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	TIDBITS: Find Your Inner Calm by Dr. Mark This week I want to keep you all in the know with series of tidbits. These are all sidebar blogs of things that you may not know, but are good to know. The first tidbit for the week is, why it is so important for you to find your inner calm? Ever hear... Tue, Mar 9 2010 Top 9 Ways to Restoring Your Appetite Regulation by Dr. Mark You are hardwired to eat brownies and food is like an addictive drug. So what are you to do to fight the good fight when losing weight and trying to monitor your food intake. Try these 9 tips to restore your appetite regulation and leave that brownie... Tue, Jan 26 2010 The Continued Drug Effects of Food: The Yin and Yang of the Opioid and Dopamine System by Dr. Mark Now in my last blog, I gave you all a brief run down on the Opioid system and why it makes food have a drug like effect in terms of addiction causing you to need more of a hit of sugar the next time around. For every yin there is a yang and the yang,... Mon, Jan 11 2010 Food: The New Cheap Drug by Dr. Mark In my last blog, I let you know what you always thought was true. You are hardwired to keep eating more high sugar high sweet foods. It gets even more complicated. If you thought you have or had a food addiction, you may not be all the far off in the... Mon, Dec 14 2009 Obesity Not a Simple Problem: Are You Really Hardwired to Eat That Brownie? by Dr. Mark People struggle to keep their weight off… In fact, only 5% of people are able to maintain a 5% weight loss after 3 years (Crawford et al. Int. J. of Obesity. 24, 1107-10. 2000). I know… this is dismal. Your body is very good at detecting... Mon, Nov 30 2009 Sugar Reality Part Two: How to Decrease Your Intake by Dr. Mark In my last blog, I gave you a little tough love and showed you the sugar reality that can result in you gaining insurmountable amounts of weight and cause your body fat to rise sky high. Here are some tips to make this sugar addition go down, down, down... Tue, Nov 10 2009 Sugar Reality by Dr. Mark On average, individuals consume 300 to 400 calories of sugar per day. Sugar provides unnecessary extra calories which can easily add up to be stored as fat on the body and lead to weight gain. The average American today is consuming approximately 182... Mon, Nov 2 2009 Breast Cancer: Reducing Your Risk Through Diet and Exercise by Dr. Mark Breast cancer is a disease that affects many American women. In fact, it is the leading cause of death from cancer among women in the United States. While you can never completely eliminate your risk of getting breast cancer, there are things you can... Wed, Oct 28 2009 Outsmarting That Booze So You Can Lose - Do not let alcohol sabotage weight loss efforts. by Dr. Mark In my last blog I explained just how alcohol can sabotage your weight loss efforts. Now let me help you out with some pointers so you can outsmart the booze and be one lean looking machine: When actively losing weight, eliminate alcohol altogether: alcohol... Thu, Sep 24 2009 Alcohol and Weight Loss - Why you have to put down the booze if you want to lose. by Dr. Mark No gripes, no excuses and no complaints. When all my patients come into the 20/20 Lifestyles program to lose weight, I make a point to say there is absolutely no alcohol during active weight loss. A couple of weight lifter buddies of mine in college knew... Mon, Sep 21 2009 Should You Eat Before Your Workout? - The answer is up to the individual. by Dr. Mark As a physician, I am always getting patients who want to lose weight and they all know they need to reduce their calories and increase their exercise. Sounds simple right? Well, again, I am going to have to let you down: It’s not. Everyone needs... Thu, Sep 3 2009 A Lesson in Fat Loss - Workouts are all about expending calories. by Dr. Mark A lot of people think that when you’re in the gym, you’re there to burn fat. However, that’s not always true. The amount of fat you burn during a workout can be pretty small when you compare it to the amount that people typically lose... Fri, Aug 28 2009 Can Sleep Help You Lose Weight? - Proper rest important part of dieting by Dr. Mark I have written blogs on the importance of getting eight hours of sleep and the correlation to weight loss. Less sleep causes people who are trying to lose weight to only lose half of what they would have lost had they gotten eight hours of sleep. For... Fri, Aug 28 2009 Study Examines Overweight Mothers - Findings give more reason to make certain future moms are healthy. by Dr. Mark An article in JAMA , The Journal of the American Medical Association , from February 11 looked at maternal overweight and obesity and the development of congenital anomalies. Although the numbers were small, overweight and obese mothers had an increase... Tue, Aug 25 2009 Depression and Weight Gain - Elevated cholesterol and blood pressure among risks by Dr. Mark Depression, like anxiety, causes some release of cortisone from the adrenal glands. Cortisone will cause insulin resistance at the cellular level, making the delivery into the cells difficult. This in turn causes hunger and weight gain. What’s interesting... Wed, Aug 19 2009

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