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...
Oct 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
You may have spotted them in the muffins at Le Pan Quotidien, pudding at Organic Avenue or in bottled beverages and individual shot packs at Whole Foods. Tiny chia seeds — yes, the same ones that sprouted greens on your childhood Chia Pet — are an age-old energy...
