Chattanooga Functional Medicine

Weight Loss, Calories and Science

1/4/2016

For many years the paradigm surrounding weight loss has been echoed in a familiar battle cry. “Eat fewer calories, and lose weight.” The individuals who had a strong resolve, and who followed the plan, demonstrated success with their weight loss, and through their successes proved the paradigm to be correct. However within another large subset of individuals who try to lose weight, we find that in spite of a strong alliance to this concept, many are unable to shed the excess pounds.

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Safe Dieting and Weight Loss for Sports Training

10/19/2015

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My daughter is almost 15 years old, and is a competitive rower in her high school. She recently approached me to discuss the possibility of overseeing a weight loss program to allow her to make weight for a four woman contest. She and three of her friends are hoping to make the weight class.

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Energetics of Food

7/16/2015

“What is food and why is it needed?”

Different perspectives and interpretations stem from this broad question. The first step is not to see food simply as something we stuff in our mouths when we are hungry or bored -- see it as a vehicle for the transfer of energy.

What is the Best Diet for Weight Loss?

5/11/2015

I am frequently asked the question of “what is the best diet for weight loss?” One need only open any current magazine, flip on the television, or ask the person next to you at the beauty salon, to find a different recommendation for the best and safest diet for weight loss. The media is replete with multiple products, methods and claims to take off weight and to keep it off. Often this is accompanied by a specific product, nutrient or proprietary device that is essential to accompany the program. But does it all work? What does the science and the research show?

Weight Loss, Calories and Science

Safe Dieting and Weight Loss for Sports Training

Energetics of Food

What is the Best Diet for Weight Loss?

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Safe Dieting and Weight Loss for Sports Training

Energetics of Food

What is the Best Diet for Weight Loss?

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Weight Loss, Calories and Science