Win a Free Nutrition Consultation with Beth Ellen DiLuglio

Have you been discouraged by inability to lose weight despite really trying? Have you ever paid for a weight loss program and felt you wasted your money? The experts at metabolism.com appreciate what you have gone through and want to help you get it right. Beth Ellen DiLuglio is a certified nutritionist and consultant [...]

EMT Offers Advice for Coping with High Metabolism

While many members of metabolism.com struggle with low metabolism, fatigue and weight gain, there are those who struggle with the opposite. Being underweight can be as difficult to cope with as being overweight. Here is advice from one of our members who is an emergency medical technician, on how he has adjusted to this issue.
BeachEMS [...]

Marion Touts New Adkins Diet for Weight Loss for Ex-Smokers

Marion brings us up to date on her progress after stopping smoking, gaining and then losing weight. Thank you Marion for sharing your experience with metabolism.com members!
Marion writes:
Just wanted to give you an update, quit smoking 8 months ago and have gained exactly 20 pounds, seems like the weight gain has finally slacked off. Last [...]

Elderly, Broke, Blind, and Left Behind by New Diabetes Treatment Guidelines and Big Pharma.

Here is a clear example of how the new Diabetes Treatment Guidelines and big Pharma have failed to protect the needs of diabetics who are disadvantaged by economic circumstances and disease. This is the story of one of my patients, an elderly, blind and impoverished woman with blindness due to diabetes. She managed to maintain [...]

Thank You for Understanding; By Gary Pepper, M.D.

Debbi and Terri:
The Comments section at metabolism.com is a place where members have the opportunity to get their questions and opinions posted to the homepage for maximum visibility. Every day thousands of people have the opportunity to see what is on your mind. I try not to intervene too much in Comments so people feel [...]

Can Adkins Help When Stopping Smoking?

Amie wonders whether the Adkins Diet is the way to go for those who want to avoid weight gain after stopping smoking. Just yesterday one of my patient’s admitted she would rather face lung disease than gain the 20 lbs. she fears would result if she stopped smoking.
Here is what Amie has to say:
POSSIBLE SOLUTION: [...]

Can Eating Carbs Reduce Food Cravings?

In a new book, The Serotonin Power Diet: Eat Carbs — Nature’s Own Appetite Suppressant — to Stop Emotional Overeating and Halt Antidepressant-Associated Weight Gain, the authors Judith J. Wurtman, PhD and Nina T. Frusztajer, MD, propose that eating carbs before a meal can actually help weight loss efforts. The connection between carb consumption and [...]

Wondering if t4 (Synthroid) Treatment of Hypothyroidism is the Answer

Prosanta asks metabolism.com if her thyroid blood test results indicate that treatment with t4 is required. I suspect that she is also wondering if other forms of treatment might be better (Armour Thyroid for example).
Here is what Prosanta writes:
Iamsuffering from Diabetes type2.recently on routine Blood test—
FT3(ECLIA) 2.33pg/ml
FT4 1.07ng/ml
TSH 9.32microIU/ml
AntiThyroid Peroxidase 37.02IU/ml
Do I need to take [...]

Great Ways to Deal With Carbs in Your Diet

Carb craving seems to be a major hurdle for people with metabolic disorders like diabetes and thyroid disease. Is this just a problem all people face or is there something more specific about metabolic disorders that draws people in the direction of carbs? It is clear that when “insulin resistance” is part of the medical [...]

What is the Correct Vitamin D Dosage?

Annette posts a question to metabolism.com since she is on a high dosage of vitamin D due to intestinal surgery. Is the dosage too much for her, she wonders?
When the intestines fail to absorb fats due to surgery or due to disease, Vitamin D which is a fat soluble vitamin, can see its levels [...]


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