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Posted Do Fast Food Binges Lead to Liver Damage? to Diet Blog
A new study again confirms that eating fast foods not only causes weight gain, but also rapidly damages the liver. The 18 participants of the new Swedish study had transformations that mirrored filmmaker Morgan Spurlock in his controversial 2004 documentary "Super Size Me." For anyone who did not see the documentary, Spurlock spent one month eating all of his meals...
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Posted Secrets of the Restaurant Industry to Diet Blog
The January issue of Men's Health has an interesting article about 16 secrets of the restaurant industry. The article begins with a report about a recent legislative proposal that would have forced all California restaurants to disclose their nutritional content to all consumers. Unfortunately, Governor Schwarzenegger never signed the bill, so California restaurant goers will have to use their best...
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Posted Top Ten Turkey Trivia to Diet Blog
It’s Thanksgiving in the United States, so here is a top ten list of Turkey Trivia from www.Thanksgivingworld.com and the University of Illinois...
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Posted Lose Weight Eating Burritos? to Diet Blog
Mover over Jared and the Subway diet, there is a newcomer to the fast food weight loss arena and his name is Justin Hall. Over three months, Justin has lost 40 pounds by eating a Chipotle burrito every day, but compared to the Subway diet, Justin’s new “Chipotle Diet” is pretty extreme since Justin’s daily burrito has a whopping 1330...
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Posted The Science of Obesity to Diet Blog
Recently, the National Geographic Channel has been airing the documentary “The Science of Obesity”, which explains the various ways that obesity impacts the body and how “Francis” -a 28-year-old male who is 5 foot 8 inches tall and weighs 500 pounds copes with day-to-day activities....
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Posted Obesity Increases Esophageal Cancer Risk to Diet Blog
A new Australian study has found that obese people are "six times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than people with healthy weight." The researchers looked at 800 people with esophageal cancer and compared them to 1600 people who did not suffer from the disease. Even when the researchers ruled out contributing factors to esophageal cancer such as heavy drinking...
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Posted Bizarre Dessert Award: Oreo Pizza to Diet Blog
If you are having a chocolate craving after your pizza, then Domino's Pizza now has the answer. It is called the Oreo Dessert Pizza....
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Posted Why Do Obese Children Have Increased Iron Deficiency? to Diet Blog
A new study has found a connection between obesity in preschoolers and a greater risk for iron deficiency. Researchers analyzed blood samples from 960 toddlers and found that “20 percent of obese toddlers have iron deficiency, compared to 7 percent of normal-weight toddlers.”...
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Posted Think You Are Avoiding Trans Fats? Think Again to Diet Blog
No one can debate that trans fats should be eliminated from the diet. Research has found that trans fats have been linked to multiple health issues including elevated coronary heart disease risk and lowering HDL levels, higher abdominal fat levels and even infertility. In 2006, in response to the health consequences of consuming trans fats, the United States FDA required...
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Posted Overweight: A New Reason To Skip School to Diet Blog
A study of over a thousand children demonstrated that overweight children were absent 20% more than normal weight children. What was interesting about the study is that the absenteeism was not related to “being sick.” According to researcher, Andrew B Geier, the children were avoiding school due to “the stigma and the bullying that accompanies being overweight.”...
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Posted 5 Great Reasons to Try Quinoa to Diet Blog
Everyone knows that whole grains provide a whole host of health benefits including lowering heart disease risk and helping with weight maintenance. I love to experiment with different whole grains and by far one of my favorites is Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wa)....
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Posted Why Does College Make You Fat? to Diet Blog
A recent study of 800 college students shows that going to college may be related to weight gain. Researcher, Ingrid Logren collected health data from 800 of her students enrolled in a nutrition course at the University of New Hampshire. The results of the research were startling....
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Posted The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now? to Diet Blog
I remember watching the first season of the network show, “The Biggest Loser” and being amazed as participants would weigh-in each week and lose 10-25 pounds a week. By the end of the show, the winner was crowned and his name was Ryan Benson. In one season, he was able to lose a staggering 122 pounds! So how is Ryan...
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Posted Michael Moore Weight Loss: Not So Sicko! to Diet Blog
Whether you like or dislike Michael Moore, most people can agree that he always seems to ignite some type of controversy. I recently heard an interview with him as he was promoting his new healthcare documentary “Sicko”. His new movie documents many of the failings of the American health care system. It seems that the movie has already had...
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Posted Does Vegetarian = Healthy? to Diet Blog
Restaurants often market foods as “vegetarian” and consumers normally assume that food labeled vegetarian must be a healthier alternative to other menu choices. This week, I had a patient who was on a business trip and received quite a surprise when he ordered a Vegi Muffaletta for lunch from a COSI restaurant....
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Posted Can Kids Handle the "O" Word? to Diet Blog
New guidelines for pediatricians and other health professionals recommend that doctors need to start using the term “Obesity” when referring to or talking to overweight children and their parents....
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Posted 5 Ways to Easily Improve Your Breakfast to Diet Blog
Often one of the challenges of maintaining a healthy weight management program is finding good choices for breakfast. Some of my favorite alternatives to sweetened sugar cereals include whole grains such as quinoa, amaranth or good old-fashioned oatmeal. Recently, Quaker gave oatmeal a makeover, so it could be classified as a weight-control food. Unfortunately, the new Weight Control Oatmeal ends...
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Posted The Cell Phone Diet to Diet Blog
Cell phones can do just about anything these days from searching the internet to downloading music and now cell phones may be used to help people achieve their weight loss goals. An innovative new program is being tested in Japan where participants can use their cell phones to take pictures of there daily meals and send them to a...
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Posted An End to the Milk Controversy? to Diet Blog
Over the past couple years; dairy products have been a source of confusion and debate in regards to their contribution to weight loss. Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been forced to stop 2 national dairy advertising campaigns that claim dairy products can cause weight loss....
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Posted Does Being Thin = Healthy? to Diet Blog
We often assume that thin people are automatically healthier than overweight people, but a recent AP article questions this notion. Research involving the MRI scans of over 800 people has shown that many people who appear “thin” are actually storing large amounts of internal body fat around many of their vital organs....
