Weight Loss

The Science of Why You Can’t Lose Weight (Presenters: Alvin Antony, MD | Jennifer Yap, DO | William Mayo, PAC MS) Saturday May 21st: 10:30 am     Limited Seating Free to the first 25 Responders. Must RSVP by May 7th.   After May 7th Registration is $25. Email: info@carolinasportsandspine.com to RSVP Phone: 252-442-4024 to Reserve your seat Online: carolinasportsandspine.com use Contact Us page to register Topics Covered:  The Science of Why You Can’t Lose Weight Learn which foods boost weight … Read More

The Top 5 Herbs to Reduce Inflammation Modern Western Diet is pro-inflammatory mainly because of all the processed foods that we eat and imbalances in the omega-6’s to omega-3’s.  Eating more natural unprocessed foods and food rich in omega-3’s can reduce inflammation, decrease pain and help you lose weight.  Further, certain herbs CBD and best CBD oil for pain and ingredients carry potent anti-inflammatory properties.  Try to incorporate these CBD and sleep anti-inflammatory herbs and ingredients into your cooking and … Read More

The 7 Most Important Decisions You Can Make to Avoid Back Surgery (Part 3/7) Decide to get Skinny Of course, we live in a society of great abundance and it shows in so many negative ways.  We suffer from alarming obesity rates mainly because we carry thrifty genes.  These thrifty genes helped our ancestors survive times of extreme famine by storing excess food as fat on our bodies.  Unfortunately, these thrifty genes work against us in times of tremendous abundance … Read More

“Man Sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”  Dalai Lama Many times I will ask my patients…”What do you really have if you don’t … Read More

Spinal Arthritis Treatment The way that I try to explain this to all my patients is that our spine is like the mast on a ship.  The spine is pretty static by itself. In fact, by itself, the spine could only support about 35-40lbs.  Of course, we weigh a lot more than that. On a ship, the mast would surely break if it were not for the strong rope supports and riggings that keep the mast in place and upright. … Read More

Drinking Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) can not only prolong your life, and decrease your chances of cardiovascular disease, but various studies have shown that it is a potent anti-oxidant and help with fat metabolism and weight loss. Lin et al published in Obesity Research (2005) that green tea extract increased apoptosis(cellular destruction) in mature adipocytes and inhibited lipid accumulation in maturing adipocytes in a dose dependent manner.  Also, green tea decreases your appetite cravings. How does green tea work as … Read More

I frequently hear people tell me that they eat a big dinner and eat a snack before bed sometimes even waking to eat a snack. Well, perhaps they should consider the following.  Sumo wrestlers who need to gain significant weight before a match will eat a lot of calories before bed and wake up in the night to eat.  So, if you are not careful you may have been following a sumo diet, which i am pretty sure is not … Read More

(Exclusively Available at Carolina Sports and Spine, PA) Watch this Video Link to help understand the benefits of Capsiate: Watch Video Improving the Efficacy of Capsinoids as a Thermogenic Adjunct in Clinical Weight Management New Proven reviews over the last five years is clarifying the mechanisms by which capsinoids – thermogenic compounds in certain strains of chili peppers – can regulate fat metabolism and help over-weight individuals reduce abdominal fat and improve their health. Application of the new findings to … Read More

Use these 5 ground-breaking ideas from the field of Integrative Nutrition to help you lose those unwanted pounds and attain higher energy throughout your day.  Think “NUTRITION” not Dieting. Diets fail not because of your will-power but because there is no way that limiting certain macro-nutrients like fats, carbs or proteins will not eventually rebound into serious uncontrollable cravings for the food that you have been limiting.  I myself tried to live on a low carb diet for several months … Read More