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...
Jan 5, 2015 | Diabetes, In the Media, Research, sweeteners
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 artificial sweeteners recently — and...
Nov 11, 2014 | In the Media, Research, Weight Loss
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 a...