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Obesity and Life Expectancy by Maurice Larocque, M.D. At a time when researchers are talking about an obesity epidemic and that many people tend to under-estimate the consequences of obesity on their physical health, two studies published in 2003 recently caught our interest: : Repeated tries to lose weight (even without long-term success/yo-yo effect) decreases […]
The excesses of bariatric surgery While bariatric surgeons admit that they do not really know what they are doing by intervening on the digestive tract to create chronic malabsorption, the fashion is to prescribe these interventions systematically or almost for all cases of morbid obesity. Supposedly: this is the only way to successfully lose weight and […]
Stop fooling yourself! by Maurice Larocque, M.D. I’ve been practicing medicine for more then 40 years and have seen tens of thousands of overweight patients, but I’ve yet to see anyone who was truly happy with his condition, both physically and psychologically. Now, there are weight loss and maintenance methods available that are almost fool-proof. […]
Protein is best to help you keep the weight off! The results of a new research on weight maintenance have been published in the reputed International Journal of Obesity. (International Journal of Obesity). Thirteen of the world’s most reputable researchers have worked together to identify which diet is best at keeping weight off after a […]
New research: Neurocognitive and Hormonal Correlates of Voluntary Weight Loss in Humans Insufficient responses to hypocaloric diets have been attributed to hormonal adaptations that override self-control of food intake. We tested this hypothesis by measuring circulating energy-balance hormones and brain functional magnetic resonance imaging reactivity to food cues in 24 overweight/obese participant before, and 1 […]
What is the Mental Weight Questionnaire? It is the measure of your behavior in the face of food. It’s not how you see yourself. This is how you behave. In fact, MW is the psycho-behavioral explanation of your overweight problem. It does not take into account your genetics, your metabolism, medications, or diseases that could […]
Understanding your metabolism Human beings, like any other thing in the universe, cannot escape the laws of thermodynamics. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed. Food serves as fuel and raw materials for the entire body. The balance between what goes into the machine and what is used determines how much fat is […]
Can you lose weight and maintain it? YES! Why did you always fail? Because you only did half the treatment. There are actually two treatments to follow to succeed: Weight loss is relatively easy by following a diet tailored to your needs and expectations. Weight maintenance that has nothing to do with a diet. It […]
The truth about your metabolism by Maurice Larocque, M.D. What is metabolism? Imagine a room heated by a furnace. The larger the room, the more heat the furnace needs to heat it. Metabolism is our indoor furnace that produces heat to keep our body in good working order. A 200-pound (100-kg) sedentary woman burns about […]
A Major Discovery: Yo-yo Dieting is Good for Your Health! by Maurice Larocque, M.D. False Prophets After hearing for more than a decade that it is more damaging to your health to put back on weight lost than it is to stay overweight, thousands of people decided to no longer try to lose weight. The […]
The Truth about Obesity Obesity kills It is scientifically proven 1.It causes: 20% of cancers (including breast) 30% of heart disease 80% of type II diabetes high blood pressure osteoarthritis … Obesity kills the quality of life aging premature shortness of breath chronic fatigue difficulty in walking low libido drop in quality of family life […]
There is no coincidence! I thought about sharing with you two personal discoveries that changed my life and change it every day: • there is no coincidence! • Our thoughts are creative. And I would conclude that it is because our thoughts are creative that there is no chance. For those who are familiar with […]
