Finally, Coverage for the Condition of Overweight/Obesity?
For many people, weight management medications are completely excluded from insurance coverage. Why can treatment for a medical condition...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Apr 14
- 2 min
What's Up With the Weight Loss Plateau?
A common question I get is, “Doctor, I was losing weight great, then it slowed way down and stopped! I didn’t chan ge anything I was...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Mar 31
- 5 min
Fructose: The Smoking Gun?
There are many reasons why the regulation of energy expenditure and storage in the human body is not just a matter of “calories in,...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Mar 24
- 7 min
Got Stubborn Fat? It May be White Adipose Tissue.
Have you cut your calorie intake and reached a weight loss plateau anyway? Have you counted your calories and done the math and can’t...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Mar 17
- 5 min
Experience Matters
When I left primary care to practice Medical Weight Management full time in April of 2015, there were very few physicians in this...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Mar 3
- 4 min
Emotional Resilience: Finding the Meaning in Adversity
Emotional resilience is the ability to keep your sailboat steady amid a storm. It is the ability to see adversity as temporary, and use...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Environmental Obesogens
Why is the prevalence of obesity increasing so much? Why does it seem like your weight can increase, even if you are not changing...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Feb 4
- 3 min
Very Low Calorie Ketogenic Diet / Incretin Mimetics: The Yin/Yang of Weight Management?
Many people are using Wegovy and now Zepbound for weight loss. They are incretin mimetics, puportedly treating the incretin defect that...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Jan 1
- 3 min
Hope & Faith for a New Start
When we are young, everything is a “first”. Every event, experience, holiday, and new person seems fresh and new. The possibilities seem...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Dec 2, 2023
- 6 min
The Role of Meal Replacements for Weight Management in the Era of Semaglutide and Tirzepatide
While weight management medications are not new, they have evolved so that more people are taking them and more people will take them as...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Oct 21, 2023
- 4 min
Shared Medical Appointments- Better Together!
Rainier Medical is excited to begin offering the option of Shared Medical Appointments as part of our medical weight management programs....
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Sep 17, 2023
- 8 min
Don’t Waste Your Workout! Top 4 Tips for Results.
Some people love exercise, some people do not. But, we all want results and to feel as good as possible when you do exercise. Many common...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Sep 3, 2023
- 7 min
Frustrated with Weight Loss Medication Shortage?
Many people experienced the benefits of weight management medications, only to find that all the pharmacies are out of them everywhere....
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Apr 1, 2023
- 4 min
Erythritol in the News
A recent article published in Nature Medicine reported an association between erythritol and cardiovascular events in humans as well as a...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Feb 11, 2023
- 3 min
DBT: Healthy Habits for the Mind (& Body)
One’s mind is just as important to their overall health as their body. In some cases, a healthy mind is a necessary component for a...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Jan 25, 2023
- 2 min
Big Benefits from Modest Weight Loss
Have you ever been told that you should lose so much weight that it seemed too daunting to even try? Has a doctor ever told you that you...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
Mindfullness Meditation: Harnessing your Inner Power
If humans are mostly creatures of habit, as noted in the acclaimed book, “The Power of Habit”, and much of our health and wellness (and...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Oct 8, 2022
- 5 min
Medications vs. Lifestyle in Weight Loss
There is a recent “news cycle” in weight loss medication. Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) was approved to treat Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on May...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Sep 24, 2022
- 2 min
An Ounce of Prevention
Preventive and routine care is care that helps prevent health problems or finds them before they become serious. Examples of common...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
- Aug 20, 2022
- 4 min
Rainier Medical Weight Loss Program Top 10 FAQs
August is glorious in the Pacific Northwest! Many people enjoy travel and special events. It is hard to believe that Fall and Back to...
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