How do we lose weight? The answer is--- cut calories until the body is forced to burn itself for energy. This is so intuitively obvious that the converse would also seem to be true: if we lose weight by cutting calories, we must gain weight by accumulating them. But is this true? Perhaps weight loss has nothing much to do with weight gain. Perhaps they are two quite different things. '
For some time, I have been giving an introductory talk to new patients who enter my practice. I wanted to record it so that they could hear the talk again if they chose, or share it with those at home. At the same time, I thought that readers of this blog might find it interesting as well. While I can't claim to know the ultimate truth, I have found that the model of weight gain I describe in these videos works well as a basis for treating most of the overweight patients I've encountered. I hope you find it interesting.
by Barbara Berkeley, MD
How do we lose weight? The answer is--- cut calories until the body is forced to burn itself for energy. This is so intuitively obvious that the converse would also seem to be true: if we lose weight by cutting calories, we must gain weight by accumulating them. But is this true? Perhaps weight loss has nothing much to do with weight gain. Perhaps they are two quite different things. '
For some time, I have been giving an introductory talk to new patients who enter my practice. I wanted to record it so that they could hear the talk again if they chose, or share it with those at home. At the same time, I thought that readers of this blog might find it interesting as well. While I can't claim to know the ultimate truth, I have found that the model of weight gain I describe in these videos works well as a basis for treating most of the overweight patients I've encountered. I hope you find it interesting.