The Best Diet for Weight Loss

As an obesity physician, I survey all of my patients about their diets. I also make note of the patients who are the most successful at losing and keeping off their weight. There is ONE trait that every successful patient shares in common. Is it their carbohydrate count? Are they vegans? Do they track their calories on an app? […]

Can you lose weight while eating McDonald’s?

  On my Facebook page I made this post after meeting a new patient: This was met with much applause, but there were some who made reference to some individuals actually LOSING weight while STILL eating McDonald’s. This led me to make this silly meme: I was being a tad extreme of course. The TRUTH […]

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 […]