Are Seed Oils Bad For You? cardiology diet healthy living Mar 10, 2022

Are Seed Oils Good or Bad For You?

Do seed oils and vegetable oils actually cause inflammation or heart disease? Or is that a myth? Are there any research studies on this topic? Yes, thankfully we have tons of studies on this now. The seed oil debate ends now! 

 

Seed Oils Are Cardioprotective (G...

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Science Says It's Ok To Eat Carbs! diet Dec 01, 2021

Science Says It's Ok To Eat Carbs!

Twenty years ago, we really didn't know. Research did show that avoiding carbs did cause weight loss, and that your health improved with that weight loss.

What we didn't know at the time was that overall health markers improved from the weight loss alone. Not bec...

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Lose Weight Eating Foods You Enjoy diet healthy living weight loss Nov 10, 2021

The most important thing for weight loss is to eat foods that you enjoy and can continue to enjoy long term. If you restrict yourself or start to eat things you are not used to eating, then you will have a tough time adhering to that style of eating long term.

Studies have shown that the single mos...

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You Can't Outrun Your Diet diet healthy living Oct 13, 2021

The Linear vs Constrained Model Of Exercise

One thing we've learned is that exercise is not linear. Exercise is not endless in the amount of calories that it can burn. Studies have shown that you cannot simply just do more exercise to burn more calories and therefore increase your total of daily en...

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Pool Party: Intermittent Fasting Almost Killed My Freind diet weight loss Oct 05, 2021

I was at a pool party last year. Since I’m also a cardiologist, a friend of mine asked me about an episode where he passed out. He passed out driving home from the gym one day and totaled his car and hit three other cars. No one was hurt. But he was shocked and wanted answers. He was young and healt...

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Fad Diets Long Term Success Rates diet weight loss Dec 01, 2019

Do Fad Diets Provide Lasting Long Term Weight Loss?

You have to eat food that you enjoy!

When most people decide to go on a fad diet, they usually start a diet that has a "name". Something like "paleo" or "keto" or "zone" diets. These work for a while and the research does show that any diet works...

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How I Lost 50 Pounds in 6 Months Without Fad Diets diet weight loss Sep 25, 2019

Diet Doctor Loses 50 Pounds in 6 Months After Years of Unsuccessful Fad Dieting

Yes, I lost 50 pounds of fat and built muscle in about 6 months. It was the easiest (and hardest) thing I have ever done. After years of fad dieting, I finally figured it out! It's sad, because I'm a "diet doctor" and t...

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