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What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Weight Loss

Since the most common weight loss advise to count calories and exercise more hasn’t worked, pharmaceutical companies have finally garnered approval for two new “obesity” medications -- namely, Belviq and Qsymia. Belviq was rejected by the FDA in 2010 due to the development of heart [...]


It seems there is massive confusion about what to eat. The short answer is real food. We will not be hungry if we eat ten vegetables and fruits a day. I truly understand why you are confused. One day you read that soy is good, [...]

Weight Loss ~ European Style

Why do you gain so much weight as you age? Why is there so much loss of muscle as you age? Why is there so much fat accumulation in your belly? Can you ever get lean again? Why do you keep losing weight and regaining [...]

The HCG Diet

The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) diet actually helps you lose fat, even those proverbial last ten pounds nearly everyone complains about. The HCG diet was researched and developed in Italy by A.T.W. Simeons, M.D. in Italy around fifty years ago. Many moons ago I learned [...]

RFM Notes 05/23/09

Obesity has doubled since 1980 and obese Americans now outnumber those who are overweight. Carbohydrates which are refined, meaning white flour and white sugar, are reflected in your blood work as triglycerides, hsCRP (measure of inflammation), Insulin, C Reactive Protein, Albumin, Protein, etc. So I [...]

Medical Weight Loss

First of all, stop dieting. So you are not your ideal weight. This is not necessarily your fault. Most of us are scurrying with frightening rapidity as we navigate our lives. And not only is the medical information confusing, eating for ideal weight is [...]