It’s been a long day. You’re exhausted, stressed, maybe anxious or overwhelmed. Emotions are running high, and suddenly, the urge to eat hits. You’ve “been good” all day, and know eating doesn’t align with your stated goals, but right on cue, that old, familiar voice swoops in after the craving: “Screw it. I’ll start again… Continue reading Managing Cravings: The Moment After ‘The F-Its’ Hit
February, 2026 – TOWARD Health physician Dr. Laura Buchanan, MD, recently co-authored a study published in the journal Healthcare titled Psychological Aspects and Implications of Food Addiction and Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Study.¹ The research examines the impact of lifestyle interventions on compulsive eating behaviors in individuals with type 2… Continue reading Precision Metabolic Care is Changing What’s Possible in Chronic Disease
I didn’t know there was a name for it, but the second I heard the phrase Revenge Bedtime Procrastination, it hit me like a ton of bricks as I realized I had been doing it most of my adult life. After a long day of showing up for everyone else, juggling work, family and friends,… Continue reading Nighttime Eating Isn’t About Hunger. It’s About This.
Waking up after a restful night’s sleep is one of the best feelings in the world and is a critical part of just about every aspect of your health. However, it can be difficult in our culture of go, go, go to calm our minds and bodies enough to allow sleep to happen. All too… Continue reading Sleep May Be the Missing Link in Your Weight Loss Journey
What is a Calcium Score? In order to understand what a calcium score is, we must first understand how heart attacks occur. The initial stage of heart disease includes the formation of fatty plaques in the artery walls of the heart. The body, to protect itself, eventually puts calcium over these plaques to help stabilize… Continue reading Understanding CAC Scans & Heart Disease Risk
Toward Health is Making America Healthy: New Study Confirms 12-Month Weight Loss, Medication Deprescription, and Cost Savings Using the TOWARD Approach Tappan, NY – Toward Health is proud to announce the publication of a groundbreaking research paper in Frontiers in Nutrition, demonstrating the long-term effectiveness and cost savings of the TOWARD approach to metabolic… Continue reading New Study: Making America Healthy–One Company at a Time
The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), a unique lizard known for its binge-eating behavior, produces the hormone exenatide, the basis for diabetes medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro. This reptile stores significant amounts of energy in its fatty, moisture-rich tail, aiding in weight and hydration maintenance. The GLP-1 hormone is exclusively released from its saliva… Continue reading Lessons from the Gila Monster: GLP-1 and Ketogenic Diets
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…
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
