Category Archives: Bariatric surgery

Putrid food of the 19th Century

November 29, 2023- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been watching a 48-part lecture by a University of Virginia historian on the Civil

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Current surgical weight loss therapies

January 24, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Erik Dutson, MD, weight loss surgeon at UCLA, explains why his medical center does not implant the Lap-Band,

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How human behavior has changed since 1950

January 26, 2020- by Seven E. Greer, MD What defines the generations? What fundamentally changed the way we behave?

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The Breville blender is an essential tool for a meatless diet

November 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Trying Beyond Meat for the first time

November 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD

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Go Vegan?

November 3, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD My diet is much better than it used to be. I eat a lot more plants and almost no red meat. I snack

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Book Review: Fat Chance by Robert H. Lustig, MD

February 9, 2013- by Steven E. Greer, MD How did our ancient ancestors evolve from being pure meat eating carnivore hunters into grain fed

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Vagal nerve stimulation for weight loss

January 22, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Erik Dutson, MD, bariatric surgeon from UCLA, discusses the newly FDA-approved weight loss device called

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Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults

June 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Dennis Villareal, MD, the author of the NEJM paper “Aerobic or Resistance

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