by Chester Tam | Nov 11, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Liquid calories are those that come from the fluids you consume as part of your daily diet. Examples include soda, fruit juices, sports drinks, and alcohol. These calories can add up quickly and often go unnoticed and unaccounted for. Consider the following: One...
by Chester Tam | Oct 13, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Every year is unfortunately full of new and unproven “fad” diets. One of the more recent fads is intermittent fasting (IF), which results in skipping breakfast. There are many variations of IF and the current belief (after hundreds of studies on IF) is that...
by Diana Bone, FNP-C | Oct 13, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Eat protein at every meal. Consuming protein at every meal will keep you fuller longer and help ensure weight loss is fat and not muscle. Here are some simple examples: chicken, turkey, lean ground beef, filet steaks, tuna, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and eggs. Eat...
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 Chester Tam | 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 Chester Tam | 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...
