by Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Sep 1, 2022 | Healthy Eating
By the time our patients have arrived at our office, they have tried 8-12 diets. Serial dieters, people who go from diet to diet have learned the experience is uncomfortable. They adopt the belief that in order to lose weignt, they have to suffer. Previous attempts...
by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | May 24, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Over the past few years, time-restricted feeding, a variant of intermittent fasting, has been touted as one of those amazing “magical” diets. The internet blurbs and even some national speakers told us, “Just don’t eat till about 9 or 10 am and stop eating 8 hours...
by Cally Smith, APRN, FNP-C | May 24, 2022 | Healthy Eating
The most essential part of any meal plan is you should be eating at least every 3 hours! Every meal or snack needs to contain AT LEAST 15 g of protein- this is the minimum. No more than 20 g of carbohydrates per meal or snack because carbs cause a spike in insulin...
by Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Apr 1, 2022 | Healthy Eating
You are at a restaurant and have chosen to eat healthily. Do you choose Caesar, Greek, blue cheese wedge, Cobb, niçoise, or taco salad? What dressing is your best choice? How about vinaigrette, French, Italian, or honey Dijon? There are so many decisions it can seem...
by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Apr 1, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Recent data from the Sleep Center of Excellence at Columbia University, shows that when we redmuce sleep by about four hours per night, for four nights, that it led to an increase in eating. The increase in eating amounted to 300 calories per day. The increase is...
by Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Jan 24, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Is brown rice is better than white rice? Intuitively, one would think that brown rice is much healthier, because it is ‘less processed.’ Rather than trusting intuition, let’s look at the data. Disclaimer: a serving size of rice is ½ cup and the numbers below contain...
