Food addictions are real. Yes, we all need food. There is no such thing as abstinence. But the repeated and frequent exposures of the pleasure centers in our brain creates this cycle of craving, indulging, consuming, regretting, and doing it all over again the next day. And again and again.

In this video, Dr. Dean explains the D.A.S.H. Diet which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The diet uses specific nutrient-dense foods to reduce intake of harmful sodium while increasing intake of helpful calcium and potassium. In this way, you can lower blood pressure in 2 weeks. If the diet is followed in the long term, it can prevent osteoporosis, cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes.

In this video, Dr. Dean explains why an increasing waist size is dangerous. Fat around the waist (i.e. belly fat) can interfere with proper brain and pancreas function.

Randy had been overweight his entire life. He describes how he first met Dr. Lombardo and that 35 pounds is "just the beginning" of his journey. His testimonial describes how Dr. Lombardo gave him a custom weight loss plan that finally worked.