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Feeding Tube Diet: Unhealthy or Usual Business? by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating 2 weeks after the New York Times broke this, it’s still here: covered on 20/20 Friday and Forbes still has it front and center (my comments are highlighted): 10 days of ... Read on »

Physicians Innovative Use of Digital and Social Media by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I like media: digital, social, analog, print, pictures in the sand. I think social media will transform public health and promote better relationships between doctors an ... Read on »

Looking for Guys to Feature in My Next Book (and on PBS) by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As those of you on my newsletter list probably know, I have developed a free 24 day, online eating plan for men who want to lose the gut and eat themselves lean. The ... Read on »

TedMed Great Challenges: 20 or Nothing? by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating TEDMED is about to transform the conference into a platform for change, instead of a giant intellectual cocktail party (and a very good one at that). This year ( ... Read on »

Alcohol Rx for Men Who Survive Heart Attacks: Has the Time Come? by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The purpose in preventing a man’s second heart attack is to prevent death. And disability. In other words, it’s quality of life, not just quantity. For decades, ... Read on »

3 Foods That Boost Your Sex Drive by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating No, it’s not hype. It’s science. I gave a talk on “Manly Dieting” to the National Wellness Association at #IHRSA in LA on Culinary Medicine and Manly Dieting this we ... Read on »

Medicare Pays for Obesity: A Webinar and Cheat Sheet by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Lots of things are starting to move. The economy is getting a little better. The bees in the avocado orchard are buzzing. My patients seem to be firing on all cylinders. ... Read on »

IACP Cookbook Awards: Health. Somewhat. by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I feel lucky to have been invited to speak in Portland at the national annual IACP meeting two years ago, on culinary medicine. The audience loved it. Or maybe it was j ... Read on »

IBS: Recommended Diet and Books by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Two of my (well-informed, really sharp, time-stretched) friends this month have called me to ask for advice about Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Crohn’s Disease. Specifica ... Read on »

Overweight but Malnourished: How? What to Do? by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating TOTAL CALORIES: 24,375 TOTAL GRAMS OF FAT: 1,285 TOTAL COST: $86.47 My patients eat a lot of calories, but are actually malnourished. Your brain doesn’t count ... Read on »

100 Years Ago, JAMA Thought that a Liter of Water at Meals Was Too Much by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating JAMA has a section called “100 years ago” in which the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) quotes a column from its archives, verbatim. Last week, it w ... Read on »

Top Pedometers and GPS Watches: Consumer Reports 2012 by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Treadmills and elliptical trainers are some of the best aerobic exercisers available for weight loss 2012, and Consumer Reports picked its top models this month (reviews ... Read on »

Women and Men: What Helps Guys Diet? by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

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What to Look For on an Olive Oil Label by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Both NPR and the NYT have had features showcasing why most olive oil sold in the U.S. is not what it claims to be. There’s a long unsavory history of diluting olive o ... Read on »

The Health Insurance You’re-Too-Healthy Penalty by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I got my annual increase in health insurance premium last month with no increase in coverage. “Starting with your January invoice…(we will bill you) an increase of $38 or ... Read on »

Dr. Oz’ 4 Secret Reasons Women are Exhausted by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Our ABC station (KEYT, and former CNN editor Shirin Rafaee) asked me about Dr Oz’ 4 Secret Reasons Women Are Exhausted (previously, we spoke about belly fat )(footage to ... Read on »

Statins on Sale: Is Generic Lipitor a Bargain? by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The most popular Rx’d drug in America, Lipitor, went generic this week as atorvastatin. Lipitor sales were $8.7 billion last year, and 3.3 million people take it. If you ... Read on »

BPA and Obesity: The Soup Can Paradox by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Soup is good food. It’s especially good for weight loss. Bob Barnett and Barbara Rolls based the best-selling V olumetrics around the idea that dishes low in calories ( ... Read on »

IBS: Recommended Diet and Recipe Books by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Last week’s WSJ story called “When Everyday Foods Are Hard to Digest” describes the Specific Low Carb Diet , also known as the low-FODMAPS diet (described below), for irr ... Read on »

Research on Men: Why They Don’t Go to Doctors (and what might help) by Dr. John L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating At KevinMD , Dr. Joel Sherman writes smartly about why men avoid going to the doctor. One reason: it reminds them of mortality. A second reason: a potential prosta ... Read on »

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