Oct 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Kellogg’s Froot Loops landed a spot in the Terrible 10 for representing the detrimental effects of sugary cereal on American health. Loaded with synthetic dyes, these fruit-free, super saccharine rainbow-colored circles of cereal entice kids to eat but fail to...
Oct 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Kim Kardashian is famous for, well, being famous—and for her killer curves. But she’s raised eyebrows with her paid endorsement of the diet regimen QuickTrim: In January 2010, she told Ok! magazine that she used several of its products to quickly shed 15...
Oct 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Are you a meal skipper? Many patients, when they first come to me, admit to engaging in this behavior regularly. They believe that if they skip a meal, at the end of the day they will have consumed fewer calories and that will help them lose weight. Unfortunately that...
Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Many overweight and obese patients seen in hospital emergency departments don’t believe their weight poses a risk to their health, and many say doctors have never told them otherwise, a new study finds. Researchers asked 450 randomly selected patients who were...
