(Daily Mail) A doctor who lost 100 pounds has revealed her top tips for dropping weight and keeping it off, from doing strength workouts to tracking sugar instead of calories.
Dr. Emitis Hosoda, 53, from Washington, is an internal medicine specialist, as well as an expert in anti-aging body composition and nutrigenomics — the study of how genes and nutrition interact.
She has nearly 100,000 followers on TikTok, where she shares videos about genetics, hormones, insulin resistance, and how they relate to weight loss.
Dr. Hosoda recently went viral after detailing the five things she ‘always does as a doctor who lost 100 pounds in her 50s, kept it off, and can still get away with minimal makeup.’
Dr. Emitis Hosoda, an internal medicine specialist from Washington, went viral after sharing the top five things she always does to lose weight and keep it off
The doctor shared that she lost 100 pounds in her 50s and has kept the weight off. She is pictured (left) before and after (right) her weight loss
Track sugar, not calories
The first thing many people do when they want to lose weight is cut their calories, but they should be watching their sugar intake.
Dr. Hosoda explained that she ‘looks at the sugar value of food rather than its calories’ because she wants to know if it will spike her insulin and blood sugar levels.
‘I don’t really care about calories at all,’ she said.
When people eat carbohydrates, the food is broken down into blood sugar. This tells the pancreas to release insulin, which allows glucose to enter the body’s cells.
Over time, high blood sugar levels can cause insulin resistance. When insulin is no longer effectively breaking down sugars, the body starts to produce more and more of it.
Eventually, this leads to the pancreas becoming worn out, sending the system out of whack and causing blood sugar levels to stay high. Elevated blood sugar and insulin resistance are both linked to weight gain and excess body fat.
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Dr. Hosoda explained that she ‘looks at the sugar value of food rather than its calories’ because she wants to know if it will spike her insulin and blood sugar levels (stock image)
Tailor your supplements
Dr. Hosoda said she takes ‘the right supplements’ for her genetics and hormones.
‘A lot of people just take supplements willy-nilly thinking they are going to help with weight loss,’ she said. ‘But unless you know what you’re taking the supplements for and what your genetics are, the likelihood that the supplements are going to help you is not very high.’
In a more another recent video, she advised viewers to undergo nutrigenomic testing to ‘figure out which vitamins you should take, which will be the highest yield for you, and what forms you should take them in.’
