How to Maintain Weight Loss
by Alec Sochacki | Sep 12, 2023 | Health, Food, Exercise, Advocacy, Blogs
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Once you reach your goal weight, try these strategies to prevent gaining it back. You’ve worked hard and built healthy lifestyle habits that have resulted in achieving your weight loss and overall health goals. You feel great because your overall health has improved, and you like your routine of eating healthy and increased physical...
How Does Consuming Fast Food, Candy and Sugary Drinks Affect Type 2 Diabetes?
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Jul 11, 2023 | Health, Food, Blogs
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Reducing ultra-processed foods, such as sweetened cereal, cookies, and sugary drinks, can mitigate dietary risks associated with metabolic disorders. Ultra-processed food has been linked to many diabetic complications, including insulin resistance, unhealthy BMI, and a clinically increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes.1,2 They...
Can Resistance Training Lead to Weight Loss?
by Alec Sochacki | May 23, 2023 | Weight Management, Health, Exercise, Blogs
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Including resistance training as part of one’s weight loss program offers benefits. There are many factors that contribute to weight loss1 and weight gain.2 Living at an unhealthy weight is not merely a matter of an energy imbalance — taking in more energy than is expended; we now know that weight gain is multifactorial...
Is There New Hope to Treat Type 1 Diabetes?
by Alec Sochacki | May 16, 2023 | Health, Newly Diagnosed, Blogs
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. A recently approved F.D.A. drug delays the onset of Type 1 diabetes. Approximately 1.5 million Americans have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.1 A Type 1 diabetes diagnosis radically changes one’s life and warrants lifelong daily blood sugar monitoring to ensure appropriate insulin levels. For those living with Type 1 diabetes,...
What is the Connection Between Mindful Eating and Type 2 Diabetes?
by Alec Sochacki | May 9, 2023 | Blogs, Health, Food, Mental
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Mindful eating holds promise for managing food cravings and helping those with adhere to dietary recommendations. Affecting 30.3 million people in the United States and over 380 and million people around the world, type 2 diabetes has been characterized as the costliest chronic disease.1 Challenges such as food cravings, a desire to...
Very Low Calorie Diets: An Evidence-Based Approach
by Alec Sochacki | Apr 25, 2023 | Weight Management, Health, Nutrition, Blogs
The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial was groundbreaking for its findings related to weight loss and maintenance through intensive lifestyle intervention, including the use of a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD). The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial was groundbreaking for its findings related to weight loss and...
