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Health Benefits of Sleep

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC Mar 13, 2024

Pillow Talk

Weight loss is often about the small steps we take each day that sum up long-term for huge results.

Big, sweeping life changes really boil down to small, everyday decisions.
~A Vincent

Dr Oksana Aron and other medical experts chime in on the benefits of good sleep and weight loss. Studies continue to roll in extolling the virtues of extinguishing the night oil.

Follow through on several blog posts past with blog post label sleep:

Smiling sleeping woman
Sleepy Satisfaction

Perchance to Dream

Some light-hearted quotes about sleep to help you relax:

  • If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. ~Dale Carnegie
  • People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one. ~LJ Burke
  • Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. ~A Burgess
  • [Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. ~T Dekker, English dramatist (1572-1632)
  • Getting enough sleep can be just as important as working out. ~A Vincent
  • There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. ~Homer, The Odyssey, Greek epic poet (800BCE-700BCE)
  • Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, US essayist & poet (1803-1882)

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What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English critic & poet (1772-1834)

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Fickle Foods that can Fool you

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC Mar 11, 2024

Some Foods can be False Friends

Many tempting foods in marketed as low-fat or low-calorie, or even fat-free quite often can be counter-productive to your weight loss goals. Eating real, minimally processed foods is always the best option, along with maintaining a healthy active lifestyle.

Pro tip: Mix up your own healthy fruits into real yogurt

bowl of yogurt with berries
  • Flavored Yogurts

    With yogurts legendary health and wellness appeal, what could be wrong? The marketing spin on flavored yogurts (event low-fat ones) can present flavorful additions like sugary preserves and non-natural sweeteners. Even pro-biotic yogurts present more marketing spin than health benefits. As always, real the label — Look for low-fat Greek yogurt varieties without additional sweeteners.

  • Bagged Salads

    The convenience and comfort of a premade salad can’t be understated, just be mindful of the fillings — bacon or sweeted fruits and nuts, fatty cheeses and meats, plus high-fat salad dressing just negate any intent of Healthy and Salad.

  • Granola Bars

    So much confusion about healthy here. Along with shelf-stabilizers and other additives, consider many granola bars may simply be remarketed cookies. Consider DIY your own granola mix, so you know what is in it and it will taste so much better too. Try with apples and cinnamon or other takes, and make it fun and your own.

  • Coffee

    Coffee on its own is fine — our grind with coffee (sorry, we went there…) is the popular trend of creamy lattes and crazy toppings that just dose you with a big calories spike nobody needs to have.

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Michelle Kwan Bean Salad Recipe

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC Mar 7, 2024

Diet DIY

You don’t need to be a chef to whip up easy meals like veggie stir fry in minutes. In fact, there are so many simple recipes you can innovate from core concepts and make them your own with your choice of ingredients and favorite spices. Make them once or many times, for one meal or pack them to go for work lunches or fun picnic fare.

Vegetable Stir Fry
Recipe Inspirations

Olympic Proportions

Skating legend @michellewkwan shared her favorite Bean Salad recipe on instagram recently:

I love a bean salad … it’s an easy meal that you can have you’re on the go … I also love throwing in the random vegetable that’s alone in the fridge. And it’s perfect when you have some extra quinoa or even bow tie pasta leftover.

Michelle’s Recipe

Many ways to vary this recipe, so can use this as a gentle guide.

Salad Ingredients:

  • 1 16oz can black beans
  • 1 16oz can chick peas
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/2 - 1 red onion
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa

Instructions:

Mix ingredients into a bowl. Add italian dressing or seasoning of your choice, such as her own balsamaic vinaigrette

Balsamic Vinaigrette (optional)

  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly crushed black pepper finely ground
  • 1 large garlic clove minced
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley
  • 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Yield: 1 salad
Tags: Vegan, Vegetarian friendly

Nutrition:

calories, grams fat

Comments

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Visitor comment: That sounds very good and healthy! Quinoa sounds good but I think I’d also enjoy it with brown basmati rice. Thank you for sharing!

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Keto Bread Recipe

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC Feb 28, 2024
Buns of Fiber

Trying to cut back on bread is challenging, here is a fun a simple recipe you can try and adapt to suit your needs. Psyllium fiber is a soluble dietary fiber with clinically demonstrated health benefits.

Enjoy! -

Use of psyllium in the diet for three weeks or longer often lowers blood cholesterol levels in people with elevated cholesterol, and can lower blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Use of psyllium for a month or longer may produce a small reduction in systolic blood pressure.

Fiber is good for you because it is not absorbed, instead helps move food through your digestive system and other health benefits.

Ketogenic (Keto) Bread

ketogenic bread
Ketogenic bread is low-carb

Versatile low-carb, gluten-free, keto bread featuring psyllium fiber can also be used for BBQ hot dog or hamburger buns or even for garlic bread.

Yield: 6 rolls

Ingredients

  • 1.25 cups (5 oz) almond flour
  • 1/3 cup (1.75 oz) ground psyllium husk powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp cider vinegar
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds optional topping

Instructions

Preheat oven 350°F (175°C); also boil the water.

  1. Place dry ingredients in a bowl; Add vinegar and egg whites, mix.
  2. Add the boiling water, blending with a hand mixer for 30 seconds. Dough should remain thick.
  3. Shape dough into 6 rolls. (Tip: Apply a little olive oil to hands first.)
  4. Place on a greased baking sheet. Top with optional sesame seeds.
  5. Bake on lower rack in the oven for 50–60 minutes; rolls should be a bit firm on bottom.
  6. Top and serve as wish.

