Last week’s online group coaching meeting (August 31), hosted by Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care, continued its discussion around metabolic health. Dr. Tro Kalayjian shared studies with participants about appetite-suppressing hormones. The effects of a low carbohydrate ketogenic diet on hunger were also explored. Dr. Tro, Amy and Brian then focused… Continue reading 8/31/2020 – Understanding Hunger & Appetite Suppression
Month: August 2020
8/25/20 – Remembering Your “Why”
Last week’s online group coaching meeting, hosted by Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care, continued its discussion around metabolic health. Dr. Tro Kalayjian shared studies about supplements and electrolytes which included some points on the importance of staying hydrated, ways to get magnesium through both foods and supplements, and the dietary effects… Continue reading 8/25/20 – Remembering Your “Why”
New Study: Hypertriglyceridemia Can be Reversed by Ketogenic Diet & Intermittent Fasting.
A case series recently co-authored by Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, suggests hypertriglyceridemia can be reversed through the implementation of a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. The manuscript is entitled Reversal of severe hypertriglyceridemia with intermittent fasting and a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet: a case series, and was published July 27, 2020, in Current Opinion in… Continue reading New Study: Hypertriglyceridemia Can be Reversed by Ketogenic Diet & Intermittent Fasting.
8/11/20 – Metabolic Health, Stress & Sleep
Last week’s online group coaching meeting, hosted by Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care, centered its discussion around the metabolic effects that stress and sleep have on glucose, insulin, weight gain, and circadian rhythm. The more than 65 participants on last week’s Zoom call listened to Health Coaches Amy Eiges and Brian… Continue reading 8/11/20 – Metabolic Health, Stress & Sleep
8/18/20 – Weight Loss and Metabolic Health Questions
At last week’s online group coaching meeting, hosted by Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care, Dr. Tro and health coach Amy Eiges answered a wide range of participant questions. The meeting was attended by more than 70 people. Some of the topics covered included: How to know if you’re metabolically healthy and… Continue reading 8/18/20 – Weight Loss and Metabolic Health Questions
8/4/2020 – Metabolic Health, Hunger, & Defense Strategies
Dr. Tro started the call with his ‘Science Corner’, talking about two interesting case reports about metabolic health and how quickly one can reverse a high A1c with a ketogenic approach, even with minimal weight loss. The other study was from Dr. Tro’s own practice, showing rapid changes to extreme triglycerides using a ketogenic and… Continue reading 8/4/2020 – Metabolic Health, Hunger, & Defense Strategies
Are You Hungry?
By Amy Eiges I recently wrote on Twitter about the value of “failing” at many attempts to lose weight, all of which landed me before Dr. Tro and the beautifully simple question he posed after reviewing my food logs. He never asked that I track food, but I was terrified not to, conditioned by countless… Continue reading Are You Hungry?