GLP‑1 Medications + Healthy Habits: The Path to Long‑Term Weight Loss Success
Are GLP-1 medications the key to long-tern weight loss success?
How to stick with a food journal
Did you know that keeping a regular food journal may help boost your weight loss success? Those that use their food journal most frequently (3+ times per day) shed the most pounds. Here are 4 ways to learn how you can increase your motivation to stick with a food journal for long-term weight-loss success.
Eat the Rainbow
“When you eat a colorful variety of fruit and vegetables, you get a range of phytonutrients, such as antioxidants and flavonoids from the different colors,”
Could your child develop Diabetes as an adult?
Young children can show signs of being prone to adult diabetes - years, even decades before it’s likely to be diagnosed.
Diabetes 101: A Guide to Understanding Risk Factors and Prevention
By educating yourself and your loved ones, you can better understand the risk factors and methods of prevention associated with diabetes.
Vitamin B: Are You Getting Enough?
All hail the B vitamins! They largely run the show in your body, but are you getting enough of them?
Refined Sugar vs. Saturated Fat: What’s More Likely To Cause Heart Disease?
Refined Sugar vs. Saturated Fat: What’s More Likely To Cause Heart Disease?
Bone Health
Did you know that there are 4 critical nutrients for bone health?
Obesity poised to overtake smoking as leading preventable cause of cancer
Did you know that the second leading cause of cancer is obesity? More than 32% of Michigan’s population is obese and obesity-associated cancers are only expected to increase. Reduce your risk of cancer by living a healthy lifestyle. Read more about the study here.
April: Move More Month
Every April, the American Heart Association celebrates physical activity and encourages all Americans to commit to being more active on a regular basis. What are you doing to move more?
MWLC Omega-3 Benefits
Omega-3’s are vital to our body’s overall health. Are you getting enough Omega-3?
Causes and Prevention of Heart Disease
What causes heart disease? Heart disease affects the blood vessels and cardiovascular system.
Nap Time
About 40% of Americans never sleep the recommended seven to nine hours, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). But skimping on sleep can contribute to a host of problems. In addition to affecting your personal health, sleep is crucial for the health of your job. Here is how sleeping more can help!
National Wear Red Day 2018
February 2nd, 2018 is the American Heart Association's 'National Wear Red Day'! Medical Weight Loss Clinic encourages our patients to join us by participating in 'National Wear Red Day', to promote education about heart disease, stroke, and living a healthy lifestyle.
February is American Heart Month
February is ‘American Heart Month‘, which focuses on educating individuals about heart disease and stroke, what the risk factors are, and how to prevent these conditions.
Cinnamon: How Does it Affect Weight Loss?
Cinnamon is more than just a popular spice added to many foods and drinks. Recent research from the University of Michigan indicates that cinnamon may have small weight loss benefits. Learn more here.
Type 2 Diabetes Awareness
November is 'National Diabetes Awareness Month'. What is Type 2 Diabetes? What are the risk factors and how can it be prevented?
All About Turmeric
Turmeric has been thought to be effective for everything from improved brain function, to cancer prevention; from combating depression and heart disease to preventing Alzheimer’s, arthritis and relieving inflammation. But is it really the cure-all everyone’s claiming it to be?
U.S. Obesity Rates Have Hit An All-Time High
Forbes Magazine reports that according to troubling new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults have a body mass index classifying them as obese.
Diabetes: Protect Your Eyes In 6 Steps
October is Blindness Awareness Month. What does that have to do with Diabetes? A lot actually – according to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among adults in the U.S.