Informative infographic on “everything you need to know about low carb diets”.  The benefits of a low-carb diet, problems with a low card diet, and healthy ways to cut carbs.

“FOR most of the last century, our understanding of the cause of obesity has been based on immutable physical law. Specifically, it’s the first law of thermodynamics, which dictates that energy can neither be created nor destroyed”

“Vegetarians may have a lower BMI and drink alcohol sparingly, but vegetarian diets are tied to generally poorer health, poorer quality of life and a higher need for health care than their meat-eating counterparts.”

“Many of us have long been told that saturated fat, the type found in meat, butter and cheese, causes heart disease. But a large and exhaustive new analysis by a team of international scientists found no evidence”

“Eating a low glycemic load diet that also follows the principles of the traditional Mediterranean diet can lower type 2 diabetes risk, new research suggested. People in the study whose eating patterns…”

“My patients know this…this is just the latest study showing benefits of resistance training. And you do not have to lift what an offensive lineman for Redskins lifts–just do it!”

“Metformin has been shown to significantly help for the long-term. It lowers insulin resistance in the liver, and increased insulin resistance fosters more insulin secretion from the pancreas and when insulin levels are high it is much more difficult to lose weight because insulin is the storage hormone.”