Prep Time: 15 minutes, Cook time: 1 hour

keto buns baking in the oven
Fresh-baked low carb buns

Nutrition per bun: 165 cal, 12g fat, 2g net carbs

Keywords: Bread, Low-Carb, Wheat-free, Breads, Gluten-Free Low Calorie Diet

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What is raspberry ketone?

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC

Weight Loss Nutrition

Raspberries are best recognized for their nutritional value and not revered as some magical weight loss remedy.

raspberries and blueberries
Choose Healthy Foods

Healthy Weight Loss Dieting

Dr Aron has written about good routines for losing weight safely and with proper diet:

Raspberry Ketones and Weight Loss?

Pop culture Dr. Oz and others have cheered on support for raspberry ketone as a natural weight loss supplement. Dr Jennifer Seger from the American Society of Bariatric Physicians offers this response:

“Raspberry ketone [4-(4-hydroxyphenyl) butan-2-one] or rheosmin, is a compound extracted from raspberries, blackberries, peaches, apples, rhubarb, grapes and the bark of some trees. … [containing] compounds that are thought to exert anti-obesity actions and alter lipid metabolism. … Raspberry ketone has been used in cosmetics and as a food additive for decades, and in its “natural” state, it is quite expensive. Nowadays, raspberry ketone is primarily synthesized in a lab and is a very inexpensive additive … a population desperate for results and large profit margins, it is no wonder that raspberry ketone is one of the top-selling nutrition supplements on the market right now. At this point, though, the use of raspberry ketone can be based on only anecdotal experience and insufficient scientific data. Hence, I currently cannot recommend the use of this supplement.”
raspberry ketones
Weight Loss Supplements

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Hate Fitness? Try this!

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC Feb 13, 2024

Dance Party

Body movement does not need to be at a gym or even feel like a WORK-out. You can find enjoyable activities that can boost your metabolism and state of mind too.

Dancing can be an effective fat-loss tool for people who are overweight or have obesity … People who danced regularly lost about four more pounds — including three and a half pounds of fat — than those who didn’t dance. They also shaved an extra inch off their waists.

Participants who danced three times a week for at least 3 months reaped maximum benefits. And the more they let loose, the better — more creative dance forms led to more pronounced improvements in body composition.

Happy Woman Dancing
Weight Loss Tips

Weight Loss Expectations

This is more about consistency and ongoing habit. Remember anything you do is a positive over not doing any activity at all!

Dancing burns about 300 calories per hour, so it takes roughly 12 hours to lose one pound.

One Step at a Time

Consider your options:

  • Frame it as fun time Choose activities you enjoy or even used to enjoy - Make the actual reward the enjoyment of your recreational time well spent.
  • Consider group classes or go out with friends More the merrier works here too. Finding a social channel instead of solo may be all the mood making you need to get engaged and stay motivated.
  • Warm up, Take breaks Easy does it - Not trying to win any awards here, just be able to enjoy your new hobby each day, and slowly increase over time. Take breaks whenever you need one.

The meta-analysis revealed that compared to normal lifestyles dance had meaningful improvements in body mass(BM), BMI, waist circumference(WC), Fat(%), and fat mass(Fat(kg))…

Dance is effective on fat loss in people with overweight and obesity, and has a significant improvement on body composition and morphology. For its high efficiency and greater sense of enjoyment, dance can be a beneficial exercise intervention for fat loss.

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Sources: MedScape, PLOS One

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How Did I Gain Weight?

Author: Oksana Aron, MD Source: Weight Loss NYC Feb 8, 2024

6 Ways You Overeat (that you can easily overcome)

You know what’s good for you to eat and you know what’s bad. You may not be the strictest dieter, but you generally follow the rules. Why is it then that you still gain weight? Are you sabotaging yourself or is there something else going on that you aren't aware of? The answers to these questions are surprising facts you need to know to help you stop gaining extra pounds.

  1. Don’t Let Your Senses Fool You

    If you’ve ever told someone you can’t smell fast food without gaining weight, you know what this is all about — and there is some truth to that. The sight or smell of food can trigger your hunger and make you crave it and want more of it. Keeping bad foods out of sight, out of reach and far from your olfactory senses can prevent that desire to overeat.

  2. Pay Attention to What You Eat

    Watching what you eat takes on a whole new meaning when you learn that eating while distracted can cause you to overeat. If your mind is elsewhere, it may not register that you are filling your stomach. Be sure to drop the multitasking and turn off the TV while you eat so that your body knows when it is truly satisfied.

  3. Make It Exciting

    Variety in what you eat can lessen your chances of overstuffing yourself. It’s a fact that we make room for dessert, even after having a huge meal because we haven’t satisfied our sweet tooth yet. The solution? Include a bit of fruit in your meal (or try as a dessert alternative) to get that fix.

  4. Portion Control

    The larger your plate or take-out container, the more you could potentially eat. When eating out of a larger container, you could eat 25 to 50 percent more than someone else eating from a smaller one. The trick is to use smaller utensils, bowls, plates, etc. so it doesn’t appear that you are depriving yourself.

  5. Avoid Alcohol

    Not only can alcoholic beverages add unnecessary calories to your diet, it can stimulate your appetite. Too much of it can impair your judgement — and cause you to overeat. Limiting your intake or steering clear of it keeps those unwanted calories away.

  6. Keep warm

    Colder temperatures make you want to eat more and your metabolism drops (just think how cool restaurants are kept). Regulate your hunger by keeping the temps in your own home warm and not too cool.

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