Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic Diet’

December 7, 2011

Weight loss: The Mayo Clinic Diet designed to help you make lifestyle changes, accomplish goals

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With obesity on the rise, losing weight is more than just a resolution for the new year. It’s a necessity. A 60-minute program featuring The Mayo Clinic Diet is part of special programming that will premiere on PBS stations beginning Dec. 3 (check local listings http://www.pbs.org/tv_schedules). In Arizona, the program is scheduled to run in […]

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December 5, 2011

Mayo Clinic Diet Program to Air on PBS

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 The only diet developed by the Mayo Clinic will be the subject of an hour-long program to run on PBS stations in December, BusinessWire reported. The program will feature background on the formation of the diet as well as interviews with physicians, dietitians, clinical psychologists and people who have found success with the diet…Donald Hensrud, […]

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March 11, 2010

‘Mayo Clinic Diet’ Put To The Test

By Kelley Luckstein

For the first time, the famed Mayo Clinic in Minnesota puts its name on a diet book. CBS2’s Lisa Sigell reports put The Mayo Clinic Diet it to the test with a local mom.   KCAL (CBS LA), 3/2010

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February 26, 2010

Lose Weight With Mayo Clinic Diet

By Kelley Luckstein

For years, various fad diets have promoted a connection to the Mayo Clinic. In reality, the Mayo Clinic has never been officially associated with any dietary program until now.   Jennifer and Donald Nosbisch decided to try the plan after developing high blood pressure and high cholesterol.Dr. Donald Hensrud is the editor-in-chief of The Mayo […]

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February 2, 2010

Mayo Clinic weighs in on dieting in new book

By Kelley Luckstein

The world’s most famous yo-yo dieter, Oprah Winfrey, regained weight and trumpeted the fact on the cover of her magazine. Researchers at UCLA reviewed 31 diet studies and found that, within five years, most people regain the weight.   Even Weight Watchers distanced itself from the dreaded D-word with its “Diets Don’t Work; Weight Watchers […]

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February 2, 2010

Book review: ‘The Mayo Clinic Diet’

By Kelley Luckstein

Some dieters want to drop a few pounds to look better in a bathing suit. Others are trying to undo years of bad eating and exercise habits and are in need of education.   Still others seek weight loss on a doctor’s orders to avoid serious illness, such as heart disease or diabetes. All of […]

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February 2, 2010

Thatcher went to work on an egg — and little else, archive reveals

By Kelley Luckstein

Margaret Thatcher, who famously railed against Britain being fed a European “diet of Brussels”, made her ascent to power sustained by eggs — more than two dozen of them a week — and not much else.   Documents released from the former Prime Minister’s archive today include an Economist diary for 1979, into which is […]

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January 25, 2010

Why the Mayo Clinic Diet Includes Quick Weight Loss

By Kelley Luckstein

It’s pretty much a given that sensible diet programs do not endorse quick results. “Slow and steady wins the race” is the usual advice, and 1 to 2 pounds the suggested weekly weight loss.   That advice kicks in on Page 69 of The Mayo Clinic Diet (Good Books), but only after an initial “Lose […]

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January 15, 2010

The Mayo Clinic Diet Debuts at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller List

By Kelley Luckstein

Hot news: The Mayo Clinic Diet, which published this month, is #1 on The New York Times Bestseller list. In other words, The Mayo Clinic Diet, the first-ever diet published by Mayo Clinic in the institution’s 120-year history, is resonating with Americans coast-to-coast.   “Many patients I see have tried several diets in an attempt […]

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January 13, 2010

Mayo Clinic Diet: Habits To Add, Habits To Break

By Kelley Luckstein

“People don’t need us to tell them to eat less and exercise more,” said Dr. Donald Hensrud of the Mayo Clinic. “They know that.”   Hensrud is the medical editor-in-chief of The Mayo Clinic Diet. For years, the Mayo Clinic staff resisted the word “diet.” It seemed too temporary, but since most people use the […]

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