Fad Diets: Weight Loss at What Cost?
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2023 | Blogs, Nutrition, Food, Health, Weight Management
Fad diets are rarely sustained and can lead to adverse side effects. With the hope of drastic, body-changing weight loss, the masses turn to the latest popular diet with high hopes and expectations. Not surprisingly, they often are disappointed, discouraged and disillusioned. The outcomes from fad diets can range from ineffective, at a minimum, to...
High Protein Diets are Integral to Weight Loss Success
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Mar 28, 2023 | Weight Management, Blogs, Nutrition, Food, Health
Diets higher in protein improve energy, enhance weight loss, and decrease fat mass while simultaneously preserving lean muscle mass. The benefits of diets high in protein are well-established and documented. Diets higher in protein improve energy, enhance weight loss, and decrease fat mass while simultaneously preserving lean muscle mass. Protein...
How does Carbohydrate Restriction affect Blood Sugar Levels?
by tbroadbent@robard.com | Mar 21, 2023 | Nutrition, Newly Diagnosed, Health
Restricting carbohydrates can help patients with diabetes manage glycemic control. As a chronic and progressive disease that can lead to adverse health outcomes, patients with diabetes must monitor biological markers such as blood glucose levels as well food intake. Glycemic control, understood as a HbA1c < 7 percent, is considered the foundation for...
What is the Impact of a Western Diet?
by tbroadbent@robard.com | Mar 7, 2023 | Nutrition, Food, Health
Western diets are inextricably linked to obesity, which continues to rise and is expected to affect a staggering 50 percent of Americans by 2025. There’s nothing like mom’s Sunday dinner to fill a heart and belly. But whether it’s a favorite family recipes or pizza delivery when you don’t feel like cooking, chances are we will overindulge. Our western...
What is the Role of Diet in Mitigating a Complication of Diabetes that Affects the Eyes?
by tbroadbent@robard.com | Feb 27, 2023 | Weight Management
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Diet may be a contributing factor to reducing the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy, a microvascular complication that affects retinal capillaries, affects one third of patients with diabetes, and if left untreated, it could result in partial vision loss or complete blindness.1 Diabetic retinopathy can...
What Challenges do People with Disabilities & Obesity Face?
by tbroadbent@robard.com | Feb 1, 2023 | Weight Management, Blogs
What Challenges do People with Disabilities & Obesity Face? Twenty-six percent the adult population has a disability, and among them, nearly 40 percent have obesity. Twenty-six percent the adult population has a disability, and among them, nearly 40 percent have obesity. That means this group has one of the highest levels of obesity compared to other...
