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PETER VASH MD, MPH
INTERNIST & ENDOCRINOLOGIST
SPECIALTY IN OBESITY MEDICINE
LOS ANGELES, CA
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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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Aug 9, 20212 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Aug 2, 20212 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Being overweight
Being overweight is bad for your health, your image and your pocketbook. Excess weight is linked to numerous medical conditions such as...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Jul 12, 20212 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Jun 23, 20211 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
May 31, 20211 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
May 24, 20211 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
May 17, 20211 min read
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...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
May 10, 20212 min read
Using Attenuate to Lose It And Keep It Off
As an obesity medicine specialist, I have been treating overweight individuals for several years and have had many significant and life...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
May 3, 20211 min read
Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance Are Different Problems
New research studies point out that weight loss presents a different set of biologic difficulties thanthatfor achieving long term weight...
Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH
Apr 25, 20212 min read
The Myth of Sugar Addiction
If sugar isn’t addicting then why do so many individuals want it, like it, use it and even crave it? Is it a physiological need or a...
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Oct 21, 20202 min read
Is Sugar Addicting?
The research on this question is still being debated but without a clear answer, yet with a lot of emotion and frustration. I believe...
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Oct 19, 20202 min read
Desperate to Lose Weight
Not only is there a marked association between excess weight and chronic physical disorders, but there is also a strong linkage to...
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Oct 13, 20202 min read
Visceral Fat and Insulin Resistance
A patient recently asked me about a supplement currently being advertised on TV that is supposed to reduce insulin resistance by reducing...
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Oct 12, 20202 min read
Low Carb or Low-Fat Diet for Weight Loss
Is there a difference in the amount of weight loss that results from a low-fat diet as compared to a low carbohydrate diet? No....
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Oct 2, 20202 min read
Maternal Weight Gain, Blood Sugar and Childhood Obesity
A recent article in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, volume 95 number 9 September 2020, just reported an important study on the effects of a...
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Sep 29, 20202 min read
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