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Should Children Lift Weights? The Evidence Explored

June 10, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 1 Comment

Over the past couple of decades there has been an explosion in awareness of the importance of physical exercise to the health of wellbeing of the population.  As a result there has been an increase in the availability of exercise and weightlifting equipment, not only in gyms but also at home and in schools.  There […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: resistance exercise, resistance training, Strength training

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

June 6, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 36 Comments

“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

Will Muscle Turn into Fat if You Stop Lifting Weights?

June 5, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 5 Comments

 Will Muscle Turn Into Fat if You Stop Lifting Weights? By Murtaza Ahmed MD One of the most damaging but commonly believed myths out there about exercise is the thought that if you stop exercising, all of the muscle that you have built or developed will be converted to fat. Several people who I have […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Rapid Weight Loss, resistance exercise, resistance training, weight loss

Is The Paleo Diet The Best For Weight Loss?

June 3, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 6 Comments

 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

The Benefits Of Weight Training

May 26, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 12 Comments

The Benefits Of Weight Training  By Murtaza Ahmed MD In the previous post I talked about why you should exercise, but when it comes to exercise there are two major types, aerobic (‘cardio’) and resistance (weight).  These two forms of training are very different in their execution (although they can both provide an element of overlap) and […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Basal metabolic rate, resistance exercise, resistance training, Strength training, weight lifting, weight loss

High Cholesterol – Part 1 – Should I Take A Statin?

May 25, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 12 Comments

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By Julian Booker, MD Should I take a statin? Statistics tell a story about groups of patients, not a single patient (you). What statistics can do is provide your physician with information about what therapies will probably be helpful for you. These statistics help your doctor identify therapies that may help you live longer and […]

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart disease, Low-density lipoprotein

How Much Exercise Should I Do?

May 24, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 1 Comment

One of the big hurdles people wanting to get started with exercise face is not knowing what, or how much to do.  Everyone agrees that exercise is beneficial to health but sadly after this things seem to fall apart.  The problem is that everyone seems to disagree on what the right amount of exercise to […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Heart rate

Heart Failure – How Much Salt Can I Eat?

May 24, 2013 by Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD 25 Comments

By Jason L. Guichard MD, PhD Even though the term “heart failure” sounds incurable and fatal, most patients with heart failure are still able to live long and healthy lives. The key to heart failure management is early diagnosis and treatment, including lifestyle changes. The treatment of heart failure is complex and individualized to each […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Congestive Heart Failure, heart disease, Heart failure

The Benefits Of Exercise

May 23, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 4 Comments

By Murtaza Ahmed MD When it comes to our health, exercise is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal, yet so many of us choose not to utilize it and aren’t gaining the benefits of exercise.  In the modern day world we have begun to see exercise as a chore, something […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Heart rate, weight loss

Weight Loss Secrets – What’s in my food?

May 2, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 7 Comments

One of the key mistakes I see in so many diet plans and programs is telling people or clients what to eat without properly explaining why they should choose those foods.  After all we are all intelligent people capable of making our own decisions, so why is it suddenly ok to be dictated to on […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: carbohydrate, crash diet, eating a balanced diet, Losing Weight, protein

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