by Gary Pepper M.D. | Jan 20, 2014 | diabetes, diet, Family Nutrition, Family Nutrition Diabetes, general health & nutrition, Overweight in Adolescence, weight gain, weight loss
Obesity Related Type 2 Diabetes is More Severe in Teens than Adults by Gary Pepper, M.D. and Andrew Levine, Pre-Med, Univ of Central Florida The recently published TODAY study found obesity related type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is more severe as a teen than as an...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Jan 6, 2014 | Family Nutrition Weight loss, metabolism, NUTRITIONAL-HEALTH
As most people trying to lose weight know, boosting your metabolism is critical to success. Metabolism is the system controlling the rate of breakdown of food into the necessary nutrients for proper function of the cells of the body. Â A slow metabolism will slow down...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Dec 16, 2013 | Family Nutrition Weight loss, fitness, general health & nutrition, health, metabolism, NUTRITIONAL-HEALTH, weight gain
Gaining weight after quitting smoking is a common and dreaded experience. Fear of weight gain often discourages people from trying to take the first steps toward giving up the smoking habit. What is the reason for this unwelcome “side-effect”?...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Oct 22, 2013 | diabetes, diet and weight loss, Family Nutrition, metabolism, weight gain
Poor eating habits are contributing to the rise of type 2 diabetes and obesity in children and adolescents. One of the major nutritional culprits is the high consumption of sugar contained in soda. The amount of sugar in soda is astounding. According to The...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Oct 7, 2013 | diabetes, diet, Family Nutrition, Family Nutrition Diabetes, metabolism, weight gain
by Gary Pepper, M.D. and Andrew Levine, Pre-med If you ask the average person to define diabetes, a typical response might be “it’s when you have unhealthy eating habits and an overabundance of sugar in your blood.† Although that is not far from the...
by Gary Pepper M.D. | Sep 15, 2013 | diet and weight loss, metabolism, Uncategorized
CHAPTER 1 What Is Metabolism? From one of our readers: I’ve searched the web but found nothing that tells me how to distinguish if my metabolism is healthy. I’ve found plenty of ways to tell me how to improve my metabolism but nothing that explains what is...
