«The good minimum weight loss would be in the 10 — 15 - pound range,»
notes endocrinologist Peter Savage of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, «That doesn't mean that people who lose 5 — 8 pounds don't do well.»
Not exact matches
In a sense, the postop bacterial changes are not surprising, says
endocrinologist David Cummings at the University of Washington, Seattle, (although he
notes it's a «herculean feat» to manage gastric bypass surgery in animals as tiny as mice).
Instead, the
endocrinologist notes, «fat is a remarkably active substance.»
The new study supports a trend seen in earlier studies: that as people consume more vitamin D, the efficiency with which their bodies absorb calcium from food improves,
notes Boston University
endocrinologist Michael F. Holick.
Endocrinologist Vin Tangpricha
notes that Emory studies are looking at vitamin D in the context of tuberculosis, sepsis, sickle cell disease, cancer, cystic fibrosis and pain sensitivity.
As Dr. Robert Lustig, an
endocrinologist specializing in obesity has
noted, «When you take the fat out of a recipe, food tastes like cardboard, and you need to replace it with something — that something being sugar.»
But as the Institute of Endocrinology and Preventative Medicine
notes, disorders of thyroid hormone, testosterone, cortisol, and growth hormone can also all cause sleep disorders — so if insomnia and fatigue plague you, it may not be a bad idea to see an
endocrinologist for testing.
About 10 years ago an
endocrinologist put me on an herbal supplement indole -3-carbinol (meta I -3-C) to absorb extra estrogen and did regular blood tests and
noted that my LH FSH hormone ratio then became normal.
It is worth
noting that the American Association of Clinical
Endocrinologists has recommended a smaller range of.3 to 3.0 mlU / L, which would make a much larger proportion of the U.S. population fall within the hypothyroid diagnosis.
(
Note, however, that given the shortage of
endocrinologists in the U.S., it can take time to get an appointment.)