by Dr. Mike | Nov 10, 2015 | Media & Publications
You see them all the time—infomercials, emails, and Facebook posts that claim to have the secret to dropping those stubborn winter pounds so you look better on the beach this summer. They pitch a “breakthrough” diet or a metabolism-boosting extract. Often, it doesn’t...
by Dr. Mike | Oct 26, 2015 | Media & Publications
The reason you keep rebounding is something called set-point weight: This is the weight that your hormones and metabolism try to maintain—typically plus or minus about 10 pounds—in order to regulate fat stores. Starvation or dieting, which often look the same to your...
by Dr. Mike | Sep 29, 2015 | Media & Publications
Q: Should I change my diet as the seasons change? A: Actually, yes. Your body undergoes changes as the seasons change. The differences of periods of light and darkness that occur have profound effects on our circadian rhythms. In fact, research shows that we have...
by Dr. Mike | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog, Media & Publications
Q: I keep hearing about the “food combining diet.” Is it true that eating foods in certain orders or groups helps them be better digested? Will this also help with weight loss at all? A: The idea behind food combining diets is that different foods digest at different...
by Dr. Mike | Apr 24, 2015 | Media & Publications
While the low-carb diets get shouted from the rooftops, intermittent fasting has been slowly gaining popularity. Find out how these two vanguard dietary schemes stack up! Low-carb diets seem to be king of the hill at the moment, but I’ve been hearing a lot...