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How to Increase ROI on Workplace Wellness Programs

The Current State of Workplace Wellness Programs While Workplace Wellness Programs may be working well for employers, could they be...

My Advice on the use of Vaporized Nicotine

My patient asked me to advise him on whether or not to use the, relatively new to the market, vaporized nicotine products, such as blu...

Medicalizing Obesity; Part 3

The Rational Approach to Nutrition and Physical Activity in Medical Weight Management F²C³ A Nutrition and Fitness Formula with a...

MY EULOGY FOR THE WORD, DIET

by Mitchell R. Weisberg, MD Board Certified Internal Medicine-Master Psychopharmacologist Founder and CEO; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE MD LLC My...

Medicalizing Obesity; Part 1

A Medical Weight Management Program with a Mission; Optimal Performance Introduction To solve Obesity, we must first define the problem;...

Before you start your next diet, Take the F²-Fiber and Frequency Challenge

My nutritional formula for reaching your optimal weight and performance; based upon the obscure science called, cellular metabolism...

Pump Up Your Neocortex: Exercise for your Brain

Some Summer Fitness Tips from Optimal Performance MD Make your fitness goals measurable: Use metrics as surrogates for achieving your...

To all Couples facing a Challenging time in your Relationship:

You Agree with each other much more than you think I will begin this post with a disclaimer; I am not a certified marriage counselor. Now...

Deconstructing the YOU Syndrome: A Method for Simplifying Complexities

I cut and pasted an e-mail from a patient who asked me a question this evening. As soon as I read it, I thought the answer was worth...

Medicalizing Mental Health: A Rational Approach to and Emotional Topic

A Primer Imagine the Mental Health Spectrum as a line across this page that spans from Mental Wellness on the left to Psychosis on the...

ADHD; If we don’t focus on it, we will never see it

Its Uniqueness is its Calling Card In contrast to popular belief, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is definitely not...

THE EATING DISORDERS: When Food Becomes Heroin

The Birth of an Eating Disorder It’s December and school is out for winter vacation. For one fortunate eleven year old girl, life...

ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)

The Space Shuttle Challenger of Mental Health Disorders Figure 1 January 28,1986 Space Shuttle Challenger at takeoff Figure 2 Space...

Attention all American Employers: It is entirely up to you, not Washington, to solve The American He

And the Solution is Simple; It’s not the Cost, It’s the Productivity Lost! Direct healthcare costs for physicians, hospitals and pharmacy...

Medicalizing Mental Health: A Rational Approach to an Emotional Topic

A primer for anyone seeking to better understand mental illness and achieve Mental Wellness INTRODUCTION Medicalizing Mental Health is a...

Mental Wellness: a Great Destination to Spend the rest of Your Life

an excerpt from: Medicalizing Mental Health: A Rational Approach to an Emotional Topic By Mitchell R. Weisberg, MD The starting point of...

Fiber and Frequency: The Nutritional Formula for Optimal Performance

(F2): The short Formula Eat Frequently: Eat soon upon awakening in the morning Do not allow three hours to pass without eating something...

F²C³: My Nutrition and Fitness Formula for Achieving Your Optimal Performance

F²-Fiber and Frequency My nutritional formula based upon the principles of cellular metabolism; designed for you to reach and maintain...

Headline: Childhood Nutritional Deficiency Sweeps the Nation

Childhood Obesity By Dr. Mitchell Weisberg I originally published this post over two years ago but I decided to re-post it and update it...

OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE MD

Board Certified American Board of Internal Medicine - Board Certified American Board of Obesity Medicine - Master Psychopharmacologist