Comments on: Prepare for Weight Loss

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:35:41 +0000

Hi, Peppy. Thanks for your input.
That “get mad at your fat” trick sure won’t work for everybody.
It’s interesting to consider why someone ever makes a voluntary lifestyle change. One paradigm is that we’ll change when it’s more painful to continue in our old ways, than it is to change. That’s sorta what happens when an alcoholic hits rock bottom.

By: Peppy

Peppy — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:54:48 +0000

Your words are full of wisdom, and I really like what you wrote about beginning a new eating plan. However, I must take issue with your comment about getting mad at our fat. As one, who has metabolic syndrome (along with other medical issues) and who has struggled with my weight, since puberty, I don’t need to dislike my body any more than I do. For me, It “feeds” into the circle of emotional eating, guilt, emotional eating, guilt, etc. I would rather take the stance that I’m going to focus on embracing this worldly body and, in doing so, promise to take better care of it. I know that, at times, I will fall. But, I don’t want to “hate” anything about myself, be it fat or anything else.

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:39:05 +0000

Hi, Patti. I’m sorry you’re having so much trouble.

Most middle-aged and older women should have some concern about osteoporosis, it’s so common. But it’s rarely if ever the cause of hip inflammation/pain unless there’s a fracture.

Being significantly overweight is linked to elevated markers of inflammation in the bloodstream. One theory is that adipose (fat) tissue, especially in the abdomen, produces inflammatory molecules that can do damage elsewhere. Losing weight by any reasonable method tends to reduce systemic inflammation. The traditional Mediterranean diet is also associated with improved markers of systemic inflammation, regardless of weight. Whether the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet is anti-inflammatory remains to be seen. I make no claims about that. I can’t afford to run inflammatory marker labs on my patients: insurance won’t pay for many of them, in my experience. And they’re expensive. I’m talking about tests such as TNF-alpha and interleukin-6. Less expensive and more available are sedimentation rate and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, which insurance will often cover.

Keep after your doctors until you get a firm diagnosis. That’s the cornerstone of treatment. In any case, losing 50 lb (23 kg) should take some strain off your hips, improving pain and mobility.

Best wishes.

By: Patti Nolan

Patti Nolan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:29:45 +0000

I’m so glad I found your book! I’m just getting started on the KMDiet and I think this is going to be the right combo for me to lose the weight and get healthy. I’ve gradually put on about 50 lbs over the last 15 years. I have high cholesterol; extremely high triglycerides –on meds for both. I have an underactive thyroid–another pill. I have a family history of diabetes–including a brother on dialysis with blindness and partial foot amputation and 2 of my three sisters are insulin diabetics. I don’t want to follow but I’m fearing I’m getting close to pre-diabetes.
I also have developed some kind of awful inflammation problem in both hips over the past year. Still running tests to find out what it is. I have some arthritis but my third orthopedic surgeon I’m in the care of tells me my cartilage is not deteriorated and I don’t have AVN. My mom had lupus so I’m going to be tested for that and also for rheumatoid arthritis. I am having difficulty doing everything–walking, stairs, standing…even laying down.
I am woken up continually through the night with pain. It’s awful.

How will the Ketogenic Med. Diet help with inflammation? Do you think I should be concerned about osteoporosis?

Thanks for the feedback and the great book and website!
Patti

By: sam diaz

sam diaz — Sat, 07 May 2011 15:50:02 +0000

looking for the rite diet to loose 50 to 60 lbs i am a diabetic with a kidney transplant i take so many medication. tacrolimus caps, myfortic tabs,prednisone tabs, nifedipine er xl tabs, metoprolol tartrate, clonidine hcl, lisinopri tabs, simbastatin tabs the side affect are tough but i have make it

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:17:33 +0000

I’ll be rooting for you, Leticia!

By: Leticia Wakely

Leticia Wakely — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:19:50 +0000

I’m getting ready to start the Mediterranean Diet, I had Lupus in 1996 and took cortizone but I quit taking it 1 year later and since then I’ve having problems to lose the weight I gained, right now I’m obese but I’m determined to start this diet and drop that 30 or 40 pounds I have.

Thanks

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:57:44 +0000

Thanks for the complement, Robin.

By: Robinsgothealth

Robinsgothealth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:59:21 +0000

All and all Maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong commitment. Fast weight loss programs don’t help people keep weight off for extended periods because they don’t teach them anything.

Great read, thanks for sharing!

Your in Health,
Robin