By Brian Wiley With the COVID-19 virus causing school and work closures, you may need to prepare by having a surplus of low-carb/keto foods and snacks on hand in your home. A good selection of the right non-perishable, long lasting foods will help you address your nutritional needs until this threat has passed. To help… Continue reading A Low-Carb/Keto Shopping List to Help You Get Through the Covid-19 Crisis
I wanted to share some thoughts as many questions are coming into my office about COVID. The issue with COVID is not necessarily what the virus will do to young & healthy people, the real issue is overwhelming/taxing a limited healthcare system with severe respiratory disease & deaths (the complications of COVID typically seen in… Continue reading Update on COVID
A case report recently co-authored by Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, has demonstrated the feasibility of prescribing a ketogenic diet for patients with obesity who report binge eating and food addiction symptoms. Published January 29, 2020 in the Journal of Eating Disorders, the report is entitled Treating binge eating and food addiction symptoms with low-carbohydrate Ketogenic… Continue reading New Study: Ketogenic Diet Reduces Binge Eating & Food Addiction Symptoms
Chris Palmer, Mark Cucuzzella, Aastha Kalra, & Cynthia Thurlow Added to All-Star Lineup PALISADES, NY, February 2, 2020 — Four more big names have been added to already power-packed list of speakers for the inaugural Low Carb New York Conference to be held held July 16-19, 2020 at the HNA Palisades Premier Conference Center in… Continue reading Four More Great Reasons to Attend Low Carb New York, July 16-19, 2020
For more than 40 years, Amy Eiges struggled to make sense of a hopelessly broken system that made her feel it was her that needed fixing. More than 200 pounds overweight, she was given the same advice we’ve all heard for years: “Eat less, exercise more. Have more self control. Everything in moderation.” That advice… Continue reading After Losing 170+ Pounds, Amy Eiges is Now Coaching Others While Working to Fix a Broken System
Robert was listed as a 310 pound tackle on the roster of his high school football team. On his wedding day in 1988 he weighed 345 pounds, and his weight gain continued until he found himself tipping the scales at 525 in his early 50s. Like so many who struggle with obesity, Robert tried many… Continue reading He Once “Endured” Obesity, Patient is Now Ready to Enjoy the New Life He’s Found
Orangeburg, NY – For the second consecutive year, Dr. Tro Kalayjian completed the Orangetown Recreation Santa Claus 5K Run in less than 20 minutes. The race was held Sunday morning at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Orangeburg. Kalayjian placed fifth overall in a field of 196 runners with a time of 19:40. Kalayjian, 36, finished eighth… Continue reading Rockland County Weight Loss Doctor Who Once Weighed 350 Pounds Places Fifth in Orangetown 5K Race
By Dr. Tro Kalayjian It’s Thursday night, and I’m sitting in an airplane, about to take off for New York. I’m heading home from Las Vegas after attending Obesity Week 2019, the world’s largest obesity medicine conference, a collaboration between The Obesity Society and The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons. I don’t quite… Continue reading Obesity Week 2019: Why is it So Hard for Doctors to Admit Their Failure?
Weight Loss Physician Tro Kalayjian & NoodleHub Proprietor Jack Sitti Enthusiastic About Zoodles Like many of his patients, Dr. Tro Kalayjian is able to maintain a healthy weight—after many years of being morbidly obese—by following a low-carb diet. A recurring challenge he and his patients both face is finding healthy menu options compatible with their… Continue reading Rockland Doctor Teams Up with Restaurant Owner to Expand Low-Carb, Keto Options
By Dr. Tro Kalayjian Opening my own medical practice was truly a humble beginning for me. When I left the large hospital system I was working for, I was not allowed to practice in my geographic area because of a non-compete clause. I had elderly patients I would often visit at their homes, as well… Continue reading New Beginnings: How I Selected the Location for My Medical Weight Loss Practice
Patient Convinces Cardiologist to Hold Off on Meds & Allow Him to Give Low-Carb a Try The following account was written in April, 2019 by Bob, a patient of Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. I had an appointment to meet with a cardiologist about three weeks after starting my weight-loss program… Continue reading Can Old Doctors Learn New Tricks?
By Dr. Tro Kalayjian While very few physicians have embraced remote monitoring, our practice has been thriving on the use of remotely monitoring patient biometric data. In our clinic, almost all of our patients have smart equipment in their homes which wirelessly sync with our practice. We monitor body weight, fat mass, water weight,… Continue reading Stress: The Leading Cause of Weight Regain
By Dr. Tro Kalayjian I was in the middle of writing a blog post about last Tuesday’s highly successful low-carb/keto event when I saw a tweet linking to an article in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) entitled “The Miracle Cure. “ People often ask me why I occasionally lose my composure on Twitter… Continue reading It’s a Miracle I Haven’t Started Tweeting Obscenities About This…
Low-Carb, Ketogenic Event to be Held September 17 at Texas de Brazil in Palisades Center Rockland County weight loss doctor Tro Kalayjian will speak at an event designed for people interested in learning more about low-carb and ketogenic diets, and how they can conquer the cravings and hunger that challenge their efforts to lose weight.… Continue reading Rockland Obesity Doctor Tro Kalayjian to Speak at Screening of FAT: A Documentary
Dr. Tro Kalayjian has devoted his career to helping people lose weight and improve their health, not just for a few months, but for a lifetime. Kalayjian—who is board-certified in Internal Medicine & Obesity Medicine—received his medical degree from Touro College of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine Residency in the Yale New Haven Health… Continue reading Touro Prepared Dr. Kalayjian to Help Patients Tackle Obesity
Freedom is Attainable — It’s On the Other Side of the Mountain of Garbage We’ve All Been Fed “Jeez, Amy. What are you getting so worked up about?” I’m at brunch with my closest friends and they’re all staring at me dumbfounded. We are talking about a mutual friend’s efforts to help their kid lose… Continue reading “I Am Not Broken”
“Questioning Dietary Dogma”—Dr. Tro Kalayjian Delivers Grand Rounds Presentation at Greenwich Hospital GREENWICH, CT — Dr. Tro Kalayjian stands at the podium in the Noble Conference Center at Greenwich Hospital. Nearly 50 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, along with a few members of the general public who learned of his appearance on Twitter, have… Continue reading “That Patient Was Me…”
Over the past year, Dr. Tro Kalayjian has become a highly sought after speaker and interview subject on the topics of weight loss, obesity, intermittent fasting, and a wide range of metabolic diseases. His online popularity surged in late 2018 with the launch of the LowCarb MD podcast, which features Kalayjian and Dr. Brian Lenzkes… Continue reading Dr. Tro Kalayjian Joins Cynthia Thurlow & Dr. Kelly Donahue on Everyday Wellness Podcast
While many dietitians and nutritionists who keep up with the medical literature have become more accepting of low carb & ketogenic diets, many still hold on to their biases. Many dietitians, nutritionists and physicians are not aware that low carb and ketogenic diets are now an ADA recommended medical nutrition therapy for diabetes and high… Continue reading Do Athletes Need Carbs?
On Thursday, June 13th, 2019, Dr. Tro Kalayjian presented at Virginia Commonwealth University, to the Department of Medicine at Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. The presentation was made to the Department of Medicine staff, including attending physicians, residents and medical students as well as the VA and satellite offices. The title of the presentation was “Questioning… Continue reading Grand Rounds Presentation on Hunger & Obesity at Virginia Commonwealth University
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