The following article appeared as an op-ed written by Alan in The Jerusalem Post: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-706248 Paradigms! They are a set of ideas. A standard way of looking at something. Most paradigms are formed over a long period of time, even years or decades. The problem is that when something becomes very ingrained in our [...]
Pesach (Passover) is now behind us. Many of us have been over-eating or were inactive, both before and during the holiday. Although the incentive might be there to start taking better care of our health and to lose weight (your clothes may be tight), it can be difficult to revive healthy habits. Now is the [...]
We’ve been through this before—you and me both! It’s after Pesach, and this time it’s also after more than a year of pandemic lockdowns. Everyone is thinking about weight loss and dieting—and the failure that will result. This isn’t because you don’t want to succeed or because you can’t be successful. It’s because diets, by [...]
Here we are —again -- looking for some way to take off the extra weight we and keep it off this time! All of us would also like to renew our health, in general, with some exercise and good healthy eating. But everyone still seems to have those demons in their heads telling them to [...]
Sue is a young lady who came to my clinic 4 and a half years ago. Her BMI was over 35 and being obese is something she had struggled with from her early teens. We needed to teach Sue what proper eating and exercise was all about. It wasn’t easy for her. After all, a [...]
People ask me a lot of questions about health and fitness. But there is one question I just won’t answer; “What do you think about the ______diet?” Why don’t I answer? Because with the exception of the DASH diet or a Mediterranean food program, the odds are overwhelming for long term failure when it comes [...]
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Succos are now behind us. Most of us have been over-eating and we were most likely very inactive both before and during the Yom Tov season. Although the incentive might be there to start taking better care of our health and to lose weight (your clothes may be tight), it [...]
Pesach is now behind us, and most of us have been over-eating or were inactive both before and during the Yom Tov. Although the incentive might be there to start taking better care of our health and to lose weight (your clothes may be tight), it can be difficult to revive healthy habits. But now [...]
It seems as if everybody’s going on a diet! Well, not quite. But people call my office all the time asking about our “diet” program. I don’t have one. I have a weight loss program that is anything but a diet. There is some good news though. This past year we saw that only 20% [...]
