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High Fat Diet – What To Eat

October 26, 2014 7520 1
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

So after reading Insulin Resistance Diet, you should now hopefully understand why eating a high fat diet can result in incredible amounts of weight loss. What you should also understand however is that the fat should be eaten in isolation with protein, and the introduction in anything but trace amounts of carbohydrates will result in…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health Tagged With: high fat diet, Losing Weight, protein, weight loss

Low Carb Diets and Cholesterol Levels – When High Fat Isn’t Bad

September 25, 2014 11392 3
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

low carb diets and cholesterol

The following article is not intended to be part of the debate concerning cholesterol, or whether a low carb high fat diet such as the Atkins diet is good for long term health, it is simply to review the evidence with respect to the effect of low carb diets on cholesterol. One of the problems…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Exercise, General Health, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Cholesterol, heart disease, Losing Weight

The Insulin Resistance Diet – Fat, Fat and More Fat

July 9, 2014 10287 2
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

The Insulin Resistance Diet – Fat, Fat and More Fat

The Insulin resistance diet is the holy grail in reversing and treating diabetes, but it is not as elusive as you may think. For the purpose of this article, when I refer to the insulin resistance diet, I imply a diet that helps to reduce or prevent insulin resistance and I use it interchangeably with…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health Tagged With: Diabetes, high fat diet, Losing Weight, weight loss

Do Artificial Sweeteners Cause Insulin Release?

May 5, 2014 21939 6
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Artificial Sweeteners & Insulin

 Mustafa Ahmed MD Do Artificial Sweeteners Cause Insulin Release - Why Do People Care So Much? The search for the answer has reached almost mythical status, and is most commonly asked by those following a low carbohydrate diet, such as the Atkins diet. Lets briefly look at the theory behind the Atkins diet, which is…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: Diabetes, Nutrition & Supplements, weight loss

Are Carbohydrates The Real Enemy?

March 12, 2014 6153 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

Donut as Part of High Fat Diet

For decades fat has been labeled as the enemy when it comes to obesity, diabetes and a whole range of health problems. In the medical world it has been blamed for the deposition of plaques in arteries and the cause of high cholesterol, and in the fitness world it is deemed the reason why people…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health Tagged With: carbohydrate, Diabetes, Losing Weight, obesity, paleo diet, protein, weight loss

Is Soda Really the Leading Cause of Obesity?

February 27, 2014 5074 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

Soda and Obesity

  Making waves in the news recently is California’s proposed law to place a health warning on all sugary drinks in much the same way as is seen on cigarettes.  Whilst on the surface this seems like a great idea, is the reasoning behind it all that valid? The lawmakers claim research shows that consumption…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Exercise, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: obesity

Are Sports Drinks Better Than Water? – The Truth Exposed

January 15, 2014 7450 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

There is no denying that sports drinks - like Gatorade and Powerade - are a huge industry. In fact, it is estimated that by 2016 the industry will be worth over $2 billion dollars in the USA alone!  But are sports drinks better than water? Sports drinks are portrayed as nutritional aids that will help improve…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Exercise, Heart Health Tagged With: Nutrition & Supplements

Does Protein Make You Gain Muscle? You’ll Be Surprised

June 19, 2013 12251 1
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

There is no denying that protein is an extremely important substance when it comes to exercise, but does supplementing in protein make you gain muscle .  Skeletal muscles compile approximately 40% of the bodyweight of the average person, and hold about 60% of the bodies protein stores.  Given these figures it is no wonder that…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health Tagged With: Nutrition & Supplements, protein, resistance exercise, resistance training, Strength training

Read If You Can’t Lose Weight Whatever You Try!

June 6, 2013 40463 3
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

"I just don't understand. I've tried every diet under the sun, I hardly eat anything, I'm exercising, but I just can't lose weight. There must be something medically wrong with me!" This is an all to common complaint and a question that baffles many people on a daily basis.  "I Can't lose weight Doctor" is…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Losing Weight, Rapid Weight Loss, weight loss

Is The Paleo Diet The Best For Weight Loss?

June 3, 2013 6629 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

 Is The Paleo Diet The Best For Weight Loss? By Murtaza Ahmed MD There has been much publicity and hype about the Paleolithic or ‘Paleo diet’ over the past few years, and for good reason.  It is a novel approach to things, and a welcome change from all the ridiculous fad diets such as the…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: Losing Weight, paleo diet, Rapid Weight Loss, weight loss

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