June 27, 2019
T.G.I.F. For most of us, who work to control our weight, the most difficult days to go are often weekends, starting on Friday afternoon. We often follow our diet well and exercise throughout the week, then come on Friday. I have some ideas that I believe will help you with […]
June 17, 2019
Obesity and Life Expectancy by Maurice Larocque, M.D. At a time when researchers are talking about an obesity epidemic and that many people tend to under-estimate the consequences of obesity on their physical health, two studies published in 2003 recently caught our interest: : Repeated tries to lose weight (even […]
April 10, 2019
The excesses of bariatric surgery While bariatric surgeons admit that they do not really know what they are doing by intervening on the digestive tract to create chronic malabsorption, the fashion is to prescribe these interventions systematically or almost for all cases of morbid obesity. Supposedly: this is the only way […]
March 26, 2019
Stop fooling yourself! by Maurice Larocque, M.D. I’ve been practicing medicine for more then 40 years and have seen tens of thousands of overweight patients, but I’ve yet to see anyone who was truly happy with his condition, both physically and psychologically. Now, there are weight loss and maintenance methods […]
January 30, 2019
Protein is best to help you keep the weight off! The results of a new research on weight maintenance have been published in the reputed International Journal of Obesity. (International Journal of Obesity). Thirteen of the world’s most reputable researchers have worked together to identify which diet is best at […]
January 18, 2019
New research: Neurocognitive and Hormonal Correlates of Voluntary Weight Loss in Humans Insufficient responses to hypocaloric diets have been attributed to hormonal adaptations that override self-control of food intake. We tested this hypothesis by measuring circulating energy-balance hormones and brain functional magnetic resonance imaging reactivity to food cues in 24 […]