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How Our Environment Can Cause Weight Gain & What You Can Do About It

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Although the traditional approach to weight loss focuses on calories in vs. calories burned, we are starting to become more and more aware about how our environment actually impacts our weight. There are many contributing factors, well beyond diet and exercise, that cause significant issues in our metabolism. In fact, the environment has such an impact on our weight that there is an entire category of environmental chemicals that are now considered obesogens — chemicals directly responsible for contributing to obesity. Obesogens increase fat has, modify our basal metabolic rate, alter our gut microbiota, promote chronic inflammation, interfere with […]

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May 1 2023

The Two Best Ways Fast: Why It’s Easier Than Dieting & How To Do it

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

This is the third and last blog post on losing weight easily and naturally — and that’s because this is the very last week you can sign up to join my in my 5 day Weight Reset Class! The first article was on losing stress-related weight. The second was on naturally boosting your metabolism. This last one will be a quick intro to fasting — a great lifestyle modification that has long term benefits that are hard to beat: decreased heart attack risk, decreased diabetes risk, decreased cancer recurrence rates, even boosted longevity. I review all of these benefits

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Dec 19 2022

8 Highly Unusual But Effective Ways To Release Unwanted Weight

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Last week I shared with you a few tips on how to release weight that accumulates during times of stress, which happens to most of us over the holiday season. Stress weight gain is different from standard weight gain because it is stress-hormone driven. So focusing on rebalancing your adrenals — not dieting — is what works best. But today, I want to give you a few more tips on releasing regular, non-stress related, weight gain. Normal weight gain over time usually reflects a decrease in metabolism, so I’ve got a fantastic list of actionable tips — taken directly

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Dec 12 2022

Stress Weight Gain Is Different Than Other Forms Of Weight Gain, Here’s Why

Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine / By Laura Koniver, MD

Gaining weight (or losing weight) unintentionally is a common response to chronic or acute stress. And stress weight is different from other forms of weight gain — it typically centers in the abdominal area and is the most stubborn type of weight to release. In fact, a poll conducted by the American Psychological Association found that most of us have experienced a significant weight change thanks to the stress of the pandemic. The poll revealed that 60% of Americans report undesired weight changes as a result of this stress. But I’m here to help. You can definitely reset your

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Dec 5 2022

Holiday Eating And Drinking: What Party Foods To Eat (+ Why You Crave What You Do)

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, figuring out how to afford travel (damn it’s so expensive!) or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. So as holiday season gets underway I wanted to give you a few tips on how to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort food, decadent desserts, and celebratory toasts. If there was ever a time that people worry about their weight, it’s during the

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Nov 28 2022

Just In Time For Easter: How To Eat Chocolate To Boost Your Metabolism

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’m really excited to tell you about today’s medical study, because I love chocolate so much and I particularly love milk chocolate. Most medical studies seem to focus on the healthy properties of dark chocolate (for good reason, as dark chocolate is a rich source of antioxidants) but I can’t seem to make myself fall in love with dark chocolate. But milk chocolate? Ummm yeah, can’t get enough. So this interesting medical study caught my eye. Published in the FASEB Journal, June 2021, researchers found that eating milk chocolate daily reduced the amount of calories that study

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Apr 11 2022

Your Ultimate Guide To A New Year, New You & A New Metabolism

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

It’s no secret that one of the most popular New Years resolutions of all time is to lose weight. In my medical opinion, losing weight is not about reducing calorie intake, and it’s not honestly even predominately about what you eat at all. Although making nutrient dense food choices is a crucial part of your long term health, the type of weight gain I see most commonly is actually driven by stress. A combination of poor sleep, high cortisol levels, and a decrease in metabolism all combine to make losing weight, or even staying at the same

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Dec 27 2021

How Our Environment Can Cause Weight Gain & What You Can Do About It

The Two Best Ways Fast: Why It’s Easier Than Dieting & How To Do it

8 Highly Unusual But Effective Ways To Release Unwanted Weight

Stress Weight Gain Is Different Than Other Forms Of Weight Gain, Here’s Why

Holiday Eating And Drinking: What Party Foods To Eat (+ Why You Crave What You Do)

Just In Time For Easter: How To Eat Chocolate To Boost Your Metabolism

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