Apr 16, 2015 | Diet Tips, In the Media, Research, Weight Loss
This is the first of an educational series that talks about some common misperceptions about weight control, what you can realistically expect when you diet, and the science behind the real answers.We have all seen the advertisements. A pound a day without hunger! 50...
Apr 10, 2015 | In the Media, Research, Weight Loss
The publication Ann. Internal Medicine recently summarized results of commercial weight loss programs (the kind that advertise on TV and in magazines) compared to the options that doctors typically offer and are known to work poorly, such as educational pamphlets, a...
Apr 10, 2015 | In the Media, Research, Weight Loss
In the headlines this week, we saw an incredible exposure of one small area of the supplement industry published in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis.The backstory to this paper is that a couple of years ago the FDA found that weight loss supplements containing...
Mar 22, 2015 | Exercise, In the Media, Research, Weight Loss
I don’t generally comment on epidemiological studies — the results are so influenced by what participants choose to do and how willing and able they are to accurately report, that they often come up with false conclusions. However, a study published this week on...
Feb 25, 2015 | Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Health, Fiber, In the Media, Research, Uncategorized
Every 5 years the government produces a new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are intended to give definitive advice on what Americans should eat to stay healthy. And every 5 years these same Dietary Guidelines are vilified and ridiculed in the media, making it...