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You probably first saw Dr. Simpson on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Dr. Terry Simpson received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from the University of Chicago, where he spent several years in the Kovler Viral Oncology laboratories doing genetic engineering. Until he found he liked people more than Petri dishes. After a career in surgery, his focus is to make sense of the madness, and bust myths. Dr. Simpson, an advocate of culinary medicine, believes in teaching people to improve their health through their food and in their kitchen. On the other side of the world, he has been a leading advocate of changing health care to make it more "relationship based," and his efforts awarded his team the Malcolm Baldrige award for healthcare in 2018 and 2011 for the NUKA system of care in Alaska and in 2013 Dr Simpson won the National Indian Health Board Area Impact Award. A frequent contributor to media outlets discussing health related topics and advances in medicine, he is also a proud dad, author, cook, and doctor “in that order.” For media inquiries, please visit www.terrysimpson.com.

Anti-oxidants: Do We Need Them?

Oxidation is something that most of us see in life– when we leave some iron out and it rusts – that is oxidation. There is a theory that the stress of oxidation leads to many diseases including heart disease, cancer, and even aging. As a result, there has been a rush of studies examing the role of anti-oxidants and to see if diets rich in anti-oxidants will show a decrease in those disease.

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Medical Tourism – Tag Team

Medical tourism is a reality because people cannot get or afford what they need in the United States. An example of medical tourism is what we have done with Obesity Control Center in Baja. Taking a great new surgery, combining it with a great team – with US surgeons operating outside the US.

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Breakfast Myths

Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. Breakfast doesn’t jump-start your metabolism. If you just want a cup of coffee for breakfast- that is just fine.

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Craft Beer versus Common Domestic Beer

There is a difference between craft beers and domestic beers. The difference is how the body processes the beer. The craft beer that Evo consumes are not only tastier, but probably better for a person

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Evo Diet: Week 2

Evo continues to lose fat mass, not muscle mass or water– so far the EVO diet is a win win.

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Evo Diet: Week One

Will this “diet” of beer and sausage work? Yes, much like a thousand other diets, limit your calories, use just one food group or a couple, and you will be fine. Six pounds lost in week one!

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In Search of the Perfect Chicken

Making the perfect chicken isn’t easy. But there are ways to do it. Here we go through a bit of the trials and tribulations of making the perfect chicken- with a great skin and moist meat. Learning from the kitchens of great restaurants like Tarbell’s, Zuni Cafe, Ad Hoc, and Michael Mina – we continue to perfect our perfect chicken recipe.

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Soda and Artificial Sweeteners

When people come to me for weight loss surgery they tell me they are “addicted” to “soda.” They add – but I use “diet soda.” They need to get off the diet soda, because if they do not, they will not lose the weight that they should.

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Sodas, Food Stamps, and Obesity

You can purchase soda with food stamps – which means, the government is paying for obesity – and when New York tried to get an exemption, they were denied.

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