss 101 – Understanding the Different Types of Body Fat Few things in this world garner as much collective agreement as the recognition that excess body fat is detrimental to health. In fact, body fat is the target of…
How to Get Fat-Adapted
How to Get Fat-Adapted In the modern day, nearly all adults are glucose-adapted, but not fat-adapted. This scenario is a function of the relatively high carbohydrate intake that is typical in the Standard American Diet. All carbohydrates break down into…
Fat Adaptation and its Critical Role in Weight Loss
Fat Adaptation and it’s Critical Role in Weight Loss There are basically two fuels that can be utilized by the human body for energy: carbohydrates and fat. The vast majority of people are routinely utilizing carbohydrates as their fuel and…
What Happens to your Metabolism when you Restrict Calories?
What Happens to your Metabolism when you Restrict Calories? Wouldn’t it be great if losing weight was simply a function of decreasing how many calories you ate? Everyone wants to manipulate calories to control their weight just like dollars determine…
Calories, part 2: More Problems with Calorie Counting
More Problems with Calorie Counting While many people are obsessed with counting calories in an attempt to lose weight, it’s clear that a strict Calories In Calories Out (CICO) model is not as helpful as we would like to believe.…
Calories: Problems with Calorie Counting for Weight Loss
Calories, part 1: Problems with Calorie Counting for Weight Loss We’ve been taught since middle school health class that 1 pound of fat equals 3,500 Calories and, therefore, creating a Calorie deficit of 500 Calories per day through diet and/or…
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As a physician and a parent, I am deeply invested in the health of our children and future generations. Metabolic health is as critical, if not more, for children as it is for adults. My goal is to partner with individuals of all ages to improve their health spans – the length of time that people remain healthy and functional, not just alive.
