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LD Hardas,the founder and CEO of Awesome Products, a company with an important and distinctive mission: to offer consumers the highest quality household cleaning and beauty care products at a price they can afford.

The ORBERA Weight Loss Program

What is the ORBERA weight loss program? The ORBERA program is a two-step approach to weight loss. Step one is the insertion of a gastric balloon into your stomach and step two is the development of a diet and exercise plan to help you lose the weight and keep it off. In ORBERA, a gastric balloon is inserted into your stomach and filled with salt water to full inflation. The inflated balloon will stay in your stomach for a six month period, encouraging portion control by ensuring that you’ll feel full while eating less food. Additionally, during this six month period as well as after the balloon is removed, Dr. Korman and his team will help you to establish a personalized plan to eat well [ ] The post The ORBERA Weight Loss Program appeared first on Jeremy E. Korman, M.D., F.A.C.S..
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EXERCISE LESS IMPORTANT TO WEIGHT LOSS THAN TAKING IN FEWER CALORIES

In the past few years, there’s been a lot of focus on the importance of exercise when it comes to losing weight. Programs like Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” promote physical activity as the cure for the obesity epidemic in our country. It’s important to remember, however, that exercise alone simply doesn’t do as much for weight loss as some people believe. The most effective way to lose weight is to reduce the amount of calories that you take in on a daily basis. It’s simply a numbers game: if you take in fewer “good” calories, you have fewer calories to burn to lose weight or maintain your current weight. And, adjusting your diet to take in fewer calories is generally less time consuming than exercising. [ ] The post EXERCISE LESS IMPORTANT TO WEIGHT LOSS THAN TAKING IN FEWER CALORIES appeared first on Jeremy E. Korman, M.D., F.A.C.S..
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MYTH OR REALITY? THE DAIRY INDUSTRY’S CLAIM THAT CHOCOLATE MILK IS AN EXCELLENT RECOVERY DRINK

You may have heard the idea that chocolate milk is a great recovery drink after exercise. Supporters note that it’s a great source of protein, carbohydrates, and a bunch of other good stuff like calcium, sodium, and vitamin D. It also has high water content, which means that it’s a good way to re-hydrate. It should be noted, however, that most of the studies that conclude that chocolate milk is a good recovery drink are funded by the Dairy and Nutrition Council, and should be taken with the grain of salt. First of all, there is a lot of sugar in chocolate milk, about 16-20 teaspoons in a typical bottle found in the grocery store, and that’s definitely more than you need to take in [ ] The post MYTH OR REALITY? THE DAIRY INDUSTRY S CLAIM THAT CHOCOLATE MILK IS AN EXCELLENT RECOVERY DRINK appeared first on Jeremy E. Korman, M.D., F.A.C.S..
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NEW STUDY ON SATURATED FAT AND HEART DISEASE LINK

It’s a long-held belief that saturated fat (the type found in butter, meat, and cheese) is to blame for an increased risk of heart disease and other cardiac events. A new analysis by international scientists recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, however, indicates that this may not actually be the case. The study suggests that other dietary factors may hold more of the blame than saturated fats when it comes to causing heart attack and stroke. The belief that saturated fat increases the risk for heart disease is grounded in the fact that saturated fat contains high levels of LDL cholesterol, the kind of cholesterol that increases an individual’s risk of heart attack. This new study, however, claims that the kind of LDL [ ] The post NEW STUDY ON SATURATED FAT AND HEART DISEASE LINK appeared first on Jeremy E. Korman, M.D., F.A.C.S..
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FDA BANS TRANS FAT

The FDA took a huge step towards bettering the health of our country this week when they announced that all food manufacturers must remove artificial trans fats from their products within the next three years. Trans fats have long been a part of the American diet—first introduced in the early 1900s—and that makes the FDA’s decision even more significant. While trans fats were originally pitched as less harmful than saturated fats, it has since become clear that they are actually directly linked to high body weight, heart disease, memory loss, and high cholesterol. Trans fat is a thicker, longer-lasting product with enhanced flavor that is cheaper to use in food production than other fats like lard or butter. Because of this, food manufacturers really like [ ] The post FDA BANS TRANS FAT appeared first on Jeremy E. Korman, M.D., F.A.C.S..
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THE COST OF OBESITY

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