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Dr. Roberts on a Major Weight Loss Study
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 3-session…
Dr. Roberts on Bad Diet Supplements in the News
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…
Dr. Roberts on Exercise and 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…
Making Sense of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines
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…
Recent studies on artificial sweeteners change the discussion
Previously, the focus on artificial sweeteners was on safety.Now the discussion has broadened to include effects on gut bacteria. You may be aware that there has been a flurry of media articles about a new study on the safety of…
As seen on WCVB-TV Channel 5 News
The iDiet was recently featured for the 2nd time on Boston’s Channel 5. The report was titled “Diet retrains your brain to like healthy food — Workers test science-based weight loss program called iDiet” The workers in question actually lost…
We’ve Started A Revolution
You may have heard about iDiet in the news this week. Dr. Susan Roberts and iDiet science have been featured on NBC’s Today Show, as well as in Time Magazine, CBS, the BBC, CNN, FOX, Shape, and many others. It’s…
How to use the Glycemic Index in your diet plan
iDiet founder Dr. Susan Roberts was extensively quoted in this short article about the Glycemic Index (GI). You can watch the Glycemic Index of your daily diet without keeping a lot of numbers in your head. It’s easy with the…
10 Tips to Start Your Year off Right
iDiet’s own Dr. Susan Roberts was quoted in the January 2014 People Magazine “Half Their Size” issue, providing some valuable weight-loss tips. Here is a more comprehensive list of Dr. Robert’s diet tips and advice to help start your year…
How To Help A Dieter Today
Diet Tips, Weight Loss As everyone knows, come January 1st ‘tis the season to lose weight. For some of us that means actually going on a diet, while for others it means spending time with friends or family who are counting…