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About Mike Murdy

Hi, I am Mike Murdy, one of the founding partners at betterMD. For over a decade, we have been raising the standard of care for medical weight loss patients. Please join us as we share our message of hope and encouragement with all who struggle to manage their weight.
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Are Diet & Exercise Enough?

[fusion_builder_container background_color="" background_image="" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" background_repeat="no-repeat" background_position="left top" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_webm="" video_mp4="" video_ogv="" video_preview_image="" overlay_color="" overlay_opacity="0.5" video_mute="yes" video_loop="yes" fade="no" border_size="0px" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="20" padding_bottom="20" padding_left="" padding_right="" hundred_percent="yes" equal_height_columns="no" hide_on_mobile="no" menu_anchor="" class="" id=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" last="yes" spacing="yes" center_content="no" hide_on_mobile="no" background_color="" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" background_position="left top" hover_type="none" link="" border_position="all" border_size="0px" border_color="" border_style="" padding="" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" animation_type="" animation_direction="" animation_speed="0.1" animation_offset="" class="" id=""][fusion_text]I recently read an article from the LA Times web site, “Diet and exercise alone are no cure for obesity, experts say,” and have been thinking about it ever since. While the title is designed to be an eye-grabber, the point of the article is not to argue that diet and exercise are ineffective tools for weight-loss, but rather that they are seldom enough on their own to help someone lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off long-term, especially if the person has been obese (BMI greater than 30) for a sustained length of time. [...]

By |April 5th, 2016|Categories: Exercise, Medical Research, Nutrition|2 Comments
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Finding the Best Way to Weigh…

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By |April 3rd, 2016|Categories: Weight Loss Journey|Tags: , , |4 Comments
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Welcome to Health-e-Thoughts!

[fusion_builder_container background_color="" background_image="" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" background_repeat="no-repeat" background_position="left top" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_webm="" video_mp4="" video_ogv="" video_preview_image="" overlay_color="" overlay_opacity="0.5" video_mute="yes" video_loop="yes" fade="no" border_size="0px" border_color="" border_style="" padding_top="20" padding_bottom="20" padding_left="" padding_right="" hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" hide_on_mobile="no" menu_anchor="" class="" id=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][fusion_text]We are pleased to announce the re-launch of Health-e-Thoughts from betterMD For more than a sixteen years, thousands of our friends have been reading our Health-e-Thoughts newsletter. Now we have an entire site devoted to sharing the hope, encouragement and guidance we have to offer. We will continue to post excerpts from the best of our previous broadcasts, as well as new content for those who battle with weight management and weight related health issues. Please join us as we move forward with our new sites and our mobile-ready web app... and let us know how we can help you![/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

By |April 1st, 2016|Categories: Getting Started|Tags: |Comments Off on Welcome to Health-e-Thoughts!
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