Phentermine is recommended for long term use to lose weight and to maintain weight loss Note: Much of this material and recommendations are derived from a report by the American Society of Bariatric Physicians TM, entitled “Overweight and Obesity Evaluation and Management.” Weight loss maintenance Although phentermine has been used for more than fifty years …
Saturated Fat vs Trans Fat: Which is Worse? Health and nutrition can be very confusing. You’ve heard “Trans Fat can kill us.” and “Saturated Fat increases heart disease, makes us fat, causes diabetes, etc.” But Paleo dieters say, “no, saturated fat lowers cholesterol and makes us thin.” “Real Butter is good, margarine is bad.” What do you …
“I don’t have a problem with caffeine. I have a problem without caffeine!” Do you enjoy a good cup (or 2) of coffee in the morning? That nice warm pick me up to get your day started and get you ready for life? Most of us do! But in the past there has always been …
By Michael Clark, Ph.D., Director, Education & Research, Diplomate of Anti-Aging Medicine, Fellow and Advanced Fellow of Fellow of Anti-Aging, Regeneration & Functional Medicine The Harvard Medical School on June 28, 2013, published an article entitled Blood pressure and your brain. The article noted the following: “When you think of the effects of high blood …
Chromium, an essential dietary mineral, plays a central role in how the body uses insulin to burn sugars, carbs, fats, and proteins for energy. Because of this insulin-enhancing role, chromium can be especially helpful in controlling, and sometimes reversing, some of the symptoms of prediabetes and type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes. *Chromium supplements, which are commonly …
The nation’s biggest health threat is not heart disease, it’s not stroke — it’s not even cancer, say many experts. “Diabetes is the No. 1 health problem America faces today,” says Newsmax Health contributor Dr. David Brownstein. “High glucose, or high sugar levels, is the reason for the out-of-control freight train of patients that will …
High Sugar Levels — America’s No. 1 Health Threat Read More »
Americans’ intake of sweetened drinks – chief among them, soda – has more than tripled in the last 40 years, and that consumption is taking its toll on our health. Soda consumption can be correlated to various cancers and brain degenerative diseases, like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Lou Gehrig’s (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), says Dr. Russell Blaylock, …
Carb cravings are a dieter’s nightmare. It’s relatively easy to stick to a diet for a couple of days but after that cravings for carbohydrate-rich foods often set in. If you are one of these people who have had cravings sabotage your diet time after time 5-HTP may be a nutrient that solves this problem, …
If you are cutting back on calories or you have type 2 diabetes, a diet soda may seem like the perfect replacement for a sugar laden soft drink; however, the dangers of diet soda expose you to risks you may not even realize. 1. Artificial sweeteners may not be as safe as many believe. A …
The plot thickens. How simple it once was for endocrinologists to identify a few organs, like the thyroid, measure their hormones, and then prescribe hormone replacement when seemingly lacking in them. While this method may have been easier, it was often not very helpful in solving the obvious thyroid problems that many experience. In 1994 …
