Weight Loss Tips & Insights
Evidence-based articles on GLP-1 medications, bariatric surgery, nutrition, and healthy living - by Dr. Matthew Weiner, MD.
Understanding Compounded GLP-1 Medications: Benefits, Risks, and Future Outlook
Explore Compounded GLP-1 Medications for weight loss, focusing on Semaglutide and Tirzepatide, with legal insights and real patient experiences.
Navigating Insurance Coverage for GLP-1 Medications (Zepbound and Wegovy)
A guide to obtaining insurance coverage for GLP-1 medications, for the treatment of obesity, focusing on Wegovy and Zepbound. It’s not about your personal need, it’s about your medical policy.
Prep and Prosper: Meal Prep Secrets with Kristen Willard
Kristen Willard shares helpful tips on bariatric meal prep and plans for both post-surgery and non-surgical weight loss patients.
Is Bariatric Surgery the Easy Way Out?
Tie Your Shoes, Play with the Kids, Move Without Pain, and Breathe Easier Are you exhausted from the constant feedback from the world that blames your obesity on a lack of willpower or determination? The truth is, it’s not about being weak or unwilling to do what’s hard—it’s about the fact that the deck has […]
Your Metabolic Thermostat
In my first book, “A Pound of Cure”, I introduced the concept of the Metabolic Thermostat—a critical system that regulates your body weight. Just like the thermostat in your home adjusts temperature by delivering heat or cool air, your metabolic thermostat controls your hunger and metabolic rate in response to your body weight setpoint. This idea shifts the perspective from viewing excess body fat as mere calorie storage to understanding it as a tightly controlled physiological parameter.
Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery
Weight regain after bariatric surgery, particularly following Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG), can be deeply frustrating and emotionally distressing. Many patients feel a profound sense of defeat, sadness, and hopelessness as the weight they worked so hard to lose slowly creeps back. Even worse, the excellent control of your eating and appetite that you experienced after surgery now feels like a distant memory as constant “food nose” makes it nearly impossible to stick to a nutritional plan.But, there is reason to be hopeful! The causes of weight regain after surgery are largely understandable and predictable, and in most cases, weight regain after Bariatric Surgery can be successfully treated!
Optimal Weight Loss: Combining Nutrition, GLP-1 Medications and Bariatric Surgery
Combining Bariatric Surgery and GLP-1 Medications Bariatric Surgery and GLP-1 Medications The introduction of GLP-1 weight loss medications has forever changed the treatment of the disease of obesity. Initially, I thought that these medications would replace Bariatric Surgery, however, after 18 months and over 1,000 prescriptions, I’ve realized, that, like everything related to obesity, the […]
Is Gastric Sleeve Surgery Effective: Real Before and After
Types of Gastric Surgeries Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG or Sleeve)The Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG or Sleeve) is the most commonly performed weight loss surgery in the United States. Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-YGastric Bypass)The second most commonly performed weight loss surgery is the Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass). Sleeve GastrectomyThe Sleeve Gastrectomy is more popular because it […]
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