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PETER VASH MD, MPH
INTERNIST & ENDOCRINOLOGIST
SPECIALTY IN OBESITY MEDICINE
LOS ANGELES, CA
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Confusing Hunger for Thirst
Sometimes the sensation of hunger is not the same as the desire for food because thirst is often mistaken for hunger. Many individuals...
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Nov 21, 20211 min read
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A Magical Diet
Mirror, mirror on the wall how can I become so small and be seen as thin and tall. What’s the best diet for me so I’m thinner for all to...
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Nov 21, 20211 min read
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Losing Weight Depends On Calories And The Individual’s Lifestyle Eating Behavior
To lose weight most individuals know what to do, but do not do it. Clinical studies show that the person’s lifestyle eating behavior is...
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Nov 21, 20212 min read
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Emotional Eating and Holiday Stress
As the holiday season approaches many individuals look towards a hopeful future, while also reflecting and remembering the happiness of...
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Nov 21, 20212 min read
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Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance are Different Problems
New research studies point out that weight loss presents a different set of biologic difficulties than that for achieving long term...
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Nov 21, 20212 min read
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Managing Thanksgiving Eating
Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks, rather than a time for taking without giving thanks. Sharing a meal with family and friends...
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Nov 21, 20212 min read
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Addressing the Obesity Problem
The rates of obesity are continuing to increase at an alarming rate. Recent public health studies report a rate approaching 40% of adults...
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Sep 20, 20213 min read
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Better Health Through Weight Loss
It is reported that by 2030 in the United States nearly 50% of adults are projected to be obese, and about 25% of those individuals will...
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Sep 13, 20212 min read
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Taking Charge of Your Health
In this time of the plague most individuals will survive, but some will sink beneath their own misgivings and reluctance to take care of...
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Aug 9, 20212 min read
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Weight Loss and Common Sense
There are many myths and erroneous perceptions about obesity and weight loss. These faulty concepts seem to get circulated and ingrained...
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Aug 2, 20212 min read
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Apple Cider Vinegar
Can Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) really help you lose weight? Yes, if you take it with a calorie reduced diet over time, but no if you don’t...
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Jul 27, 20212 min read
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Being overweight
Being overweight is bad for your health, your image and your pocketbook. Excess weight is linked to numerous medical conditions such as...
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Jul 19, 20211 min read
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Type 2 Diabetes Doesn't Have to be your disease
As an internist and endocrinologist in Los Angeles, I am seeing an increased number of younger patients with Diabetes Type 2. A recent...
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Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Obesity, Hypertension and Renal Dialysis
I recently saw a patient who weighed about 280 pounds, at least 100 pounds overweight who was on chronic renal dialysis. When I asked why...
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Jun 28, 20212 min read
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A Frequently Asked Question
This is one of the more common questions physicians hear “is my weight gain caused by a low or sluggish metabolism, could it be my...
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Jun 23, 20211 min read
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Self medicating with food in the time of the plague
Sadly in addition to the direct effects of COVID-19 on an individual’s physical health, the virus has aggravated and worsened mental...
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Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Diabetes and Dimentia
A recent report in the medical journal JAMA 4.27.2021 documented an association between an earlier onset of diabetes and elevated levels...
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May 31, 20211 min read
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Weight Loss is Simple
Weight Loss Is Simple In reality weight loss is simple. It is like going to a stockbroker and asking what’s the secret to making money in...
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May 24, 20211 min read
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Weight Loss and Hypothyroidism
So many overweight patients report that because they can’t lose weight that it has to be due to a low metabolism and to the thyroid...
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May 17, 20211 min read
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Obesity and Covid
Obesity contributes to many known diseases, and sometimes hearing that can become like white noise and people stop hearing it (similar to...
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May 10, 20212 min read
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