#1 malnutrition problem in the U.S. In 1977, George McGovern warned that obesity would be the #1 malnutrition problem in the U.S. Arguably, that is when society became increasingly aware of obesity and heart disease as a cause for concern at a population level. At the time, I was only 4 years old,… Continue reading Understanding Keto Products
A new paper recently co-authored by Dr. Laura Buchanan, MD, a board-certified family medicine physician at Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss, demonstrates improvement in A1C and weight when using continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in a group medical visit setting (GMV). The aim of this study is to assess the utilization of CGMs in a… Continue reading New Quality of life Study
A thought experiment: you have a pile of sand. A heap. Remove one grain of sand and place it next to the pile. How many piles do you have now? Just one. Remove another grain from the pile and place it on top of the lone grain. Now, how many piles? One.… Continue reading Small Changes + Time = Big Impact
What is all the hype about using Semaglutide/Liraglutide (Wegovy/Saxenda) for weight loss? You have probably heard of Wegovy or Saxenda. These are the two GLP-1 agonists that are approved for weight loss. Their full generic and brand names with dosing are: Semaglutide 2.4mg once weekly (Wegovy) and liraglutide 3mg once daily (Saxenda). #1… Continue reading Weight Loss Medications
After helping thousands of patients lose weight, here’s my advice for those looking for lifelong, sustainable life changes. These are the “5 MUSTS” anyone trying to lose weight lifelong NEEDS to do. Before you understand my “5 musts”, simply ask yourself – what are the side effects of your prior weight loss attempts – NOT… Continue reading The “5 Musts” of
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A Louisiana employer’s health perks helped their workers lose weight. Here’s how. The latest article written by Nola News covers the life-transforming impact Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss Employee Wellness Program had on Laitram and Intralox employees. With a mission to reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity in as many people as possible,… Continue reading A Blueprint for Employee Health
Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss Announces Poster Presentation at the Symposium for Metabolic Health – Boca ’23 Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss and Virtual Primary Care, a nationwide metabolic health practice focused on reversing type 2 diabetes, obesity and food addiction, is conducting a poster presentation at the Symposium for Metabolic Health – Boca… Continue reading Poster Presentation at SMHP Conference
Dr. Laura Buchanan is a board-certified family medicine physician with a passion for using lifestyle modification as the first-line standard of care wherever possible. She completed her family medicine residency at Wake Forest in 2022 and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. For her undergraduate education she… Continue reading Get to know Dr. Laura Buchanan
Are you filled with food-regret, feeling ashamed, and ready to hit the ‘Refresh” button on your diet? Have you eaten so off plan you cannot fathom how to get back on? Or are you waking up each day committing to starting anew only to eat something you didn’t intend and by evening you’ve totally blown… Continue reading How to Recover When You’ve Been Off Plan
Over the past several years I have focused on empowering patients both with education and real-time biofeedback. In our office, we have embraced the use of remote monitoring, including an array of tools from home sleep studies, to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). After reviewing over 10,000 CGMs, I wanted to share some of the lessons/insights… Continue reading 8 lessons after reviewing 10,000 CGMs
Testosterone is a steroid, anabolic hormone made in the testes and ovaries. There are specific cells, called Leydig cells, which sit in the testes that are the predominant manufacturing cell of testosterone in males. Cholesterol is the precursor to testosterone production and starts when cholesterols enters the mitochondria of the Leydig cells. There are… Continue reading Low carb diets can help testosterone function
Over the last five years, I’ve seen over 2000 patients struggling with obesity, diabetes & metabolic syndrome. My model has been laser-focused on making the journeys of people with obesity MUCH easier. We have employed the use of biofeedback and remote monitoring with amazing success. We’ve developed an app that has a fully guided weight… Continue reading A Support Line: Near Immediate Help with Lifestyle Change
The scale. A combination of glass, metal and springs that can be a useful tool to give us information about our current gravitational pull on earth. Data, a number. Nothing more, nothing less. And yet? And yet. If you have spent any time attempting to lose weight, you more frequently see it as… Continue reading Understanding Our Triggers: Pattern Recognition
I have a serious problem with the term “pre-diabetes.” The prefix “pre” is used to describe what comes before something. In reality, “pre”-diabetes is actually AFTER or “post” 15 years of the high insulin levels & inflammation associated with the modern lifestyle. Prediabetes is usually diagnosed by checking an a1c level, which is the percentage of… Continue reading Pre-diabetes is a lie…
Is low-carb eating expensive? The short answer is NO, but it can be if you let it! Why? The main culprits are prepackaged keto products. A lot of people buy these to replace the old carb-filled foods they used to eat, but these products are often very expensive, and the costs can add up… Continue reading Is Low-Carb
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Five years ago today, I realized I could no longer practice medicine as it existed. At that time, private practice was still the most common type of employment for physicians, but increasingly, hospitals, insurers, pharmacy chains, venture capitalists, and big tech companies were aggressively acquiring medical practices, hospitals, nursing homes, and pharmacies. In 2015, 75%… Continue reading Five years of Type 2 and
Obesity reversal, more to come
learned helplessness NOUN A condition in which a person has a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression.[1] What Is Learned Helplessness? Learned helplessness occurs when an animal is repeatedly subjected to an aversive stimulus that it cannot… Continue reading The Lying Liar: Learned Helplessness & Food Addiction
At some point (likely many points) during your low-carb journey, you will encounter a tempting food that is off-plan, and something resembling the following will roll around in your brain: “You can eat that — just have a few bites!! Go ahead! It’s fine! You’ve been so…good. You deserve a treat. You will get… Continue reading Moderation is a Fairytale
It’s no secret that as a society we are all under a ridiculous amount of stress, and our own self-care often suffers serious neglect. What we have seen in our practice, tracking the remote scales of clients and patients who have graduated from our weight loss program, is that if someone is stumbling and their… Continue reading The Importance of Self-Care
In working with clients and patients on a low carb and ketogenic diet approach, Dr. Tro, Amy, and I talk a lot about carb and fat creep. These are two things we often see as roadblocks to those of us eating a low carb diet — especially if we have been doing it for a… Continue reading Negative Lifestyle Creep
