Trigger warning: talk about calories and weight loss. I see you, slogging away at the gym, thinking you’re going to burn a bunch of calories and lose some weight. That’s what we’ve always been told: exercise leads to weight loss. But how many times have you worked out, and thought that your workout ‘cancelled out’…
If my recently posted video about TikTok nutrition trends is any indication, we love our nutrition trends. But just because something is trendy, doesn’t mean it’s smart or evidence-based. In fact, the reality is usually the opposite. Trends can be fun, but when they involve our health, we need to be careful. A lot of…
If you’ve spent five minutes of social media, you’ve probably seen the video ads for Activated You, a nutrition supplement company founded and represented by actor Maggie Q. The most prolific of these ads is the one above where Maggie has her body fat tested by her integrative doctor, Frank Lipman. Lipman, who some consider…
I recently put out a call for article topics on my social media. I got a lot of suggestions in the comments of my post, many of which I’ve added to my list. One request came through my DMs though, and it read something like this: I have complex PTSD and depression, and sometimes dealing…
Note: this post addresses cortisol for people who do not have Addison’s or Cushing’s Syndrome. There are a lot of companies and wellness influencers telling us that elevated cortisol levels pack on pounds around our middles. But what is cortisol, and do elevated cortisol levels really lead to weight gain? How do we manage our…
I’ve had a lot of requests for a Fast 800 diet review. I had seen all of the media headlines and the actual research when the first 800 calorie diet study – DiRECT – came out. I knew that a guy named Michael Mosley had parlayed that research into a diet that supposedly ‘reverses diabetes,’…