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Tag: weight loss

The Mystery Of Sudden Weight Gain

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You know who you are. You’ve been eating stable portions of pretty much the same healthy food for years and you consider yourself weight conscious. Long ago you decided that by combining smart food choices and a health club membership, you were not–definitely not–going to be one of those people who added a point or two to their BMI score every year. Speaking of your Read More

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You Can Prevent Weight Gain

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Before you dismiss this Health Tip with a stifled yawn and an “Oh, sure. Just stop being a little piggy,” you should know about a study published last week in the British Medical Journal tracking the weight-gain patterns of an astonishing 124,086 men and women in the US over 24 years. In fact, if you’re among the millions who avoid glancing at their bathroom scale Read More

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Weight Loss Class the Qigong Way-January 2016

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Saturday, January 23, 2016 3:00-4:30 PM WholeHealth Chicago 2522 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago Non-traditional weight loss techniques. How would you like to lose weight and keep it off?  No gimmicks, honest!  Learn unique, non-traditional ancient Chinese techniques to help increase your metabolism and supports weight loss. The techniques are simple to learn and to practice with no wear and tear on your body. Slight modifications in your diet may help Read More

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Are Lifestyle Changes Impossible?

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Many years ago, I became exhausted dealing with a friend who ignored my advice on living a healthy lifestyle. His attitude toward exercise was similar to Oscar Wilde’s “I often take exercise. Why only yesterday I had breakfast in bed.” His attitude toward food, especially restaurant food, seemed too often that he didn’t care if the quality was good as long as the portions were Read More

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“I Just Gain All The Weight Back Again”

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Our patients have been having some real success with the HCG Weight Loss Program here at WholeHealth Chicago. Next week we’ve scheduled a sort of dog-and-pony presentation on HCG weight loss. If you’re interested, call and reserve a seat. If you can’t make it, don’t fret. We’ll be hosting more of these programs and in any case you’ll get a good overview in this Health Read More

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HCG Weight-Loss Program

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Dr. Edelberg and Seanna Tully will present a short workshop to discuss the HCG protocol at WholeHealth Chicago on Monday, February 9th at 6:30 pm.  Though it’s free and open to all, due to limited seating please call and reserve a space; 773-296-6700.

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Leave Your Car At Home

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Posted 08/25/2014 You must have read somewhere that every piece of research in the past few years has categorically shown the health benefits of walking or bicycling to work. If you live too far away from your workplace to make those options feasible, this Health Tip will make your day. With walking or cycling, your weight will come down (unless you stop midway for a Read More

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Diet Drug Controversies

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The FDA recently approved two new weight-loss drugs and literally within hours of the drugs being officially released a pharmaceutical rep for one of the companies left his card with me and a patient called wanting a prescription. In the weeks that followed, full-page ads for the drugs began appearing in every medical journal I read regularly and I noticed a slight, but measurable, increase Read More

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The HCG Diet Actually Works

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I imagine diet books began appearing worldwide shortly after the Gutenberg Bible hit the shelves. And ever since, physicians, nutritionists, alchemists, personal trainers, and others have attempted to convince us that their diet is the one that will change everything. All diets fail for the same reason, an assertion I base on my experience both as a practicing physician and as an overweight practicing physician. Read More

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Chinese Medicine Tackles Your Weight Concerns

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Despite all the hoopla about the “best” way to determine if we’re overweight–getting on a scale, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, pants won’t button, body fat percentage–we ultimately rely on our intuition to let us know we feel fat. In other words, if you think you’re overweight or obese you probably are. Two-thirds of Americans are one or the other, split 50/50 between the two, with the Read More

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