Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Pamela Smith | Chocolate_ The Delicious Struggle in Weight Loss

20 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube video (Dr. Pamela Smith, uploaded/created by Aaron Hartman, MD) arguing that moderation is central to health but chocolate is a common dietary temptation. Dr. Smith emphasizes that unmanaged stress and elevated cortisol can prevent weight loss and weight maintenance, and recommends addressing stress through multivitamins, adaptogenic herbs (ashwagandha, ginseng, rhodiola) and numerous stress-reduction techniques (prayer, meditation, tai chi, yoga, qigong, exercise, massage, breathing techniques, acupuncture, acupressure).

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Moderation is the key to health. But when it comes to chocolate, that's a hard one. We all have one of those in our life that I think can be difficult. But that's not the whole weight issue. I mean, if you're just plain old stressed and you don't work by taking a multivitamin and adaptogenic herbs like ashwagandha, ginseng, rhodiola, doing stress reduction techniques with prayer, meditation, tai chi, yoga, qigong, exercise, massage, breathing techniques, acupuncture, acupressure, if you don't work on cortisol, it doesn't matter what else you do, you probably are not going to lose weight. And just as importantly, keep it off.