How these powerful medications can be used, misused, or abused! By Rick Tague, M.D., M.P.H. & T.M. YES, WE ARE NOW USING THE NEW, POWERFUL, GLP-1 MEDICATIONS. They are available and affordable!!! It’s 2024 and weight loss has never been more in the news! The world is finally acknowledging that we have an overweight problem. But is the ultimate solution truly the new ... Continue
Metabolism Articles
Health and Weight Goals Finally Achieved Using Synergy with the NEW, GLP-1 Medications
Adding New Medications (in low doses) to Proven Center for Nutrition Protocols is a Strategy for Success! Note: Read on to learn more about the new weight loss medications nicknamed “Glip 1’s”, technically known as GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, with names including Semaglutide, Tirzepatide, Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound... And, with multiple medications available, including ... Continue
Trim, Fit, & Healthy… It’s Never Been More Important!
Has your scale steadily increased in recent months? You’re not alone. Gaining weight over the last few years has been all too common, causing major setbacks to health and happiness. With fewer social activities, fewer vacations, gyms shutting down, and unprecedented stress, there has been a lot of comfort eating of unhealthy foods! Consequences were inevitable. With recent ... Continue
Finally… A Weight Loss Plan that Works!
I overheard a revealing father-to-son comment while eating out. A family of 3 was seated at the table right next to me. Sadly, both parents were overweight by 40+ pounds, as was the 20 year old son. The father, speaking wisdom, commented, “Son, be very careful to protect your health, or you will end up with problems. Look at me…” ... Continue
Body, Soul and Spirit: Seeking Complete Health
A personal, reflective, and “optional” philosophical note from Dr. Tague Humans are complex beings. And that is an understatement! What is it that makes us who we are? Are we just a bag of skin containing chemicals and chemical reactions? Or, is there an immaterial, “can’t touch it” aspect to man that makes us unique as individuals? And could the immaterial part of man ... Continue
A Wise Plan: 3 Keys for Weight Loss
Is your scale “creeping” upwards? You’re not alone. Unwanted weight gain is epidemic and is often devastating to health and happiness. 80% of Americans are now overweight, with more people joining the list each year. Calories from food end up as fat (what we DON’T want), instead of energy (what we DO want). Calories have become a “bad guy”! Look at common efforts to avoid ... Continue
Getting Unstuck!
Time and again people have come to me to get “unstuck” from wrong routines that have resulted in health and weight problems that were never intended and never wanted. They literally had become “stuck” in a pattern of ongoing fatigue, weight gain, wrong foods, wrong routines, and deteriorating health! I promise... you can do better! ... Continue
Excessive Weight Gain: Why does it happen?
Have you ever met anyone who wanted to gain an excessive, unhealthy amount of weight? Of course not! No one wants to be overweight! Research says that many people would choose blindness over obesity. Others would choose to lose an arm or leg rather than suffer the emotional and physical pain of obesity. So why does weight gain happen? It’s just not “logical” and it ... Continue
Choosing a Physician to Manage My Weight
Are you frustrated with trying to lose weight with hunger-producing diets and sore muscles from the gym? Are you tired of jumping from one failed fad diet to another, each time with increasing confusion and disappointment? Let’s face it, if those strategies worked, our overweight problem in America would be solved! Most of my patients have “been there, done that” and now ... Continue
Metabolism Essentials Multi
A Custom Vitamin, Mineral & Phytonutrient Formula Designed to Support Metabolism, Disease Prevention and Concerns of Aging If you have received a personal nutrition plan at the Center for Nutrition, you are likely familiar with my Metabolism Essentials Multi. Far more than a multivitamin, it is, in reality, a multivitamin + a mineral tablet + B-complex + chromium + vitamin ... Continue
Taming Blood Sugars, Metabolic Syndrome and More with Berberine
There is an epidemic of high blood sugar. Normally, our metabolism converts blood sugar to energy for things like fun physical activities and thinking with our brain. When resistance to this process occurs, there are rising blood sugars and a situation known as “Insulin Resistance” or “Metabolic Syndrome”. If this situation is not managed early, the result is progressive weight ... Continue
10 Rewards for Losing “Unwanted” Weight
Unwanted weight gain is a real bother. Gaining just 15 lbs is enough to increase one’s risk of ugly things like cancer and heart disease. A few extra pounds can also impact our appearance, our self-confidence, our energy level, and even whether or not our clothes fit. Truly, no one wants to be overweight. It can be painful, frustrating, and downright depressing! For weight ... Continue
Power Factor to be Trim, Healthy, and “Satisfied”
Did you know that weight gain, an excessive appetite, high cholesterol, high blood sugars, heart disease, and diabetes have a common nutritional deficiency? The deficiency is present in over 90% of Americans and is related to fiber. It is a true epidemic, and almost every American is a victim! High fiber foods like oat bran, beans, rice bran, barley, citrus fruits, and berries ... Continue
Achieving Optimum Health
You and I have a common goal, and it is all about you. We both want to... “Achieve and Maintain YOUR Optimum Health!” I use the term “Optimum Health” frequently. After all, health matters. And when it comes to something as important as your health, mediocrity and compromise have no place. Optimum Health is an extremely valuable and “necessary” goal, so let’s define it: ... Continue
Protein… The Dieter’s Friend
Protein... I call it the “Dieter’s Friend”. Did you know that dietary protein is ESSENTIAL for health? Literally, we cannot live without it. If you are protein deficient, your energy, strength, endurance, appearance, and even your immune system are not at their potential. Lean meat, dairy, eggs, and soy are just a few of the common foods that are good sources of quality ... Continue
Is Your Sluggish Metabolism Causing Weight Gain?
Originally published 6/4/13, this article has been updated and reposted due to its popularity and importance for Optimum Health. Do you have a “sluggish” metabolism? If so, it impacts you daily. After all, your metabolism is the driving force for 3 crucial aspects of life: Energy production from food and/or body fat Life functions (breathing, heart beating, and ... Continue
Give Me Your Breakfast
You’ve likely heard before that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” But do you know why it is true? In many ways, breakfast sets the energy and metabolism “tone” for the day. Will this be a day of high energy, muscle building, and feel good brain chemistry? Or, a day of fatigue, excessive food cravings, and a sluggish, fat-storing metabolism? ... Continue
Research Proof… Diets Make People Hungry! Strategize For Success!
A recent research article amused me. The researchers wanted to see if people got hungry while dieting. (I could have saved them some time on that question.) The diet reduced daily calories by 25% for 4 days. Then they measured appetite drive, the wanting of food, and cravings. After the 4-day diet, they let people eat as much as they wanted. Imagine eating just ¾ of what you ... Continue
The Biggest Losers’ Lesson: The “Metabolism Dilemma”
"The Biggest Loser" has been a wildly popular reality TV show. Personally, I hurt for the contestants who never wanted to gain weight in the first place, and now have to put superhuman effort in to losing it. They just don't seem to get the medical support that could increase their success and limit their pain. ... Continue
Self-Discipline for Weight Loss: Does it work?
Over 20,000 men, women, and children have sought help for weight loss at the Center for Nutrition. Included in that group have been some of the most "successful" individuals in the region. Bankers, physicians, trial attorneys, CEO’s of corporations, health educators, dietitians, professional athletes, and politicians have all been patients of mine, typically showing up with a ... Continue
