Who Knew Sour Could Be So SWEET

This body from a "vinegar detox"?

According to a recent article in Fitness Magazine, vinegar may actually help fight fat.  A recent study revealed that obese people who consumed two tablespoons vinegar daily lost 5% more belly fat then those who did not.  Acetic acid, the main component in vinegar, stimulates fat oxidation in the liver helping to bring your body fat down.  Who knew that something so sour could cause such sweet aftermath?!?! 

Interestingly enough starlet Megan Fox claims she keeps her rocking bod with the help of two tablespoons vinegar daily.  Now Fox isnt the brightest star in the sky but maybe there is a little merit to this silly idea.  I am in NO WAY advocating a crazy vinegar detox, that sounds both disgusting and un healthy, BUT maybe I will have my salad with a vinaigrette tonight rather than my usual low cal dressing… what do i have to lose besides a little unwanted belly fat?

CHEERS to a NEW YEAR!

As we ring in 2010, raise your glass to a fresh new year and a new you! At the Executive ER there are no resolutions, we vow to continue our commitment to overall health and wellness.  Thanks to execuSlim, various members of our staff have lost over 200 pounds combined.  As we move into 2010 and gear up to maintain our overall health and fitness here are a few NYE beverage tips from our friends at the Zone:

1. Drink lots of water. Before you leave the house, drink a glass.

2. Alternate between an alcoholic beverage and your favorite bottled water. Avoid the “morning-after” headache from dehydration and over consumption by remaining hydrated

 3. Monitor and limit your alcoholic consumption. The more you drink, the more difficulty you will have in making healthy food choices and controlling portion sizes.

 OR

 4. Decide not to drink. This is always a choice – whether it is New Year’s Eve or just a quiet dinner. Replace alcohol with sugar-free sodas or juice diluted with club soda. No one will know the difference or care.

Happy New From The Executive ER

You are what you eat!

Don’t fool yourself this holiday season! its time to face the music and make the changes in your diet necessary to change your body! 2010 is the year to put yourself first and achieve all the health and fitness goals you desire.  call execuSlim TODAY to book your appointment !!!! 310.657.0366 Each week you wait to call is a week you could have lost 5-10 pounds!

The 12 Tips for surviving the Holidays, a gift to you from execuSlim-

 On the first Day of fitness exec-u-slim gave to meeeeee….

With Thanksgiving just a few days away, one thing on your mind may be weight!  The fear of gaining weight can often sour even the sweetest pie.  Don’t worry… you don’t have to deny yourself completely to stay fit. This year the tree won’t be the only thing that’s TRIM! Use these helpful tips to navigate the holiday parties and endless buffet tables:

1. At Thanksgiving no one should ask you if you are on a diet or why you are “not eating”.  On the other hand, your relatives and loved ones shouldn’t think you are training for an eat-a-thon! Fill your plate, but fill it with the RIGHT foods!

2. Try whatever you like…. I mean TRY whatever you like.  A bite or two never hurt anyone, it’s when you polish off an entire pie that you need to worry.  Take smaller portions to start with, that way you won’t feel pressured to eat more out of boredom once you are full.

3. Be the Life of the party!!! The more you are talking the less you are eating and the more time you are giving your stomach and brain to figure out you are full.  At the table speak up and speak often! Same with holiday mixers, meet new people and stay on the other side of the room from the buffet table to avoid mindless eating.  

4. Wear a HOT outfit! Wearing a tight form-fitting dress or a tailored suit to the table or holiday party! The only people who should wear maternity clothing are pregnant women and elastic waist bands should be saved for the gym.  Thanksgiving is a meal, not your last supper!

5. Protein, Protein, Protein! Fill up on the Turkey and veggies! Pass on the potatoes, gravy, and rolls.  The best holiday dishes to go for are: Vegetable dishes, and turkey (white meat is best and avoid the skin). If there are staple holiday items that you can’t live without ( i.e. pie or mashed potatoes) only go for one.  Always counter balance your choices with lean protein whenever possible. 

6. Make a game plan before hand of what you want to eat and how much, then stick with it!   You will feel so much better AND your pants will still fit after the meal. 

7. Eat meals and snacks before the festivities- Many people don’t eat anything the day of or the day before a holiday party with the anticipation of consuming more calories than usual.  This is a BAD! The idea behind it is good, but the truth is no matter what you do you will probably consume more fat/calories than usual! By not eating anything all day, you are almost guaranteed to over eat and make bad choices because you are starving. 

