November 17, 2021
Calorie banking Once patients have reached the maintenance stage, “calorie banking” is a very practical approach to help them balance their food intake for life. It stems from the idea that we live in a society that is basically five days on and two days off (referring to a work […]
November 24, 2021
Help us to help you. An important publication published in the AJBM (the journal of the American Association of Medicine concerned with weight management) which reports on the validation studies of the Mental Weight Questionnaire®. Dr. Stotland’s conclusions highlight the effectiveness and indispensability of such a tool in the treatment […]
December 28, 2021
Resolution 2022: Prevention At the beginning of the year, some people make resolutions to improve their health. This is an interesting realization and one worth repeating every day. Every day we are a new person. Every day we make choices, hundreds if not thousands of choices. When to get up, […]
February 1, 2022
Are you well informed? Take this short quiz to find out. True or false: 2% milk is low in fat. False: An 8-ounce (250 ml) glass of 2% milk contains 5 grams of fat, about the same amount as two slices of bacon. Don’t tell me now that bacon […]
February 3, 2022
Bulimia – The Queen of Emotions “I’m going crazy. I don’t understand myself at all. What I did yesterday was absolutely horrible: I ate everything in the refrigerator, a whole grape pie, a quart of ice cream, half a box of chocolate cookies, that’s all that was left, and […]
March 14, 2022
Second Commandment: Choose what you want to eat “Primary care patient’s preferences for Very Low Calorie Diets vs Low Calorie Diets, 9th International Congress of Obesity, August 2002.” For the past 50 years, my research and scientific publications have focused on identifying the best diet for losing weight. […]