(No, A ‘Macro’ isn’t short for Macaroni and Cheese!) Food can be placed into three categories: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Your body needs all three to create fuel that it can use for its most important functions. What are Carbs?Carbohydrates are a broad category of macronutrients that include sugar, starches and fibre. They serve as…
You may have heard that consuming too few calories could trigger “starvation mode.” People in the diet industry often use this term to explain what happens when your weight loss plateaus as a result of calorie restriction. It’s true that the rate at which you burn calories can slow down when you eat significantly less….
Hunger is defined as a ‘feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat’. Interesting, because the definition of appetite is a ‘natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food’. Hunger and appetite are two very different things. Hunger is the physical need for food whereas…
Modern problems call for modern solutions. Enter the weight-loss injectables, Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro. These GLP-1 drugs were originally developed to help diabetics manage blood-sugar levels, but doctors noticed that some of the side effects were appetite suppression and weight loss. The results have been so remarkable that they can’t be ignored. I prescribe these…
Many people assume that dieting and body image are women’s issues. But plenty of men suffer in silence under the heavy weight of body expectations, drastically taking measures to fit their own body into the ideals they see on the cover of fitness magazines. Men don’t have body image issues, do they? Some studies show…
In spite of our 24/7 access to health information, and a billion-dollar weight loss industry, we are not losing weight, but gaining more. Why are we continuing to gain weight? Answer: People are disconnected from their bodies. Obesity Epidemic In North America, we are facing an epidemic unlike anything seen in the history of humanity:…
In the last decade, giving up your lifetime pass to the diet roller coaster has meant learning to love and accept your body, no matter what size or how overweight it is. Whether you are plus size, curvy or voluptuous, you deserve to see yourself as sexy, attractive and worthy of love. I am all…
So, the million-dollar question in a billion-dollar weight loss Industry is: Why do we eat in the first place? Beyond the obvious need to survive, why else do we eat? We eat because it brings us pleasure. Tastes, textures, and aromas satisfy our senses. Sharing meals with friends and family reinforces close bonds. To strengthen…
For the last 15 years, I’ve been a practicing Naturopathic Physician, assisting patients who, for health and emotional reasons, want to lose weight. I don’t say a substantial amount of weight, because it’s relative. Some need to lose more than half their body weight to prevent the risk factors and conditions associated with early mortality….