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…
Impact of Water Intake on Weight Loss
Impact of Water Intake on Weight Loss As previously discussed, water intake is vital but can also be done to excess. When it comes to weight loss (fat loss), though, does water intake make a difference? Can increased water intake…
Fat Loss 301: Fasting for Fat Loss
Fasting for fat loss While many regard fasting as a difficult challenge, it has been a normal part of the human experience for millennia and is a time-honored tradition among virtually all major religions of the world. Part of the…
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.
