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3 Rules for Safely Eating Out – Med Min #42

3 Rules for Safely Eating Out Hi, I am Dr. Craig Primack from Scottsdale Weight Loss. Today's medical minute is about eating out in restaurants, specifically the 3 rules for safely eating out in restaurants. As the pandemic is hopefully coming to an end or towards the time where we can get out and be a little social again, many of us are starting to eat in restaurants.  Especially here in Arizona. I have three tips that will help you make the best choices for eating out. Consider Staying Home for Safe Eating First things first, it is always going to be…

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Weight Loss- Treat or Refer (Medical Minutes Episode 20)

Weight Loss- Treat or Refer Hi. I'm Dr. Craig Primack, and welcome to another medical minute. Today is a very important medical minute. It's my 20th medical minute. Today I'm going to talk about weight loss with the philosophy of treat or refer. Medical Disease So what does that mean? First, let's talk about weight. Weight is considered a medical disease, or weight loss being treated by a medical professional. Most people, unfortunately, cannot treat their weight by themselves. They've tried. I understand it. Some people have tried many, many, many times, and have been unsuccessful. Unfortunately, being a medical disease, being overweight…

Are You an Emotional Eater? Medical Minutes Episode 8

Welcome to Medical Minutes. Today, I'm going to spend some time talking about emotional eating. The easiest way to define emotional eating is simply as eating that is not secondary to hunger. We all tend to do this at times. It's when we do that repeatedly, that it becomes a problem. There are three types of emotional eating. The first and most common is called stress eating. We've all been stressed at some point. Stress eating you can think of as ...stress starts out low in the morning and starts to build throughout the day. The reason it's low in the morning is…