by Dr. G. Pepper | Dec 20, 2009 | diet, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, nutrition, osteoporosis, weight loss
Annette posts a question to metabolism.com since she is on a high dosage of vitamin D due to intestinal surgery. Is the dosage too much for her, she wonders? When the intestines fail to absorb fats due to surgery or due to disease, Vitamin D which is a fat soluble...
by Dr. G. Pepper | Dec 10, 2009 | fitness, general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid, Uncategorized
Yesterday a patient of mine asked if I was aware of a source of desiccated thyroid produced in Thailand. I was immediately skeptical for a few reasons. Many countries do not have an agency that provides quality control for medications. Whatever the drawbacks to the...
by Dr. G. Pepper | Dec 5, 2009 | diabetes, diet, diet and weight loss, fitness, general health & nutrition, health, metabolism, nutrition, weight gain
When weight control is the goal, I generally recommend a low carb diet for my patients with metabolic problems such as type 2 diabetes and thyroid disease. Even those who are completely healthy often find the low carb approach the most successful for weight loss. We...
by Dr. G. Pepper | Nov 28, 2009 | diabetes, diet, diet and weight loss, fitness, general health & nutrition, metabolism, nutrition
I am attaching an excerpt from a recent book by Dr. Frederic Vagnini and Lawrence D. Chilnick on how to use nutritional techniques to avoid developing diabetes. Thanks to the authors for permission to use this information. Overcome Supermarket Roadblocks by Frederic...
by Dr. G. Pepper | Nov 26, 2009 | general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism
Dennis wonders if Armour thyroid hormone treatment can create a dependency on the medication. In his post (https://www.metabolism.com/2009/08/25/armour-thyroid-shortage-nation-wide-problem/#comment-2177) he suggests that this might explain why people experience such...
by Dr. G. Pepper | Nov 18, 2009 | diet, diet and weight loss, fitness, general health & nutrition, health, weight gain, weight loss
Maya has been a long standing guest expert at metabolism.com. In her recent post Maya offers her expert opinion on the debate regarding weight gain (and how to lose it) when stopping smoking. Maya writes: I help people to quit smoking using hypnosis in combination...
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