weight loss

Hendricks For Health vs MediFast!

Hendricks For Health vs MediFast: See Who's Numbers are Better! Over the weekend I ran into a neighbor who enthusiastically told me about how he was losing weight on a Medifast program. (Someone else in the neighborhood told him I was a weight loss doc and he wanted my opinion). I think he said [...]

2023-10-20T01:37:10-07:00By |BLOG, featured, GET MOTIVATED|

4 Tips for Sacramento/Roseville Residents to Reduce & Maintain Weight

We get overweight because it's easy. It's easy to reach for simple carbohydrates prepackaged for convenience instead of cooking a healthful meal. It's easy to say yes to office birthday cake, late night fast food cravings, and high sugar sodas. It's easy to stay planted to the couch because exercise is mundane or of the [...]

2014-06-01T08:00:56-07:00By |BLOG, GET MOTIVATED|

Addiction potential of phentermine prescribed for obesity

Objective: To determine whether long-term phentermine treatment produces any sign or symptom of abuse or addiction. Date of Research Idea: October 2007. Collaborators: Frank L. Greenway, M.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University. Manit Srisurapanont, M.D., Ph.D., Chaig Mai University, Chang Mai, Thailand, Stacy Schmidt, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Denver. Description: A [...]

Blood Pressure, Heart rate effects, Weight Loss, and Maintenance During Long-term Phentermine Treatment for Obesity.

Objective: To determine cardiovascular safety and effectiveness of long-term phentermine treatment. Date of Research Idea: October 2009. Collaborators: Eric C. Westman, M.D., Duke University, Frank L. Greenway, M.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University. Alok K. Gupta, M.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center Description: A retrospective observational study of 300 sequential returning patients treated with [...]

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