Category Archives: Weight Loss
TV’s Biggest Loser Plan Improves Diabetes and Prediabetes
TV’s “The Biggest Loser” weight-loss program works great for overweight diabetics and pre diabetics, according to an article May 30, 2012, in MedPage Today. Some quotes: For example, one man with a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of 9.1, a body mass … Continue reading
Filed under Exercise, Overweight and Obesity, Weight Loss
Diabetes Plus Bulimia Equals Diabulimia
MedPage Today has a brief article on “diabulimia,” a disorder in type 1 diabetics who withhold insulin in order to lose weight. After following the women for 11 years, the researchers found that those who restricted insulin had increased rates … Continue reading
Filed under Diabetes Complications, Weight Loss
Science in Support of the Paleo Diet
Investigators at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found diminished weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and waist circumference in 14 healthy medical students eating a paleo diet for three weeks. I reviewed this research report in my effort to determine … Continue reading
Filed under Heart Disease, Paleo diet, Weight Loss
Does Cutting Out Sugary Drinks Help With Weight Loss?
Are you obese, love sugary drinks, and want to easily lose four pounds (1.8 kg) over the next six months? Simply cut a couple of sugary drinks out of your daily diet, replace them with water or diet soa, and … Continue reading
Filed under Carbohydrate, Overweight and Obesity, Sugar, Weight Loss
Alec Baldwin Cut Out Sugar, Lost 30 Pounds
Mother Nature Network last January reported Alec Baldwin’s successful weight loss effort. An excerpt: “I gave up sugar,” he told Access Hollywood. “I lost 30 pounds in four months. It’s amazing.” “(I do) Pilates, spin, not as much yoga as … Continue reading
Filed under Sugar, Weight Loss
Book Review: Choose to Lose: The 7-Day Carb Cycle Solution
I saw the author of Choose to Lose on a rerun of Dr. Oz in early January. Then I checked the book’s sales rank at Amazon.com (22nd overall—a blockbuster in my view). (Don’t get me wrong; I’m not in the … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Exercise, Weight Loss
Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet Now in Book Form
A number of my patients and blog readers have asked for a more comprehensive presentation of the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet. The KMD, as you may be aware, is the basis for the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet. Both of them are in … Continue reading
Your Tax Dollars At Work: FDA Warns HCG Marketers
Ooooh! I’m sure they’re shaking in their boots. I ran across a patient in the emergency department a couple months ago who coincidentally happened to be taking over-the-counter HCG oral drops for help with weight loss. She didn’t ask … Continue reading
Filed under Drugs for Diabetes, Weight Loss
Severe Carb Restriction in Type 2 Diabetes
U.K. researchers found major metabolic improvements in obese type 2 diabetics following a very low-carbohydrate diet, compared to a low-fat portion-controlled diet. The latter is a standard recommendation in the U.S. for overweight type 2 diabetics. This study is an … Continue reading
Filed under Carbohydrate, Weight Loss
