CATEGORY: Stuff in the ‘obesity’ Category
Protein is Your Body’s Vital Building Block
Dr. Maupin explains the importance of having sufficient protein in your diet. When I tell my patients that they need a high protein diet, all they can think of is meat…but protein sources are found in many parts of our[...]
What to Replace Simple Sugars with for Weight Loss and Building Muscle
What are simple sugars, and why are they bad for you? There are almost as many different human metabolic variations as there are people in the world. Our genetics make us all unique in ways that vary the way we[...]
Body Mass Index (BMI) is finally being questioned
What exactly is your Body Mass Index number telling you about your health? BioBalance® Health uses other forms of measurement to determine body composition, and to diagnose healthy weight, versus overweight and obesity. BMI is a calculation of healthy weight,[...]
Semaglutides for Weight Loss
Semaglutides, weight loss, and the new weight loss medicines that everyone is talking about. Every physician and every overweight patient have struggled with achieving effective weight loss that was effective for most people, until now! Almost simultaneously 6 weight loss[...]
Dementia – How to avoid this end to your life.
What causes dementia and what increases your risk of getting dementia? At a get together of friends, I was pulled aside by a good friend who asked me how she could prevent dementia, because the mother she loves is in[...]
Breast Cancer and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Dr. Maupin answers questions about hormone replacement in patients with breast cancer, or high risk of getting breast cancer. At BioBalance we have been treating women who have had ER positive breast cancer with Testosterone Pellets for 20 years Testosterone[...]
Weight Loss – What Medications Are Available?
Available prescription medications that can make weight loss, or rather fat loss, possible. During 2021 several new weight loss drugs have been approved by the FDA for weight loss. The Lancet is a very well-respected medical journal and in December of[...]
Obesity is the Enemy, when a Healthy Full Life is the Goal
Obesity can only be treated by and avoided by consciously eating a healthy diet. Last week we talked about obesity as the biggest risk to both individual health and to the overall health of Americans. This is not fat shaming…this[...]
Obesity is the Biggest Threat to being Healthy in the US
Why is the obesity problem in America getting worse each year? WHO: 4 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese in 2017 according to the global burden of disease. In 2016 1.9 billion adults[...]
Low Testosterone Found to Result in More Severe Covid Infections
Washington University study shows men who have low Testosterone levels are associated with severe Covid infections. Welcome to the BioBalance Healthcast, I’m Dr. Kathy Maupin and my partner Dr. Rachel Sullivan, joins me today to discuss a new research finding[...]