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Health effects of dietary fats: Replace risks with benefits We often talk to our patients about good and bad fats and how to pick the right ones. Dr. Phil Wood has the best handout I have ever seen, click here to get your copy

Dr. Sheri Colberg’s feature, this week focus’ on activity and outcomes, Sets, reps, and other training basics will give you sound information and a way to learn the right way to do things.

For those of you who have been smart enough to read Dr. Sheri Colberg’s, features, on activity and outcomes, her Other Tips for Optimizing Endurance Training will make a lot of sense. If you wonder why these tips are important, Click here to read this and all of Dr. Colberg’s …

Laura Plunkett., BA Psychology recounts her strategies for raising a healthy child and addresses many of the fears and concerns parents often have in her book, The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes. This week she discusses Eating Healthier as a Family: Ten Small Changes that Can Make a Big Difference. You …

Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM explains why Using Interval Training Effectively makes such a big difference in outcomes.

Every day I see patients I talk about insulin resistance and how it leads to diabetes. I have based my conversations, on what I thought was the best data. Now that I read Insulin Resistance: A Vicious Circle Of Excess Fat, by Phil Wood DVM, MS, PhD I realize that …

This week we are happy to bring you a special feature by Laura Plunkett., BA Psychology. Her book The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes recounts her strategies for raising a healthy child and addresses many of the fears and concerns parents often have. This week she discusses how to address your …

This week Dr. Phil Wood’s article, Nutrigenetic testing: Is it ready for prime-time?, looks at the one goal of modern genetics and medicine is to provide “individualized medicine,” or medical care based on an individual’s genotype. Nutrigenetics is one example of the developing potential for meeting that goal.

Our patients often give up physical activity because of aches and pains. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM explains why Warming Up, Cooling Down, And Doing Aerobic Workouts is so important to keep our patients on track.

Help your patients keep their resolutions to lose weight. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM has some great ideas on Maximizing Your Patient’s Physical Activities.