How Can Working Out in Zone 2 Help with Weight Loss and Managing Type 2 Diabetes?
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Aug 15, 2023 | Exercise, Weight Management
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Working out in Zone 2 can help optimize weight loss by burning more fat, which will can mitigate the risks of type 2 diabetes. Exercise has many goals, namely increasing endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility. Perhaps one of the most popular goals for exercising — if not the most popular goal — is weight loss. Living at a...
Are Meal Replacements and Low Calorie Diets Better Options than Semaglutide for Sustained Weight Loss?
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Jun 13, 2023 | Blogs, Weight Management
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Low calorie diets, lifestyle changes, and meal replacements are more reliable for long-term weight loss. Ozempic and Wegovy have garnered much attention because of their efficacy in helping adults with obesity lose weight. Wegovy was developed as a weight loss drug while Ozempic, a drug developed as a diabetes medication, is now...
Anti-Obesity Medications and Healthy Nutrition using Meal Replacements
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Jun 6, 2023 | Weight Management
Daily inclusion of nutritional meal replacements helps assure that individuals prescribed anti-obesity medications will meet their nutritional needs to support a healthy metabolism while actively losing weight. A 2020 study funded by Novo Nordisk reported that the estimated mean energy intake was reduced by 47 percent for people using Semaglutide for 20...
Can Resistance Training Lead to Weight Loss?
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | May 23, 2023 | Weight Management, Blogs, Exercise, Health
— 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...
Very Low Calorie Diets: An Evidence-Based Approach
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Apr 25, 2023 | Blogs, Nutrition, Health, Weight Management
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...
Fad Diets: Weight Loss at What Cost?
by Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2023 | Weight Management, Blogs, Nutrition, Food, Health
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...
