Refuse To Regain

When a Healthy Diet is Not Enough

Our world presents many opportunities for illness, not all of which can be modulated by food choice. I noted this obit in today's Times with sadness. I wrote about this dilemma in an earlier RTR post:http://www.refusetoregain.com/2011/03/the-perfect-diet-does-it-exist.html So: why work on perfecting your diet? Because the improvement in health for most is very worth it. And because it just feels SO good. Leslie Land, Food Writer and Early Locavore, Dies at 66 www.nytimes.com Ms. Land, with the British horticulturist Roger Phillips,... Read more →

A Glut of Antidepressants - NYTimes.com

Read Times article here. A glut is right! There is rarely a patient who comes to my office who is NOT on an antidepressant for something or other. Most of the time, the medication was prescribed by a primary care doctor. The great majority of these patients have been on these meds (many of which cause significant weight gain, by the way) for many years. Having a sister who is an expert psychiatrist has made me acutely aware of the... Read more →

Keep Your Weight Off by Meal Flipping 2X a Week

by Barbara Berkeley, MD The recent interest in intermittent fasting as a weight control modality dovetails nicely with a technique that I've used successfully to avoid weight regain. I call it "meal flipping". A meal flip is simple. Eat your major meal at lunch and eat a mini-meal (like yogurt and fruit, or a meal replacement, or your own mini creation) at dinner or later in the evening. Done twice a week, this technique seems to mop up small indiscretions... Read more →