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Fatty Liver and weight problems

I have several patients with a severe degree of fatty liver. They are all similar in that their liver inflammation...

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Cutting carbs reverses fatty liver disease faster than cutting calories

Good news - you don't have to go hungry to reverse a fatty liver! If you have been diagnosed with...

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The best and worst foods to boost a fast metabolism

A fast metabolic rate is high up on nearly everyone’s wish list. Your metabolism controls the rate at which your...

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How to lose weight with a fatty liver

Losing weight is a slow and difficult process for most people. However, for individuals with a fatty liver it is...

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How to get your metabolism going

Many of my patients battle with their weight and seem to get nowhere with dieting and exercise alone. Such was...

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Breakthrough in weight control

Keeping your insulin levels in the normal range has been found to be the key to weight loss Why is...

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Drinking low fat milk probably won’t help you lose weight

There was an interesting article in the newspaper last week titled "Milk recommendations miss the mark on obesity". The Australian...

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Case study: No weight loss on a low fat diet

Elizabeth was a lovely 53 year old lady who came to see me for help with weight loss. She needed to lose approximately 35 pounds and she’d been trying to lose it for the past 8 years. She did manage to lose some weight on her own, but it was the same four pounds that she kept losing and regaining again and again. Elizabeth’s health was fairly good although she did complain of a few things: Her muscles and joints were achy, particularly her knees first thing in the morning. Elizabeth’s hair was very dry and brittle and her nails were weak. She often experienced a bloated abdomen and felt so uncomfortable after eating lunch at work each day that she desperately wanted to undo the buttons of her trousers, but of course she couldn’t. I was confident Elizabeth would be able to lose weight and improve her health with a few simple diet changes. As with all my patients, I asked Elizabeth to tell me the types of foods she eats each day for meals and snacks. The first thing that struck me was all the low fat items that appeared in the list.

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Case Study: Tired and Overweight

Recently I had the pleasure to meet an interesting 63 year old lady who came to see me complaining of extreme fatigue and increasing weight gain. Not surprisingly all the joints in her lower limbs were aching because of the extra weight she was carrying. Her liver enzymes were elevated and this was due to her diagnosed fatty liver. She was 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighed 290 pounds and her blood pressure was 170/100. When I reviewed her long list of prescribed medications I was shocked. Her poor liver had a great deal of work to do in breaking down these drugs.

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What is cellulite and can anything be done about it?

Cellulite is the word used to describe the lumpy uneven type of fat that accumulates on the buttocks and limbs of many women. It is rather unsightly because it gives the tissues underlying the skin (subcutaneous tissues) an ‘orange peel’ or ‘cottage cheese’ look. If we compare cellulite fat to normal fat, we find that in cellulite, there are abnormal, physical and chemical changes. In women with cellulite, pinching of the skin produces a ‘mattress appearance’ with bulging and pitting of the fatty layer. On deep palpation of this layer, one may be able to feel tender nodules of fat trapped inside hardened connective tissue.

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