Dr Cory Couillard

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that calories from different types of food will determine how they are burned by the body.   Historically, it has been said that a calorie in equals a calorie out, and that all calories are created equal.    This theory has now been disproven. It is true: You will gain weight if you consume too many calories. However, many people are trying to lose weight by cutting calories, but they’re not losing weight.   It has been found that the closer the food is to its natural form, the better the body can utilize and burn the calories.   Fad Diets Fad diets are diets that have short-term goals as the top priority.   They usually look to help an individual lose weight at any cost. While it’s true that body weight is a strong indicator of the risks of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, these are all conditions that cannot be solved in the short-term. Fad diets may ...

Let’s learn to take the die out of dieting.   Diet and nutritional advice is one of the most common questions that we see in clinical practice.   It is apparent that people get continuously misled when it comes to advice to lose weight, restore health and prevent disease.   The usual culprit of the misinformation is the media, internet, health professionals and most commonly, your neighbor.   Health, wellness, disease prevention and treatment techniques should not be too different.   A great example includes weight loss advice.   In many instances one is given advice to lose weight at all cost, even sacrificing one’s health to achieve weight loss.   Losing weight should not be the objective, it’s restoring healthy food and activity to help heal the body.   If you lose weight and forget about the health of the body, you die lighter.   The principles of health and healing always work when you focus on how your body is designed to be health...