A healthy diet and lifestyle are the best way to prevent a variety of diseases, including heart disease. It may seem daunting to change your diet, but starting with small steps and building on your success can lead to improved health and lasting lifestyle changes. Here are tips to improve your diet and help your … Continued
In this video, Amanda Davenport, PA, discusses why our body can get stuck at a certain weight. As Davenport explains, our basal metabolic rate is the number of calories our body needs to complete our activities of daily living. As we start to lose weight, that number decreases. Yet, as we lose weight, our body often … Continued
Making the decision to start exercising is the first step to a healthier life and a healthier you. Yet, starting can be quite confusing sometimes. Where should you begin? What should (and shouldn’t) you do? How can you stay consistent? Enlisting the help of a certified personal trainer can help answer these questions. If hiring … Continued
Achieving your best health means learning how to manage diabetes. Doing so can help you delay or avoid health complications down the road. High blood sugar can lead to serious health problems by damaging the way your body functions. Fortunately, these issues can often be avoided or managed when you take steps to manage your … Continued
If you have diabetes, what you eat can greatly impact your overall health and how you feel. Fortunately, managing your nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be done by making simple, sustainable changes to your diet. Moderation is the key for successful nutrition management. A few additional guidelines are to keep it simple; … Continued
Recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? You are likely wondering what this diagnosis means for your overall health. Type 2 diabetes means your body is unable to use insulin properly. This can lead to too much sugar circulating in your bloodstream. Uncontrolled high blood sugar can eventually lead to a range of health issues including … Continued
Since the start of the pandemic, many people packed on the “quarantine 15.” Learn how stay-at-home habits helped lead to weight gain, and get tips to help shed the extra pounds. Dr. Neha Shah, Board Certified Internal, Obesity, and Lifestyle Medicine physician with Endeavor Health Weight Management at Edward-Elmhurst Health, appeared on a recent episode … Continued
There are many wonderful benefits of spending more time at home: not having to commute to work, spending more time with loved ones and even saving money. But the downside for many of us is putting on extra weight due to new stay-at-home habits we’ve developed over the past year. Here are some of the … Continued
Many popular diets claim you can quickly lose weight if you just avoid eating certain foods. If only weight loss was that cut and dried. As a dietitian, here are some of the most common weight loss misconceptions I hear from my patients: Myth #1: You have to cut all carbs It’s virtually impossible to … Continued
If your child is overweight, you might think he or she will eventually grow into those extra pounds. But this isn’t always the case. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity affects one in five kids and teens. There are a number of factors that contribute to this issue: increased screen time, … Continued