8. Practice moderation when it comes to holiday spirits- excessive alcohol consumption not only increases your chance of going for seconds or thirds on the dessert, it’s like pumping  carbohydrates, calories and sugar straight to your blood stream.  If you are going to put that in your body, wouldn’t you rather those calories come from food?

9. Small sacrifices can make a big difference like a cup of tea after dinner rather than spiced apple cider or a cup of hot coca with whip cream.  Have a small taste of grandma’s pumpkin or apple pie and eat around the crust, DON’T take it a-la-mode. 

10. Drink as much water as possible with every meal, it will help with fullness… Your have heard it a thousand times but hydration is the best way to stay healthy, well and FIT! Oh, and while we are talking about beverages stay away from the Starbucks holiday specialty drinks they are EVIL! See for yourself! Stick to coffee with fat-free milk and sugar-free syrups or better yet, skip the calories and save the cash$$$.

11. You can’t be perfect ALL the time! dont beat yourself up if you eat more than planned.  If you get to a holiday event and there is nothing sensible to eat just make the best choice available! Remember white meat and fish have fewer calories and fat then red meat.  There is no sense in offending a friend by passing on her ten-hour Souffle or hitting the gym 4 hours a day during your vacation time.  Try not to be too hard on yourself or punish yourself, after all it is a time of celebration!

12. The number one tip to remember for any meal, any party, or any holiday: MODERATION is key! Nothing tastes better than being healthy feels. Cheers to a happy and healthy holiday season!

Urgent care in Beverly Hills, Medical Doctor in Beverly Hills, Chiropractor in Beverly Hills

When people google urgent care in Beverly Hills, Medical Doctor in Beverly Hills or Chiropractor in Beverly Hills We don’t come up in even the top 10 listings. When people Google or bing weight loss in Beverly Hills they get everything but our very successful Execuslim. The best way to hear about The Beverly Hills Comprehensive Medical Group or The Executive ER is from your doctor, your friend or your insurance company. They’ve seen the facility, the staff and the results and they are very very happy. Look us up at WWW.BHCMG.COM or WWW. ExecuSlim.com.

Is the Executive ER urgent care?

Is the Executive ER urgent care? Beverly Hills Urgent Care is so 1980′s. For those of you who haven’t heard, BHCMG got a face lift over March and transformed into the Executive ER – Beverly Hills Comprehensive Medical Group. We are proud to offer urgent care on demand with little wait, same day appointments and exceptional non- life threatening emergency medical care. With two Board Certified ER Doctors and two Doctors of Chiropractic, the Executive ER can now offer extended coverage with hours during the week from 6am-7pm and 8am-12pm on Saturday!

The Executive ER is a unique facility designed to help patients obtain immediate and affordable care for their urgent medical and chiropractic conditions. The clinic offers a variety of in office resources such as a laboratory, x-ray, ultrasound, and an IV pharmacy. Referrals to physicians of all specialties can also be expedited through the clinic to help quickly address emergent conditions. The facility is also equipped with a state of the art rehabilitation suite and massage therapist. Executive ER, the first facility of its kind, is here to offer patients an alternative to expensive hospital visits with long wait times or delaying appropriate care. At the executive ER we are proud to offer a much larger range of care for more complex injuries and ailments than your average urgent care without the wait and cost of a traditional ER.

 Most PPO insurance accepted, some HMO – call 310.657.0366 for details!!!!

Find the Executive ER at Wilshire and La Cienega!!!

60 is the New 40 !!!

How do you feel?

How do you look?

Are you sick and tired of waking up sick and tired?

How is  the exercise program going? 

How is the diet going?

This September Bruce Springsteen is turning 60. He is on the cover of AARP magazine.

 Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed “The Boss”

if you need help keeping up with your diet, with your exercise, tips on energy and posture call the office we can help.

High cholesterol levels shown to increase risks of Alzheimer’s disease

High cholesterol levels and even borderline high levels have been shown to increase risks of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia according to a new study. It has been shown to increase risk as we approach our 40s significantly. It gets increasingly problematic with each decade of life thereafter.

A study in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders included almost 10,000 men and women for forty years. The participants were between the ages of 40 to 45 when they had their cholesterol levels tested from 1964 and 1973.

All of the statistics were evaluated and computed many years later. The researchers in reviewing their medical records, found that from 1994 to 2007, 469 had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and 127 had developed vascular dementia, which is caused by impaired blood supply to the brain.

