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Margo Sweeny, MD,
Discussions about how to best manage weight occur frequently in physicians’ offices. Patients enter our offices with the desire to lose weight for myriad reasons, from management of cardiovascular disease, diabetes,... Read More
Physicians have often been challenged by the lack of available treatment options for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The Council on Health Promotion’s Nutrition Committee would like to alert you to an emerging dietary... Read More
According to recent popular press, coconut oil is the latest miracle food. The claims regarding coconut oil are that it boosts brain function in people with Alzheimer disease; improves thyroid and heart disease; and... Read More
In January 2011 the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) Personal Health Risk Assessment Fee (G14066) came into effect, supporting physicians in providing prevention services to patients.[1] One of the patient... Read More
Ms Hammond has made some good points about the emerging literature regarding non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Our COHP column was directed to primary care physicians to briefly give an overview of diagnosis of celiac... Read More
Gluten is being blamed for numerous health problems, and recent claims suggest that by eliminating gluten from our diet we can cure diabetes, obesity, rheumatic illnesses, and cataracts. Wheat, and gluten in particular... Read More
Promoting healthy eating practices is key to reducing the risk and the incidence of chronic disease. Patients today are inundated with nutrition information, but unfortunately much of it is not medically sound.... Read More
As members of the Nutrition Committee, we often get asked by colleagues, “What are the best weight-loss diets?” This is a difficult question to a complex problem. The diet industry is huge and, as evidenced by the... Read More