The Antidepressant Diet

The connection between carbohydrates, serotonin, and antidepressant weight gain

by Judith Wurtman, Ph.D.

Recovering Your Healthy Body After Being Depressed

Restoring momentum is a critical element of rebounding from a setback Read More

Pronounced Mentally Ill and Trying to Lose Weight

One shouldn't have to go it alone Read More

How Do You Tell Your Friend to Lose Weight?

Speak the truth, but gently. Read More

Personalized Weight Loss

Start your diet feeling set up for success! Read More

Can Carbohydrates Save This Marriage?

There's nothing simple about the impact of carbohydrates on your mood. Read More

Are the Side Effects Worth It?

Off-label prescription abuses can "dope" off weight, but at what price? Read More

Must You Go Off Your Prescription to Lose Weight?

Must relief come at such a steep price? Read More

What Would You Eat For Your Final, Pre-Diet Meal?

You Can Have Anything You Want, Until January 2.... Read More

Could an Alarm Prevent Your Weight Gain?

Drifting into the weight gain lane is so easy. Here are two solutions to stay on course. Read More

Planning Beyond Stretch Waistbands

Thanksgiving is almost over and what to do? Read More

Halloween Candy and the Countdown to the Election

Some candy actually helps your neurochemistry. Read More

Seeking Light in the Refrigerator

We've all been there, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Read More

The Elusive Weight Loss Goal

How to sidestep weight loss frustrations into optimum health. Read More

The Skinny on Longevity

Eat, within reason, and enjoy yourself! Read More

The Caloric Risks of Being a Houseguest

Who can resist the classic indulgences of Summer? Read More

Removing Calories, Not Comfort, From Food

Empires Can Be Built on Memorable Meals Read More

Locaserin: The Serotonin Way To Get Skinny

Why Get A Prescription? Read More

Jack Sprat, His Wife, and The Atkins Diet

Do you remember the old nursery rhyme? Jack Sprat would eat no fat, his wife would eat no lean, and between them, they licked the platter clean. Was Mrs. Sprat on the Atkins low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet? Read More

Can Eating Breakfast Make You Fat?

Is it better to skip breakfast than go and grab a tasty sugar rush? Read More

Is Anti Depressant Therapy the Perfect Storm for Weight Gain?

How is one supposed to advance while packing on the pounds? Read More

If Sugar Is Poison, Why Is Everyone Eating Cupcakes?

My favorite hole-in-the-wall used-book shop is gone. A sparkling, pastel-colored shop selling designer cupcakes has replaced it, and judging from the line of moms and their kids every afternoon, it has become the preferred spot for an after-school snack. Read More

Are Early Bird Specials a Key to Weight Loss?

Lower check, lower weight? Read More

Can Your Muscles Turn Bad Fat into Good Fat?

It's only pretty in a picture. Read More

Helping the Dieter Feel at Home in “Thin Country”

At a dinner with friends a few days ago, someone commented that his parents would not even recognize some of the foods we were consuming. “My father insisted on red meat at least six times a week,” he said. Read More

Are Men More Likely to Get Thin on Chocolate Than Women?

Some guys have all the luck... Read More

Are Weight-Loss Drugs the Answer to the Obesity Epidemic?

The answer to the battle of the bulge? Read More

Should You Romance the Dieter in Your Life With Valentine's Day Chocolates?

One of the easiest verbal traps into which we can fall is to respond to the question, "Do I look fat?" A negative response is believable only if the person asking the question is indeed thin. If the questioner could lose a few pounds, say between ten and 100, then a negative response will be perceived as untruthful and a positive response may elicit tears, anger or both. Read More

Eating as Recreation: Preventing the Inevitable Weight Gain

How many calories does it take to watch a football game on television? Does it take more when the game is the Super Bowl? Do these football game nights so drain the body of calories that the television viewer might starve to death unless fed constantly during the show? Take away the beer and franks and is a baseball game as interesting? Read More