If you’re taking advice about nutrition regarding your health and/or weight – make sure the person you’re talking to knows what they’re talking about! I was talking with a diabetic patient the other day who was struggling both with their weight and their blood sugar. The obvious question from me “Tell me what you usually […]
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Last week I explained a common MASSIVE ROADBLOCK many people put in their way of shedding excess fat. “I’ve tried everything, nothing works, I can’t lose weight” = a CLOSED MIND and makes it pretty well impossible to make any progress with weight loss, even if you really want to. So what do you do
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As a doctor I often have to bring the issue of excess weight up with my patients, because often it’s relevant to the disease or illness they’ve come in to see me with. Obviously, most people have tried to lose weight already, and a common reply to me is “I’ve tried everything, I can’t lose
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Sustained weight loss happens as a result of habit change, so embarking on a habit change program is the best and fastest way to lose weight. It’s the perfect way to lay the foundations of success for permanent weight loss. Basically you need to learn the mind-set of a slim person – because without that, you wouldn’t be able
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You’ve started your healthy eating plan and all is going quite well, until you get to mid-late afternoon. You start to feel low in energy and hungry. If you work somewhere like I do you’re surrounded by chocolate, cakes, biscuits and sweets. No I don’t work in a sweet shop, but a doctor’s surgery! How
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If you can put up with the pretty horrible side effects of this drug what can you hope to gain? How does it work? Orlistat (also known as Xenical & Alli) interferes with the action of an enzyme that breaks down fat. These enzymes are released by your stomach and other parts of your digestive
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One of my patients said this to me today. In fact a lot of my patients complain that they have very little energy. They also know that if they did some regular exercise they would have more energy. Some people choose to wait for the energy to arrive first. This puts them into a catch
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Some diet plans have you weighing out everything you eat. At the very least this tends to take some of the fun out of meal times, but does it help you get your portion sizes right and help you lose weight? Much like calorie controlled diets (more info on those here), diets that advocate weighing
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So how does drinking freshly made fruit and vegetable juices fit into your healthy weight loss plan? In a nutshell they support your metabolism, and it is only when you have got your metabolism sorted that you can lose fat and keep it off long term. Much of what people eat these days is refined,
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This is such a common question I get asked at work, so if you find yourself asking it you’re in good company. After asking a few questions, it nearly always becomes very obvious to me why the person in front of me can’t lose weight. Here are the top 5 reasons: They are trying to
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