Americans Are Attacking the Obesity Epidemic All Over the Country: See How The obesity epidemic is sweeping the world with more than 2.1 billion people overweight or obese. The USA leads the way with 34% obese and 68% overweight Both [...]
Sleep Apnea May Be the Cause of Obesity Sleep apnea and obesity is a dangerous combination. With sleep apnea, sleep is disturbed by intermittent episodes of NO breathing during the night. This leads to less oxygen in the blood and [...]
Lack of sleep is an often overlooked cause of weight gain. As technology advances, all kinds of activities can occur at sleep time that did not occur years ago. Impaired sleep effects metabolic hormones, glucose, and insulin metabolism. Over long [...]
Daily metabolism includes the energy we all need to metabolize food, keep warm, think, and move about. A HIGH metabolism means you are burning more food than you need and will lose weight while a slow metabolism means weight gain. [...]
Drinking alcohol and still losing weight is possible. The secret is to pick the right drink and the correct number of drinks over the week. Most dieters can still lose weight with 2 drinks on 2 or possibly 3 days. [...]
Hungry vs. Full: What are the Mechanisms? Achieving feelings of fullness and avoiding hunger are the keys to Successful weight loss and maintenance. This requires understanding what makes you full and what makes you hungry. Foods Causing Fullness by Distending [...]
A common complaint is that a person is dieting (restricting their carbs and calories), exercising, and not losing weight. For most of us this is a very frustrating experience. Dr. Lipman has treated more than 40,000 overweight patients during the [...]
Eating between dinner and bedtime can often lead to major weight gain. There are all kinds of techniques to slow down eating at night. This includes going to sleep earlier, eliminating carbs and alcohol (which produce hunger) from the dinner [...]
Losing weight successfully and keeping it off requires the dieter to recognize that hunger comes in many forms and can easily be an expression of other feelings. No matter what, the first thing to do if you are hungery is [...]
