Partha Nandi MD, FACP
It can be tough making good and healthy food choices while working from home. All that food is so close and it can seems like an uphill battle when it is time to make a smart eating choice. While working from home, you have to deal with stress, boredom, sometimes being indecisive or what seems…
What Are Fermented Foods & Why Should I Eat Them? Fermentation is the process of allowing food items to sit for an extended time in conditions that allow the sugars and carbs to be broken down by bacterias, yeasts, or other microorganisms that are also present in the food. The byproducts of this breakdown change…
Throughout my practice I have found that a common struggle my patients face is weight loss. No matter the diet or the exercise, they feel like their body is working against them and they cannot seem lose the weight they want to. Statistics say that even those who are successful in losing a significant amount…
Metabolism is the process of your body converting food and drink into energy. It’s always happening, even when you’re at rest; it doesn’t only happen while you’re digesting food or physically active. Your body constantly uses energy for breathing, circulation, organ function, regulating hormone levels, growing and repairing cells, and more. Everybody has a different…
Let’s talk about intermittent fasting, since it’s been getting increasing attention lately from the medical community. It’s exactly what it sounds like: interspersing extended periods of not eating in between regular meals. You don’t (necessarily) change what you eat or how much you eat at a meal. You just change when you eat. This isn’t…
So often I hear patients and people I know talk about the latest fad diet they’re trying out. They don’t call it a fad diet, but that’s usually what it is. I understand how people eager to lose weight can get caught up in hype. Fad diets lure people in with promises of fast, effortless…
How cool would it be to get on the path to achieving your best body? Summer is just around the corner, and many of my patients are asking me how they can safely lose weight … and keep it off … without losing their sanity! If you’re looking to lose weight, or get better at…
So much nutrition information is confusing, even contradictory. It’s a complicated field, and scientists often learn new things that sometimes go against the day’s most widely accepted thinking. Then there are all those fad diets, advertising their special secrets and shortcuts and spreading misinformation. Few aspects of nutrition are as full of confusion and seeming…
Over the past twenty years, carbohydrates have become a bad word in the diet genre. More and more people have been cutting out carbs since Dr. Atkins came out with a revamped low carb diet in his book, “Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution” in 1992. This book alone sold more than 15 million copies. People…
