Timing is everything: when to take dietary supplements
It's been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and that certainly applies to the world of dietary supplementation. Many people, through research or recommendation, choose to take a variety of dietary supplements to improve their health, but what...
Weight Loss Magic Bullets & What REALLY works
THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT LOSS! That is why there is NO SINGLE THING that will work for everyone. There are simply too many factors involved. That said, we can encompass these factors into key categories: Dietary, Hormonal, Chemical, Exercise,...
How can I be losing fat if my weight stays the same?
This is an aspect of weight loss that perplexes a lot of people - they start a new diet and notice their clothes getting looser, or their face getting thinner - but their weight is staying the exact same! It is frustrating, because you *think* your diet is working...
Just because it makes you poop, doesn’t mean that you are detoxing!
This isn't an exciting post but we have to stop throwing the word 'detox' around. If you do not define what you mean by it, the term is meaningless, and the vast majority of people are using the term as a symptom catch-all and that is simply not how detoxification...
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Dietary Supplements
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, My Doctor Doesn't Recommend Plexus Slim (or supplements in general) , statistics show that the average medical doctor received only 23.9 hours of education in nutrition during their entire medical school career.1 Typically...
What to Do When Your Doctor Doesn’t Recommend Dietary Supplements
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: Doctors don't know everything. Shocking right? The word doctor itself originated as an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre, meaning 'to teach'. That 'teaching' part is something that a lot of modern...
I’ve lost all of this weight, so what do I do about my bingo wings?
One of the few negative things about weight loss is that some people are left with focal areas of saggy skin. Not only is this skin unsightly, but it can create hygiene issues and physical discomfort. Even minor weight loss can result in lumpy, less resilient skin...
Are these 4 hormones making you fat?
There is so much information and misinformation about weight loss on the internet that it is hard to wade through it all. Everyone has a different theory - it is fats, it is carbs, it is meat, it is dairy, it is preservatives, it is too many calories, it is not...