Is Food Noise Running your Life?
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Food Noise: Why You Can’t Stop Thinking About Food
What’s for lunch? Should I have that? I shouldn’t have had that. When’s the next meal? If some version of that loop runs in your head, you already know food noise from the inside: food thoughts that show up uninvited…
Can You Reduce Heart Plaque? A New Study Found It Shrinks When LDL Drops
What you’ll learn: What the new study found The trial, published in JAMA Cardiology on October 30, followed 104 people in Denmark, newly diagnosed with coronary artery disease. None had ever taken a cholesterol drug. Half received atorvastatin at a…
Why Hunger Matters in Weight Loss—and How iDiet Approaches It
A BMJ review coauthored by iDiet founder Dr. Susan B. Roberts helps explain the science of weight management — including controlling hunger and making lasting changes in how we eat. In short: Losing weight requires eating less than your body…
“Food Noise” Is Real. The Diagnosis Isn’t.
Everyone’s Talking About It — Including People Trying to Sell You Something A new survey in the news this week shows that roughly 1 in 5 American adults (about 18%) say they often or always experience “food noise” — persistent,…
Lose Weight Without Eating Less: What the Viral Vegan Study Really Found
Adults in a recent study (unaffiliated with iDiet) lost about 13 pounds in 16 weeks without counting calories or shrinking portions. The mechanism behind it works no matter what you call the diet, but it comes with a major caveat…
Is there a Cortisol Diet?
Cortisol, Stress, and Weight Loss: What Really Matters Cortisol is having a big moment online. You may have heard that cortisol causes “belly fat,” blocks weight loss, or needs to be “balanced” with special powders or supplements. Or even that…
How America Built a Weight Problem over 250 Years
How America Built a Weight Problem over 250 Years 250 Years of Food, Sugar, Screens, Medicine, Movement, and Shame For most of American history, food made demands on the body. People grew it, hauled it, cooked it, preserved it, walked…
Can there be an excess of less?
Just today, a journalist in the Boston Globe wrote about achieving her goal weight with Zepbound — at the cost of $449 monthly to maintain, plus nausea, fatigue, and hair loss. And the most-commented article in the New York Times…
When Past Attempts Feel Like Proof You Can’t Succeed
by Susan B. Roberts, PhD I hear this from new iDieters all the time: “I’ve tried so many diets before and failed. What if I can’t do this?” Here’s what I want you to understand: your biology isn’t working against…
GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs: FAQ
A Clear, Science-Based Frequently Asked Questions reference GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Zepbound are everywhere right now — in headlines, on social media, and in doctors’ offices. They can be powerful tools.They can also be widely…