I have had a stomach staple lost 125lbs first year kept that off but have gone up and down since. This past year I lost 70lbs and do not want it back. I should lose another 40 or 50lbs where how what can I do?
Congratulations on losing weight, even though it took a surgical procedure [...]

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Will I keep the weight off? I have a fear of gaining all the weight back, and more.
Most diet programs are difficult to stay on as a lifestyle, and when the motivation is gone, a regression back to the original habits take place.  This program is a lifestyle that just makes sense. Obviously, if no [...]

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I’d really like to settle the controversy between low carb and low fat.
You and about a billion other people :)  Let’s get to some basic principles (by the way, this is at the core of why Ease on Down is so valuable: you learn the why behind how things work in your body!):
I take [...]

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Dr. Gardner,
Is your Ease on Down diet (program) healthy (for the long term)?
This program is not a diet, but more a shift toward foods that burn energy and away from foods that store energy. The principles in this program are based on working with the physiology of the body (the way the body normally [...]

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How do we deal with type II diabetes without all the medication? I am appalled at the lists of side effects from my prescribed meds. I am obese and know that losing weight would help with the disease, but what else?
Type II diabetes is the end-stage of insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance is caused [...]

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Sugar Shock
In 1976, the sugar industry discovered it was cheaper to make sugar from corn than from beets or cane.  Since then, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced sucrose as a sweetener in most soft drinks, baked goods, and processed foods.  Among other consequences, fructose has been implicated in

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Calorie Counters Have it Right, Diet Study Says

Recently released information in the Wall Street Journal shows that calories do count—that it isn’t what you eat, but how much. Participants were put in one of four diet groups—2 low-fat groups and 2 high-fat groups, with a high-protein and normal-protein groups being the other parameter. All diets [...]

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I’m beginning a new item I’m calling the “Video of the Week”. I’ll post a segment from one of my lectures every week. If you’d like you can subscribe to my youtube channel at www.youtube.com/stangardnermd and get more frequent video updates. To start us off I’m showing a part of a presentation [...]

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The Wall Street Journal

‘Alternative’ Medicine Is Mainstream
Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, Rustum Roy, Andrew Weil

The evidence is mounting that what was formerly called ‘alternative medicine’ should be combined with ‘traditional medicine’ and focus on the science—what works and is cost-effective. Last year $2.1 trillion was spent on health care in the U.S., or 16.5% of the [...]

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Dr. Gardner’s reflections: At this time of year as it is so easy to treat our body with disrespect (that is, we ingest too many sugars and processed foods in abundance). Below are some common sense suggestions, which you might be tempted to

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