There are a few key problems with the philosophy of a diet. To many, a diet tends to mean something they will do for a period of time, then stop—“I’ll go on a diet, lose the weight, and then go back to my original eating habits and somehow magically the weight will stay off.” Or, “Maybe if I lost the weight with a diet, then I’d be healthy enough and have...

Recently I’ve had several people tell me they are consuming mega amounts of calcium because they want to avoid osteoporosis (bone thinning). In most cases they are taking an excessive amount of calcium and it’s not going into the bones. In order to absorb calcium, you need several conditions. The first one involves pH (acid-base balance). If a person is too alkali...

Let’s assume you are doing everything right—your eating is perfect and your exercise is consistent and correct for your body type. What else should you look for? I first check on anything that could be increasing cortisol—lack of sleep, pain in the body, stressful environment, or even hot flashes. I’ll have the person work on these. I will also look at the ...

Calories You seem to always see this one with the “experts” giving you faulty advice. Are you ready for it? Here it is: Weight loss requires fewer calories consumed or more calories spent in activity; it doesn’t matter what diet you do as long as you consume fewer calories. This is the expert’s inability to differentiate between types of calories: a calorie o...