Walking may be a key to losing weight, but it also offers a variety of other advantages, like stimulating creativity, enhancing heart health, and increasing balance. Another advantage that is sometimes ignored is that walking daily might help you maintain weight, particularly if you've recently lost weight. Maintaining weight reduction
How Your Metabolism Changes Throughout Your Life - It’s a well-known fact that metabolism (the chemical process by which the body converts food into energy for life-sustaining tasks) decreases with age, but a recent study reveals some surprising results. Before we dive into the details and implications of this information
Metabolism. We have all heard this word over and over again. Most of us have “blamed” our metabolism for our weight or wished we could increase metabolism so we could maintain our goal weight. Well, what really is metabolism, what are the habits that kill it, and how to increase metabolism? What
Bariatric Surgery is NOT a Crutch! Let's compare the fact that bariatric is NOT a crutch and a carpenter building a bookshelf. Imagine a carpenter building a bookshelf. The carpenter gathers all the wood, nails, and tools, but instead of a hammer, the carpenter is given a shoe to hammer
Can you starve yourself to lose weight? Can it hurt for the short-term or what about long-term? Let’s face it, losing weight is a battle. You can set your mind to eating healthy, cutting calories and exercising, but when you see little to no results from your efforts, it can
The Obesity, Metabolism and Weight Loss Surgery Connection Obesity is a chronic relapsing condition, which means short-term therapies have a very high likelihood of failure. So far, the only proven and effective long-term therapy has been bariatric/metabolic surgery. Obesity is a complex disease and we have recently started appreciating its
Metabolism. We have all heard that word at some point when discussing weight “He can eat whatever he wants; he must have a good metabolism” or “I have a slow metabolism, it doesn’t matter what I eat, I can’t lose weight.” But what is metabolism? How does this affect weight maintenance,
Many people blame their weight on a slow metabolism. But, is their slow metabolism really to blame? If a slow metabolism is the cause of your overweight, can you increase your metabolism? Yes, your metabolism has to do with your weight. However, it is the amount of food and beverage
We hear about the dangers of too much sun exposure all the time. It's bad for the eyes and bad for the skin. You can experience sunstroke, sun poisoning, and sunburns. But what about the health benefits of sensible sun exposure? Spending just 10-15 minutes in the sun a day
Making Breakfast a Priority by Kent Sasse, MD, MPH, FACS, FACRS “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” While commonly quoted, this advice is not as commonly taken. Starting your day with one healthy decision supports more healthy decisions throughout the day. This is one important reason to
