The HCG Diet at The Natural Path This weight loss program is more than I had ever dreamed it could have been. I had done it once before where I went to an office and someone gave me the stuff and never followed up with me. With Dr. Cara, it was a whole different experience.... Read More
The HCG Diet is one of my greatest passions. It is where I have submerged my intellectual mind for the past 14 years. I have learned so much and my clinical experience has been my greatest teacher. I truly feel like the HCG Diet helps my patients to find metabolic wellness, as well as, metabolic... Read More
There are A LOT of appliances out on the market these days to make cooking simpler and/or to make food taste better. For me, I am a minimalist and I really need to LOVE an additional appliance if I a going to make room for it in my kitchen. There are many that make the... Read More
The thyroid has gotten a great deal of attention in the past 15 years! It is a very important metabolic gland in our bodies. It is our “pilot burner” or “metabolic gatekeeper.” I like to be sure that all of the patients I am working with on medical weight loss via the HCG Diet... Read More
Leptin resistance is a very hot topic in the field of obesity. Fat cells secrete leptin to signal to your brain that you are FULL and your storage units (glycogen and fat) have reached capacity. If you have spent a lot of your life eating the standard American diet and gaining weight then there is... Read More
When patients come into my office to begin the HCG Diet process we learn a lot about the physiological basics of fat storage and fat breakdown in the body. Knowledge is power and learning all of this as you enter into the process of weight loss takes things to a whole new level! In the... Read More
Insulin and IGF-1 and FAT Burning We know that when we eat a meal and blood sugar goes up that the pancreas! Imagine the receptors on the cells as parking spaces, while insulin and IGF-1 are the cars. The drivers of the insulin cars are way more aggressive and when they’re around, they grab all... Read More
Insulin and IGF-1 look very similar and both do the job of feeding our cells! IGF-1 stands for “insulin-like growth factor.” It’s called “insulin-like” because its molecular structure is very similar to insulin, so much so that insulin and IGF-1 actually compete for the same receptors on the cell membrane. They have a similar shape... Read More
When I was a kid, every time we’d pass an obese person on the street, my favorite Aunt who is also an MD would say … “that is because they eat too much sugar.” I feel lucky to have learned at a very young age the detriment of daily sugar consumption. Many people do not... Read More
Pathway #1 for Optimal Fat Burning: Nutrition The first step to switching over to a fat-burning metabolism is to change your fuel mix by changing what you eat. If we can learn to limit our carbohydrate intake and truly get most of what we need from clean, organic vegetables and clean, proteins we will shift... Read More