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NICE RECOMMENDS WEGOVY FOR OBESITY
There is some good news today. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence (NICE) has published guidance supporting the use of semaglutide (Wegovy) for the management of people who are overweight or obese, under the NHS. As expected, however,...
WHAT IS WEGOVY?
There’s been a lot in the media recently about the new weight loss drug, Wegovy…but confusion abounds. So, here are the real answers to the questions that many people are asking. Wegovy is a new type of weight-loss medication known...
WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS – DO THEY HELP?
 I’ve seen it all and done it all in my 20+ years managing weight loss. I’ve set up and run a weight loss surgery service, doing gastric bands, sleeve gastrectomies and gastric bypasses. I’ve placed gastric balloons. I’ve run weight...
EATING OUT OF TIREDNESS, NOT HUNGER? GET YOUR ENERGY PRESCRIPTION HERE!
As you hit the perimenopause, and are juggling madly with everything that life throws at you, many women I know are on their knees with exhaustion. And, they say that often they are eating more to boost their energy, than...
YO-YO DIETING HARMS OUR GUT BACTERIA
There are all sorts of explanations for why our weight almost invariably piles back on after dieting – leading to despair and ever-decreasing motivation to try again. But, we just keep on trying the same old approach…..and that cycle of...
FIVE MINUTE WINS FOR HEALTH AND WEIGHT LOSS
If you are anything like me, there are never enough hours in the day or days in the week to get everything done. The bare essentials may make it through but looking after us often ends up at the bottom...
WORRIED ABOUT MIDDLE-AGE SPREAD?
Jumping on and off the scales may give you an idea of how weight loss attempts are going but certainly doesn’t give you the full picture and doesn’t always reflect whether you are a healthy weight. What's more, it often...
SHOULD YOU BE WARY OF DAIRY?
Any serial dieter will have an inbuilt fear of dairy, I bet. They'll have been indoctrinated...   "It’s full of saturated fat that's all so bad for your heart and waistline." "You should just have low-fat processed spreads, skimmed milks...