by Dr. David Minkoff January 27, 2023 4 min read
Well done on making it through Week Two of the 30-Day Fat Loss Challenge!
For some, we're finishing the last of the cravings. For many, we’re in the midst of hormonal re-balancing, something that will continue through the end of the challenge.
But for others, we may have already reached our goals. And we need to talk about what that point looks like, because if we go beyond it on our current macros, then we’ll cause ourselves trouble.
by Dr. David Minkoff January 19, 2023 3 min read
There is a reason this is the Fat Loss Challenge, not the Weight Loss Challenge.
Usually when someone wants to be thinner, trimmer, fitter-looking, they say: “I need to lose weight.”
And that’s the first error, because weight loss is not necessarily the same as fat loss.
by Dr. David Minkoff January 16, 2023 4 min read
Any time we go on a diet, cutting out sugar or cutting down on food, we go through one phase before anything else. Cravings. This can be for sugar or junk food or processed food or just food. But your body wants and it makes you feel that want.
by Dr. David Minkoff January 04, 2023 3 min read
If you ever felt alone in your struggle to lose fat and keep it off — you’re not.
There's a reason weight loss programs in America are a $72 billion per year industry. In the past forty-plus years, the percentage of obese Americans have increased from slightly less than 10% to more than 40%, according to the CDC.
But this isn’t due to laziness or lack of discipline on our part. No. We have modern foods to blame for this.
by Dr. David Minkoff December 30, 2022 3 min read
If you’ve ever had trouble with diets, losing weight, or simply keeping the weight off, let’s start by saying… It’s not you.
Let me say that one more time in case you didn't get it. It’s. Not. You. Period.
Every year, over a hundred million Americans make New Year’s Resolutions. And, there’s one resolution made more often than any of the others: the goal to lose weight. It’s also the one that’s given up on the fastest.
Why is that the case?
by Dr. David Minkoff November 07, 2022 6 min read
There are several things that control cravings or make it hard to get off sugar, as covered in this article here: What Causes Cravings For Sugar & Junk Food?
Causes mentioned in that article include hormones, messenger chemicals in the body that tell the cells what to do or not do, how to use energy or not, whether to build muscle or break it down, or add fat or burn it.
by Dr. David Minkoff November 03, 2022 4 min read
When our sleep is below normal, when it’s broken up or thrown off, it affects us more both physically and mentally than we realize. Sleep is when most fat burning and muscle building occurs, as well as when most cellular repair happens. Our cortisol levels lower when we get good sleep and we become less stressed or anxious and more able to relax. This helps balance out hormones and neurotransmitters.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 31, 2022 4 min read
“How do I get off sugar and junk food? It's so hard!” In case you feel alone in this struggle — please know that you're not. In fact, the majority of people don't succeed from mainstream diets, even when they go all out on them. Why is that? Is it because the diet or lifestyle habits to succeed are not practical? Or you might be thinking you are not determined enough or simply lazy. Though some of the factors we’ll cover will make you feel low in energy to the point you may feel it’s laziness, but no it’s not.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 27, 2022 5 min read
As we head towards winter, I wanted to provide a little information on how our immune system works and how you can prepare your body to stay as healthy as possible over the coming months. Getting sick is never fun, but even more, is often unneeded. Yes, we may occasionally get a cold, the flu, or some other illness, but if our immune system was in proper health then we would get sick less often.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 21, 2022 4 min read
There are about 500 different species of bacteria. And between them, they ether produce or help to produce neurotransmitters in our body, such as Serotonin and GABA, which calm and relax us, de-stress us, allow us to fall asleep, and help to keep our hormones in balance so we can lose weight and add muscle.
Some of these bacteria eat the foods coming in such as amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients, and some actually produce amino acids, or vitamins, or other nutrients that the body can use or that other bacteria feed off of.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 20, 2022 5 min read
There is something called “Leaky Gut”, and this is not just a funny name. It’s probably one of the most accurate labels there are, actually.
When food comes into your small intestine from your stomach it’s already mostly broken down. Here, more enzymes (bodily chemicals) are released to break it down further into truly microscopic pieces.
by Dr. David Minkoff October 14, 2022 4 min read
The digestive tract is arguably the most important pathway in the body for overall health, weight loss, muscle-building, hormones, energy, and immune system function.
Now we’re going to dive more into one aspect of it affecting a majority of the people in the US right now whether they know it or not: SIBO or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
by Dr. David Minkoff
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