Most of you heard about the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), whether or not you realize it. If you are post-menopausal and stopped using your estrogen patches because of the increased risk of breast cancer, this is the group of women that provided the data. More than one study was done in the WHI. Besides the postmenopausal hormone trial, there was the calcium plus Vitamin D trial, and most importantly, there was the low-fat diet trial.
This particular slice of WHI followed 48, 000 women over the age of 50 from 1993 to 2005. Half were asked to follow a low-fat diet, and the other half were asked to follow their usual diet. So, how did the low-fat diet women fare over the long-haul? Read more…
Benefit of Low-Fat Over Low-Carbohydrate Diet on Endothelial Health in Obesity*
Low-carbohydrate diets (Atkins) work. People lose weight. Blood pressure improves. Cholesterol levels, especially triglycerides, come down. Sounds great, but is there any other information to the contrary? Read more…
How many medications are you on? Do any of those medications make you gain weight? If not outright weight gain, do any of those medications make it difficult to lose weight? You might be surprised at the following list Read more…
My article here is a translation, for the layperson, of the medical article, “Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community” *
Although it may not make any sense, diet soda may contribute to the development of diabetes. This study did not look at diabetes specifically, but looked at “Metabolic Syndrome.” Some of you may remember Metabolic Syndrome as “Syndrome X”. The name was changed a few years ago.
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Both soda and diet soda are associated with the development of “Metabolic Syndrome”, which is a constellation of changes in our metabolism. It includes diabetes or pre-diabetes, as well as high blood pressure. The link to “read more” leads you to an analysis of a medical article, translated for the layperson. Read more…
Yerbe maté is used in South America to make tea and soft drinks. Some believe it helps with weight loss. Is there any data? Read more…
Three, four, or maybe even five years ago, I started writing a book geared to my patients. They didn’t want to be tortured with scientific information. All they wanted was for me to tell them what to eat. And thus, Skinny Is Overrated was born. Writers never know how a book will fare, and neither did I. As a new writer without a publicity machine, reviews are critical for long term success. There have been 4 positive reviews on Amazon, and now two more reviews on other sites, which you can read by clicking the links below.
http://www.readingtoknow.com/2010/05/skinny-is-overrated-by-danielle-milano.html
http://kathmeista.blogspot.com/2010/05/skinny-is-overrated-review.html
These reviews were done by people who love to read, and post reviews,not for money, but for their love of books.
After graduating from NYU School of Medicine in 1987, and completing my Internal Medicine residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1990, I went to work at the AIDS clinic at Bellevue.
