Board Certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine, and Endocrinology and Metabolism Dr. Pepper received his medical degree from the Tufts School of Medicine in Boston. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Montefiore-Einstein Medical Center in New York. In addition, Dr. Pepper completed fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City. From 1989 to 1994 Dr. Pepper served as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Lincoln Medical Center in the Bronx. From 1994 to 1996, he was Associate Chief of Medicine at Brooklyn Hospital Center, director of the hospital’s Diabetes Treatment Center, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Pepper has published numerous articles in distinguished journals such as Archives of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Medicine, Fertility and Sterility, the New England Journal of Medicine and co-authored a textbook chapter on the relationship between hormones and psychiatric illness. In recognition of these accomplishments Dr. Pepper was selected as one of the top 100 physicians in New York City by New York Magazine. Dr. Pepper joined Palm Beach Diabetes and Endocrine Specialists in 1996. Of the practice of medicine he says, Almost daily I reread the words of Sir William Osler: “It’s often more important to know what sort of person this disease has than to know what disease the person has.”

A Shot for Weight Loss Shots in Your Future?

By Gary Pepper, M.D. Editor-in-Chief
Weight loss shots might be the latest weight loss technique.  A major pharmaceutical company is experimenting with possible weight loss injections. The company, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, has already pioneered a unique diabetes medication, Byetta, which lowers the blood sugar and is also associated with weight loss in diabetics who use it. The [...]

Weight Loss Surgery for Diabetes Management

Recent studies are confirming that weight loss surgery can provide dramatic improvements in treatment of people with Type 2 Diabetes.  One such recent study compared the results of many other studies of weight loss surgery and was published in the JAMA.  Type 2 diabetes, or adult onset diabetes,  is generally seen in over-weight adults. When an individual gains weight the [...]

Weight Gain Program

Gaining weight can seem as daunting as trying to lose weight. Hard training at the gym, numerous meals per day, all yielding no results. Help is on the way! There is a formula for successful weight gain.
The “Getting Buff” program was designed by our Senior Nutritionist, Robert Pastore, Ph.D., CNC, CN. Dr. Pastore’s program consist [...]

5 Keys to Fat Loss Success

By Wendy Chant,
Author of Crack the Fat Loss Code
When it comes to losing fat, success doesn’t happen overnight.
Sometimes it doesn’t even happen over a few weeks, a few months or a
few years. Don’t rush it, don’t crash and don’t expect too much of
yourself too soon. Life is for the living; for the making of mistakes
and [...]

How To Reduce High Blood Pressure Naturally

We covered the basics of high blood pressure regulation and hypertension in the last issue of Health Bytes. Now we will explore some possible alternatives to treat this condition.
Prior to addressing what can reduce blood pressure, we should briefly address often over looked contributing factors to high blood pressure.
Other than a poor diet, obesity, certain [...]

A Little Lizard Spit Can Help Diabetics Lose Weight and Improve Blood Sugar

I just attended a conference on the latest wonder drug to be launched in the battle against diabetes type 2 (the kind of diabetes you take pills for, not insulin injections). The drug, Byetta, was derived from an unlikely place, the saliva of the Gila Monster. These ugly and venomous lizards eat 3 times per [...]

Backward Science Influences Your Thyroid Hormone Treatment

I have written several times about the inability of our scientific community to solve the riddles of the treatment of hypo (low) thyroid function. In the most recent study trying to discover the best way to treat hypothyroidism, defective approaches in my opinion, again defeated the good intentions of researchers. The study “Small changes in [...]

Fumbling the Treatment of Hypothyroidism (becomes a national pastime)

In the July/August ’05 issue of Endocrine Practice, an influential journal read by endocrinologists throughout the United States, researchers again tackled the question of whether treating hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) with a combination of conventional t4 therapy (Synthroid, Levoxyl, levothyroxine) along with t3 (Cytomel) was superior to using t4 alone. In my opinion this study was [...]

Reducing Blood Pressure Naturally

High blood pressure, known as hypertension, is known as the ’silent killer’ because most people can’t tell when their blood pressure is high. Elevated blood pressure can lead to a greatly increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and other serious illnesses. Along with high cholesterol and smoking, hypertension is one of the most serious causes [...]

Cortisol Regulation and Your Health: The Real Story

Cortisol is a hormone (chemical) produced by the adrenal glands which is essential for life. Without cortisol the blood pressure would drop and shock followed by death would occur. Cortisol is also thought to play a role in general maintenance of the body’s tissues and functions. Conditions of excessive adrenal cortisol production known [...]