Study Reveals Potential of Green Coffee Bean Extract for Weight Management
A recent clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Nutritional Association highlights the promising effects of a patented green coffee bean extract (GCB70®), enriched with 70% chlorogenic acid, on weight management in overweight and obese individuals. Conducted by Verma et al., this 12-week open-label study involved 105 participants aged 18 to 65, all […]
Managing Hunger After GLP-1 Medication: Expert Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
As users of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound often face extreme hunger upon discontinuation, experts are offering strategies to help manage this rebound effect, commonly known as “Ozempic rebound.” Clinical studies indicate that many individuals regain significant weight after stopping these medications, as appetite regulation can become dysregulated. Dr. Mir Ali, a bariatric […]
Figuring Out Fat After 40
Dr. Carrie Louise Daenell, ND What’s going on here?! Doing everything right, yet packing on the pounds with every passing year? Losing and regaining the same 5 or 10 pounds? Stuck and unable to lose, at all? There has to be another way, as we move into the next decades of our lives! There is. My […]
How to Avoid Overeating at Holiday Parties
Dr. Jody Stanislaw, ND The holidays are here, which means you’ll likely be around a lot of fabulous food! You can enjoy it without over doing it. Here’s how: Before walking into a party, have a plan. Take time to think about how much you want to eat and come up with a strategy to […]
Can Intermittent Fasting Improve Your Health?
Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, CSCS @DrBubbs A technique to kickstart weight loss Throughout history, going long periods without eating or fasting is a therapeutic technique that has been used for millennia to promote wellness and purge the body of toxins and disease. From an evolutionary perspective, our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have been without food for […]
This Happened When I Started Lifting Weights (Plus Recipe!)
Publisher Razi Berry I’m no fitness expert, so if I can do this, anyone can. I was never an athletic person. In fact, I was that child who was chosen last as a teammate for kickball in PE class. This may have been because when a ball came at me, I’d instinctively close my eyes […]
Weighed Down? Eat and Sleep Your Way to Fat Loss
Dr. Amy Bader, ND @AmyBaderND Hello, Ladies! This month I am covering a topic many patients ask about in my practice: losing weight. Overweight… I’ve been there, done that. I’ll be honest, I like being lean better. But, I believe the goal for any woman is to feel good in her skin. After working with […]
8 Tips for a Sexier Spring You with Exercise and Weight Loss
Everyone knows that exercise is a vital piece to losing weight and maintaining weight loss. There is evidence that exercise will positively influence the drive to eat or not eat through the modulation of hunger and adjust the sense of fullness and satisfaction after eating. Exercise is vital to successful weight loss1. Many of my patients ask me these things […]
Changing Behavior Around Weight Loss and Social Support
Dr. Pamela Frank, BSc (Hons), ND Successful long term weight loss means not only changing how much you eat and exercise, but changing some pretty ingrained habits and behaviors. Certain behaviors have been more strongly linked with obesity, while certain healthier behaviors are connected to successful weight loss and lifestyle changes. Eating Behaviors In one […]
The Inside Scoop on Calories and Weight Loss
Dr. Pamela Frank, BSc (Hons), ND For weight loss, patients often ask how many calories they should eat and what percentage of those calories should be composed of fat, protein and carbohydrate. That depends on a number of factors: type and level of physical activity, gender, age, body composition, how much weight you want or […]