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Lots of things are starting to move. The economy is getting a little better. The bees in the avocado orchard are buzzing. My patients seem to be firing on all cylinders. And Medicare is starting to pay doctors to counsel patients about obesity…and to help them lose weight. (I’ve [...]
The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) has documented exactly what people do who have lost weight and kept it off. Over 5000 people have lost an average of 66 lbs and kept it off for 5.5 years. The research of the weight control registry helps me coach my clients [...]
For the upcoming PBS Special “Eat and Cook Healthy!” I created four DVDs and a CD: one of the tastiest DVDs is “Drinks with Benefits: Wine and Tea”. It was a lot of fun to write and discover, and like ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine, I read a [...]
TEDx talks are a privilege to give, and some are life-changing: Al Gore on climate change, Tony Robbins on transformation, Jamie Oliver on childhood obesity. In this first TEDx American Riviera in Santa Barbara, I describe healthy eating that is transformational, based on new research in aging, [...]