The team at McCarty Weight Loss Center has decided that the following is the best plan of action to help keep our staff and patients as safe as possible. These are temporary changes recommended by the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control to help encourage social distancing in response to COVID-19:
Effective Friday, March 20, 2020 --
Dr. McCarty and his team will be accepting phone consultations. In person consultations spots are limited - please contact our team at 1-866-2-MY-HEALTH for availability
Hours of operation:
Monday - Friday: 8AM - 4PM
Saturday - Sunday: Closed
For Business Related Inquiries please contact 469-547-6170.
Warmest Regards,
McCarty Weight Loss Center
You know the story: Somebody’s 99-year-old aunt never exercised, smoked her whole life, and lived on a diet of red meat and ice cream. So why bother with healthy living, right? “For every one person who lives a long life of unhealthy choices, there are countless others who die prematurely because of them,” says Robert Schreiber, MD. Betting that you will be one of these people is playing a game of Russian roulette, he says. Schreiber is physician-in-chief at Hebrew SeniorLife, an elder health care provider and affiliate of Harvard Medical School. No one is guaranteed a life free of disease or injury. But certain lifestyle steps can help forestall illness and sometimes prevent it altogether. They can also improve your quality of life and recovery if disease or injury does strike.
Better Health Through Diet: A healthy diet gives you enough fuel to get through the day without loading you up with excess calories. Start with foods from plants. Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture encourage Americans to eat more:
You should also limit foods that may raise the risk of health problems, like sweets. “Chocolate has some nutritional value, but is also high in sugar and fat,” says Jen Sacheck, PhD. Sacheck is an assistant professor at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston. If you really love chocolate, enjoy it in small amounts, keeping the calories in mind. Watch out for empty calories. For example, sugary soft drinks have no nutritional value. Also, watch out for “added sugar” to drinks and food products. The food label doesn’t specifically say “added sugar,” but be on the lookout for ingredients such as:
Other red flags on the ingredient list include:
Begin with these strategies to eat less and healthier:
“There is a huge amount of evidence that exercise helps lower the risk for serious diseases,” Sacheck says. Exercise lowers the risk for conditions such as:
Exercise can also promote weight loss, as long as you don’t use it to justify eating more food. To lose weight, you need to eat fewer calories than you use. Don’t let the numbers on the scale make or break your exercise goals. Being overweight and active is much healthier than being overweight and inactive.
Improve Your Odds for a Long and Healthy Life – WebMD Feature – By Joanne Barker – Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD – www.webmd.com
Source: 1. Improve Your Odds for a Long and Healthy Life