After helping thousands of patients lose weight, here’s my advice for those looking for lifelong, sustainable life changes. These are the “5 MUSTS” anyone trying to lose weight lifelong NEEDS to do.
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Before you understand my “5 musts”, simply ask yourself -what are the side effects of your prior weight loss attempts- NOT your reasons, NOT what you want to happen, what went wrong, what made you stop?
The 5 Musts: #1 HUNGER
Most people quit diets because they feel low energy, tired & hungry. Your weight loss attempt will need to manage HUNGER. Are food choices making you full, or are they leaving you craving more a couple of hours later? Stick to:: 🐠🥩🍳🍗🍖🍤🫑🥑🥬🥦
The 5 Musts: #2 CRAVINGS
Many people fall off track because they crave certain foods & their desired diet doesn’t include those
If you are habituated to: 🍕🍟🍔🍩🍪🍿🍦 How do you plan on managing those CRAVINGS?
In our app, we outline a plan to manage these cravings for those interested in the low-carb lifestyle
The minute you start to eat less "unhealthy food" you will notice that the world around you will continue to eat the same foods are you trying to limit.
Inevitably, you are going to ask yourself “why can't I eat that.” You’re going to have FEELINGS OF DEPRIVATION. Are you prepared to handle that? you will need to plan ahead on how you will manage.
The 5 Musts: #4 SOCIAL SITUATIONS
Many people fall off track because of SOCIAL SITUATIONS. Business meetings, going out to eat with friends, vacations, holidays, & social events ALL of these have consistently sent people’s lifestyles to an early grave🪦. How will you manage it?
The 5 Musts: #5 EMOTIONS
Human eating behavior is more than just hunger. People eat, even to the point of self-harm, out of habit, due to depression, anxiety, boredom, happiness, etc. Do you understand your EMOTIONS, and how they will derail you in this process?
If you don't understand how your emotions are related to your eating, how will you change your eating habits?
So these are the “5 MUSTS” for anyone who wants a sustainable path.
Manage:
•Hunger
•Cravings
•Feelings of Deprivation
•Social Situations
•Emotions
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1/ 🧵 Can you reverse heart plaque?
Yes—and not just with meds.
Let’s walk through the top human trials showing how exercise, nutrition, and smart supplements can slow or even reverse plaque buildup.
A thread for your arteries… 🫀
2/ 🏃♂️ CENIT Trial (2022)
Supervised HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
📉 PAV shrank −1.2% per year
This isn’t casual walking—this is structured, high-effort cardio.
Result? Plaque regression.
Control group? No change.
3/ 💪 Cardiac Rehab Studies
Regular exercise improves artery function and slows plaque growth.
When combined with other therapies, it can lead to actual regression.
Movement is medicine
Food addiction and binge eating symptoms can be improved without drugs or surgery using real food, real support, and virtual care.
Our new peer-reviewed study was just published:
🔗frontiersin.org/journals/psych…
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🧵/ Here is what we found and why it matters. 👇
The intervention is called TOWARD:
📱 Text-based support
🌐 Online virtual care
🧠 Wellness coaching
📚 Asynchronous education
📊 Real-time biofeedback
🍳 Dietary change via TCR (Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction)
A real-world, fully-remote model.
Who participated?
👥 44 adults
💼 All enrolled in an employee wellness program
🩺 100% had a metabolic condition
🧠 22.7% had a mental health condition (at baseline)
Just coaching, community, and fewer than 30g of carbs per day using our TOWARD approach.
1/ 🧵 Can you reverse heart plaque?
Yes—and not just with meds.
Let’s walk through the top human trials showing how exercise, nutrition, and smart supplements can slow or even reverse plaque buildup.
A thread for your arteries… 🫀
2/ 🏃♂️ CENIT Trial (2022)
Supervised HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
📉 PAV shrank −1.2% per year
This isn’t casual walking—this is structured, high-effort cardio.
Result? Plaque regression.
Control group? No change.
3/ 💪 Cardiac Rehab Studies
Regular exercise improves artery function and slows plaque growth.
When combined with other therapies, it can lead to actual regression.
Movement is medicine