Functional & Nutritional Medicine

Could weight loss problems be in the gut? Not fat cells, but excess amounts of the wrong kind of intestinal bacteria. Compelling medical research indicates that with changes in the surface structure of intestinal cells, the normally harmless gut bacteria tend to over flourish and expand in number. This causes inflammation in the gut which [...]

Interested in medical weight loss without surgery? The functional medicine approach to weight loss looks at the hidden causes that make it difficult to lose weight such as inflammation in the body, toxins stored in the body, disruptions of beneficial bacteria in the gut, sleeping less than six hours a night, elevated insulin preceding diabetes, [...]

Belly Fat and Weight Loss
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In this video on belly fat and weight loss, Dr. Oz covers many of the basic ideas we incorporate in our FirstLine Therapy lifestyle program for reducing risk for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and weight loss. One of [...]

Diet pills for weight loss
People interested in fast ways to lose weight frequently resort to highly advertised diet pills or weight loss supplements. In addition to the over the counter Alli (orlistat) most other OTC diet pills contain herbal substances such as African mango, caffeine, Phenylethylamine (PEA) found in chocolate, green tea extract (EGCG), CLA [...]

A recent excellent article by Tara Parker-Pope in the New York Times Magazine discusses important realities about weight loss that you won’t hear from commercial weight loss programs or clinics such as:
 

10,000 people in the National Weight Control Registry have lost at least 30 lbs and kept that weight loss for at least one year.
The [...]