Organic Junk Food is Still Junk Food
Sometimes my patients get excited when I ask them what they have been eating over the past month or so. They say gleefully, “Dr. Spencer, you would be so proud! Everything I bought was organic!” Then when asked to specify, a bunch of junk food is listed. I then have to be very careful about what […]
Might as well give your kids ice cream for breakfast
Last year, my buddy Dr. Yoni Freedhoff made a post about how it was ridiculous that the Cleveland Clinic was promoting National Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. My brother, Dr. Karl Nadolsky, made a comment how it is fine to have a treat now and then, which of course I agree with. But I started […]
Which Alcohol should you Drink for Fat Loss?
I know I know. This is similar to choosing between cookies, pies, and cakes for fat loss. Either way, alcohol is a part of life and many of my patients drink it so I should address it. In my book The Fat Loss Prescription (Get through Amazon here, and PDF here), I make the recommendation of not […]
Every Bite Counts
This is one of the more common sense pieces of advice I give to my patients, but it needs repeating. Even though you have a snack here and there during the day, all of those little nibbles and bites can add up BIG time. For example I have multiple patients who work in the […]
30 Day Challenges and Rapid Fat Loss are Good
There is a growing dichotomy amongst weight loss coaches where one group sides with 30 day challenges and quick weight loss and the other sides with slow long-term weight loss. These things don’t have to be mutually exclusive though. In fact, I initiate a rapid fat loss plan with my patients and online followers for […]