Kelly Offers Advice to Help Those with High Metabolism

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 25, 2009 | diet, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, metabolism, nutrition, weight gain

Kelly offers this advice to our members like Amanda who have been unable to keep their weight up. Thanks Kelly for offering your thoughts. Kelly writes: Ladies, while you each are blessed by the fact that you do not have an obesity problem, your problem is no less...

Tony Kingkade Responds to Dr. Cobbs

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 24, 2009 | general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid

Several days ago, Dr. Ron Cobbs offered his opinion on thyroid hormone replacement therapy. He was very much in favor of using pure t4 therapy, specifically the branded products (Synthroid, Levoxyl). Now Tony Kingkade offers his response to Dr. Cobbs. Read his opinion...

Dr. Ron Cobbs, Noted Endocrinologist, Speaks Out

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 22, 2009 | general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid

We welcome a contribution from Dr. Ron Cobbs. Dr. Ron Cobbs and I go way back. We knew eachother when he was finishing his endocrinology fellowship at LIJ Medical Center on Long Island in the 80’s. Later he worked as an attending Endocrinologist at a New York...

Lil mamii joins the high metabolism club

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 21, 2009 | diet, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, metabolism, weight gain

It is really startling how many people suffer from being underweight, and how much these people suffer from that. We focus so much more on the more common problem of being overweight, but there is something for us to learn from the opposite problem. Maybe someday we...

Shima Shares Metabolic Profile with Amanda

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 20, 2009 | diet, general health & nutrition, weight loss

Hi Amanda. I’m 5′1″ and 97 lbs. Some days I love how I look but some days I think that I’m just too skinny. Some of my friends would tell me how skinny I am and it used to make me feel really bad. I always kept quiet and never said anything bad. Then some time...

Will Kay’s Metabolism Get a Boost from Cytomel?

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 19, 2009 | general health & nutrition, metabolism, thyroid

I too am having the same problem after being diagnosed with hypothyroidism about 4 weeks ago. I am on .25 mcg of Levothyroxine and am experiencing severe fatigue and weight gain as well as feeling all around “sluggish”. I, too, am at a job where I need my mental...