For years, doctors and dietitians have encouraged us to eat less dietary fat. But growing evidence suggests that obesity comes not from eating too much fat but too many carbs. Evidence from a variety of scientific studies is accumulating to show that low carb diets not only help us lose weight, but also promote heart health.
A vacation is a time to unwind, celebrate, rejuvenate, see new places and try new things. But it can also make you very uneasy about eating — if, for example, you are trying to eat healthy and maintain or lose weight. John Abdelmalek, Rph, talks with Ask a Pharmacist host Shalena Putnam about how to stay on a healthy eating plan while on vacation and still enjoy yourself.
Can’t resist a late night snack? New research shows why you might find it hard to avoid the temptation. A recent study shows that the way our brain processes the satisfaction we get from eating changes depending on the time of day. Thus, in a sense, we are “wired” to snack. Find out how this process works and what you can do to counteract it.
Weight loss is a multi-part process. Exercising and cutting calories are vital, but your mental outlook can mean the difference between success and failure. Self-defeating thoughts are often the most overlooked factors when a dieter gets off track. You feel disappointed or weak if you succumb to an intense craving for ice cream. Without the resolve to overcome such thoughts, sticking with any major lifestyle change can be difficult, if not impossible. This week’s Ask a Pharmacist podcast, with Shalena Putnam and John Abdelmalek, focuses on effective ways to keep your motivation high while dieting..
Tracking your progress is an important way to maintain your motivation while dieting. Scale weight can be a useful number to know but, even better, is knowing your body fat percentage. This is important because scale weight doesn’t always tell the whole story. This week’s Ask a Pharmacist podcast, with Shalena Putnam and John Abdelmalek, focuses on effective ways to track your dieting progress.