Valerie Sutherland, MDJul 30, 20226 minHealthy Home MakeoverBefore the pandemic, I would have said that many people spend as many waking hours at work as they do at home. Now, many people spend a...
Valerie Sutherland, MDJul 23, 20225 minAlcohol & Health: Friend or FoeAlcohol has somehow managed to take a significant place in our society. Primarily in the form of ethyl alcohol (ethanol), it has occupied...
Valerie Sutherland, MDJun 26, 20224 minStress: Hidden but HarmfulStress: it seems to have become an omnipresent thing in so many people’s lives for the past two and a quarter years or more. While stress...
Valerie Sutherland, MDJun 18, 20223 minShame, Anxiety & Weight BiasYesterday, it hit me once again; I failed my patients. In April 2020, faced with the start of the Covid pandemic, school closures, and...
Valerie Sutherland, MDJun 4, 20226 minBody Image, Disordered Eating & ObesityObesity is a medical disease characterized by a chronic metabolic dysregulation of energy in which there is a higher than normal weight...
Valerie Sutherland, MDApr 2, 20223 minObesity Action Coalition: Setting the Record Straight Losing weight and keeping it off is difficult enough for many reasons. Add to the intrinsic difficulty the mixed messages people get, the...
Valerie Sutherland, MDFeb 26, 20224 minWeek 8: Making Weight Loss LastCongratulations! You have now gotten down all of the integral parts of weight loss! Look at all of the wonderful things you are doing:...
Valerie Sutherland, MDFeb 19, 20226 minWeek 7: Celebrating Your Victories!Congratulations! You are on Week 7 and half way through a 12 week program. This is a fun week. We are going to celebrate your victories!...
Valerie Sutherland, MDFeb 12, 20224 minWeek 6: Take Back Your MealtimeCongratulations! You are on your sixth week of your program! If you are doing a 12 week program, which is typical for women losing about...
Valerie Sutherland, MDJan 22, 20223 minWeek 3: Trust Your BodyCongratulations! Each week, you are getting closer to your goal! You have completed two weeks of a very low calorie diet/protein sparing...