Among the high cholesterol group (240 mg/dL and above), the risk for Alzheimer’s disease was 57 percent higher compared to people with cholesterol levels below 200 mg/dL, which is considered optimal. Those with borderline high cholesterol (between 200 and 239 mg/dL) also experienced an increased risk for AD although the results were not statistically significant.

The borderline group was shown to be at a 50 percent increased risk for vascular dementia, however. So that becomes very important to our patients’ health and wellness.

All of this information becomes very significant when we look at statistics of the American population. In the U.S., almost 100 million people have either high or borderline high cholesterol levels. That puts them at increased risk for AD and dementia.

Mildly High Cholesterol at Midlife Linked to Alzheimer’s

By RONI CARYN RABIN

Published: August 5, 2009

Adults who had just slightly elevated blood cholesterol when they were in their early 40s were at greater risk of developing dementia decades later, compared with those whose cholesterol was at optimal levels, a new study has found.

The findings, which analyzed data from almost 10,000 health care plan members followed for four decades, surprised the investigators.

While earlier studies have shown an association between high cholesterol in midlife and an elevated risk of Alzheimer’s disease, “we were surprised to see the association with borderline levels,” said Rachel A. Whitmer, an epidemiologist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the paper’s senior author.

The study followed 9,844 members of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Medical Group who had blood work done between 1964 and 1973, when they were 40 to 45 years old. All had remained members of the plan until at least 1994, when computerized outpatient diagnoses of dementia were made available.

Some 598 of the original participants were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia, a less common form of dementia, between 1994 and 2007, when they were between 61 and 88 years old.

Those whose total blood cholesterol had been high — over 240 milligrams per deciliter — were 57 percent more likely to have developed Alzheimer’s disease than those with optimal levels. Those who had borderline cholesterol values — between 200 and 239 milligrams per deciliter — were at 50 percent greater risk of developing vascular dementia.

“What’s good for the heart is good for the brain,” Dr. Whitmer said, adding, “Midlife is not too soon to be thinking about risk factors for dementia. This is a modifiable risk factor. This is something you can change.”

The study is being published online this week in the journal Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.

Obesity and Back Pain

Back Pain and Obesity

Connection to Back Pain and Development of Obesity

Christopher P. Silveri, MD
Orthopaedic & Neurosurgical Spine Surgeon

 

 

According to the American Obesity Association (AOA), 64.5% of adult Americans (about 127 million) are categorized as being overweight or obese (1). The unfortunate truth is that obesity is becoming an epidemic affecting adults and children.

Connection to Back Pain
Most people know that obesity contributes to the development of coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and colon cancer. However, did you know that obesity is a contributing factor to back pain? It is true.

Being overweight or obese can significantly contribute to symptoms associated with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), degenerative disc disease (DDD), spinal stenosis, and spondylolisthesis.

The spine is designed to carry the body’s weight and distribute the loads encountered during rest and activity. When excess weight is carried, the spine is forced to assimilate the burden, which may lead to structural compromise and damage (e.g., injury, sciatica).

One region of the spine that is most vulnerable to the effects of obesity is the low back—the lumbar spine. Lack of exercise and bodily conditioning leads to poor flexibility and weak muscles in the back, pelvis, and thighs. This can increase the curve of the lower back, causing the pelvis to tilt too far forward. Further, this is detrimental to proper posture, and as posture weakens, other regions of the spine (for example, the neck) may become painful.

You may try to dismiss the cause of some of these spinal disorders to the process of normal aging. It is true that with age body tissues can cause changes to spinal anatomy (2). However, if you are overweight or obese, chances are you have, or will have, back pain. You may have or develop one of the following conditions:

• Osteoporosis
  A sedentary lifestyle coupled with an unbalanced diet can affect the density, or strength of the bones (spinal vertebrae). When the structural architecture of a vertebral body is compromised, it is at risk for fracture. Vertebral fractures can be painful and disabling. If you have been diagnosed with osteoporosis, you have probably lost between 25-30% of desirable bone density. 

If the diagnosis is osteopeonia, bone loss has been in the range of 10-15% (3).

Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
The joints in the spine are called facet joints. Excessive body weight places unnatural pressure and stress on the joints during movement and at rest.

Low Back Pain
Obesity may aggravate an existing low back problem and contributes to recurrence of the condition.

General
Unhealthy posture accounts for neck and back pain. A level of physical fitness is necessary to properly support the spine.