Weight loss medications, such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, have changed the landscape of obesity treatment. They reduce appetite, regulate blood sugar, and can lead to significant weight reduction. For many, this can feel like a breakthrough after years of struggling with dieting and willpower. However, while these medications address the biological drivers of appetite, they … Read More
Rates of diabetes have increased dramatically in America since the 1970’s, and today approximately 100 million Americans have prediabetes1. Nowadays, diabetes is nearly synonymous with type 2 diabetes, since 90-95% of cases have a metabolic rather than an autoimmune cause2. A big gap remains between the science of diabetes and general clinical practice and food … Read More
Summer is approaching, and as we get into the season that is a bit warmer, making sure that you stay consistent with movement and exercise is crucial to staying healthy. So, how do you kick-start your summer fitness routine? You first need a goal. When you have a goal, it makes sticking to the plan … Read More
In my professional opinion, what makes a workout routine healthy or not stems from your reason for choosing to exercise. Many people exercise to lose weight or to acquire a certain body appearance. While these are great reasons, weight is a multifactor ever-changing item, and so many things can affect this. Therefore, it is inevitable … Read More
Tell Us About Your Background. I never got to meet either of my grandfathers. In fact, one died suddenly of a heart attack when my mother was only 16 — 15 years before I was born. Growing up, I didn’t take any of this too seriously. I pursued my interest in science, and it wasn’t … Read More
The number one killer today is heart disease. Number two is cancer. Other, often preventable chronic diseases like dementia, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also make the top 10. What can we do about this? Though modern medicine offers many treatments, only lifestyle offers the promise of preventing these conditions in … Read More
Your relationship with food can probably be traced back to your first few days on this planet. When infants in healthy relationships express any kind of distress (whether they are hungry, cold, warm, tired, scared, startled) by crying, they are usually met with a bottle or breast. Thus, it is during the first few weeks in life … Read More
DO! Do track! Something! Anything! Every study on this topic that has ever been done — and every study done at Structure House — tells the same story when it comes to self-monitoring (the fancy term for tracking — logging food eaten, minutes exercised, steps taken, weight, anything). People who self-monitor any variable of their … Read More
Tell Us About Your Background. Structure House is most definitely my home away from home and has been a part of my life since 2007. Up until my senior year of college, I intended to go into psychiatry. I had an amazing psychology professor in my final undergraduate year at Duke University, and I quickly changed … Read More
Over the past two years, starting with the FDA’s approval of Wegovy for weight loss in June 2021, our team at Structure House has been keeping a close eye on the clinical trials that — again and again — suggest that these medications (in the class of GLP-1 agonists) are gaining attention for good reason. Aside … Read More
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